Our Partners

European Commission Horizon 2020

The European Commission Horizon 2020 supports ECSA-HC through the College of Surgeons for the East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA) under a project called Surg-Africa. This project supports the scaling up of accessible surgery to the most underserved areas in Tanzania, Malawi and Zambia.

The World Bank Group

The World Bank Group is one of the Largest Funding sources globally. It provides financing, policy advice and technical assistance to Governments in Developing countries. ECSA received support through the bank in the following areas.

• The East African Public Health Laboratory Network (EAPHLN) project, which supports laboratory networking and systems capacity strengthening and strengthening of disease surveillance in Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi.
• The Southern Africa TB and Health Systems Support (SATBHSS) Project, aiming to improve coverage and quality of TB control and occupational lung diseases services in Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia.
• The ECSA/World Bank Nutrition project: Where the bank supports ECSA-HC in capacitating frontline workers on Nutrition.

The Global Fund

ECSA-HC received a Grant from the Global Fund to support countries improve TB diagnostics in the region. In this project ECSA-HC works in collaboration with the Uganda Supranational Reference Laboratory. The four (4) year Global Fund project supports National TB Reference Laboratories in 21 countries which include all the Nine (9) ECSA Member States and other non-Member States.

• Build a regional network of NRLs for inter-state laboratory quality assurance and management in the ECSA countries.
• Improve Laboratory service provision for quality assured 1st and 2nd line Drug susceptibility testing accessible to people in need.
• Enhance impact of rapid molecular TB diagnostic testing in the region and building capacity of NRLs to undertake epidemiological/national level disease monitoring surveys such as Drug Resistance Survey (DRS) and TB disease prevalence.

USAID

USAID supports ECSA Health Community in Global Health programmes that build sustainable resilient health systems. Within ECSA-HC, USAID supports the following areas.

• Building Human and technical capacities within ECSA-HC secretariat.
• Supporting ECSA-HC secretariat deliver services in member countries on Knowledge Management, Nutrition, Health Systems Strengthening and human capacity development.
• Translation of Research findings into actions. In this TRAction project ECSA-HC works with the University Research Council (URC) to formulate informed policies and guidelines for implementation in the member states.

EQUINET

EQUINET, the Regional Network on Equity in Health in East and Southern Africa, is a network of professionals, civil society members, policy makers, state officials and others within the region who have come together as an equity catalyst, to promote and realize shared values of equity and social justice in health. EQUINET gathers people to overcome isolation, give voice and promote networking using bottom-up approaches built on shared values.

EQUINET is building a forum for dialogue, learning, sharing of information and experience and critical analysis. EQUINET works with ECSA-HC in Global Health Diplomacy and health policies.

HEARD Project

USAID's Health Evaluation and Applied Research Development (HEARD) project implemented by University Research Co., LLC is a global implementation science partnership of 30 plus entities encompassing policymakers, implementers, researchers, advocates and others necessary to address a range of emerging health and development priorities. The HEARD partnership and its emerging Implementation Science Collaborative mobilize partners to generate, synthesize, and use evidence to improve the implementation of policies and programs in low and middle-income countries.

The Commonwealth

The Commonwealth works with ECSA-HC to foster cooperation in health across member states, supporting regional health systems strengthening and policy development.

University Research Co. (URC)

University Research Co., LLC (URC) is a global company dedicated to improving the quality of health care, social services, and health education worldwide. URC partners with ECSA-HC on technical assistance and research translation across the region.

Together for Girls

Together for Girls is a global public-private partnership dedicated to ending violence against children, especially sexual violence against girls. The partnership works with ECSA-HC to address gender-based violence across the region.