Advancing IDA21 Country Priorities on UHC, Nutrition and Jobs by Scaling Catalytic Financing

Panelists will highlight practical pathways for mobilizing and aligning resources

leveraging IDA through mechanisms like the Global Financing Facility and innovative tools—such as debt swaps, loan buy-downs, and co-
financing —to expand sustainable health and nutrition investments. The discussion will focus on how country leadership, MDBs, donors, GHIs,

and CSOs can strengthen coordination, overcome implementation bottlenecks, and unlock investments in frontline jobs and service delivery to
drive inclusive growth and deliver on the Bank’s UHC2030 and Jobs agendas.
• Moderator: Fitsum Lakew Alemayehu, AU Liaison Manager, WACI Health
• Panelist 1: Rosemary Mburu, Executive Director, WACI Health
• Panelist 2: Cicely Thomas, our Health Financing Lead at the Global Financing Facility
• Panelist 3: Honorable Mokhothu Makhalanyane, Chair, NEAPACOH
• Panelist 4: Waiswa Nkwanga, Senior Technical Advisor, Management Sciences for Health (MSH)
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