ECA calls for a new fiscal compact between finance and health ministries to transform Africa’s health financing | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 24 August 2026 — Speaking today at a ministerial dialogue held on the margins of the 76th WHO Regional Committee for Africa RC76, Aboubakri Diaw, Chief of Staff of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) and project lead for ECA's Sustainable Financing Imitative launched in March 2026, called for a fundamental reset in how African