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Background
The Centre for Global Health and Development in Africa (CEGHADA) is a not-for-profit organization legally registered in Zambia. It was founded to address local and international health problems in order to improve the health landscape of the African region through implementation of global health initiatives and to support coordination of relevant stakeholders in the field. The CEGHADA was established in response to the urgent need for innovative, African-led solutions to persistent health and development challenges across the continent. It is designed as a multidisciplinary platform that brings together technical experts and key stakeholders including governments, government agencies, development partners, non-governmental organizations, civil society, academic institutions, researchers, faith-based organisations, the private sector and vulnerable communities, to shape and foster global health matters in Africa and across the world collaboratively.
In the midst of the shifting landscape of global health financing and priorities, particularly following the COVID-19 pandemic and the changing donor support models, there is a pressing need to realign strategies and resources for sustainable development. Additionally, the changes in financing modalities have created opportunities to re-look at the global health architecture and consequently refine how global health and development issues should be implemented particularly, in Sub-Sahara Africa.
The CEGHADA aims to be a leader in this realignment by leveraging local capacity and leadership to strengthen health systems, promote policy coherence, stakeholder collaboration and implement context-specific interventions across the region. The region has over the years benefitted from adequate capacity building to leverage knowledge, expertise, skills and resources for bettering health within the region and beyond; and CEGHADA positions itself to facilitate the harnessing of this resource.
Sub-Saharan Africa continues to grapple with systemic weaknesses in health governance, service delivery, and financing. While the region bears a significant burden of communicable and non-communicable diseases, it often struggles with the leadership, coordination, and infrastructure necessary to mount effective sustainable responses and mitigation. Many African countries have limited funding for the health sector, meanwhile human resource shortages, fragmented programs, and limited access to quality care continue to undermine progress.
The Centre for Global Health and Development in Africa was created to fill these critical gaps; by serving as a “think-tank” and centre of excellence for leadership, collaboration, research, and innovation, it seeks to address both the structural and operational challenges hindering health systems and development progress in the region.
The rationale for Centre for Global Health and Development in Africa is grounded in the need for a transformative, African-owned institution that can drive innovation and creativity in health and development. CEGHADA was established due to the realisation that most countries in Sub-Sahara Africa have inadequate skills to implement global health programmes; have weak leadership and governance skills in global health and suffer from fragmented and uncoordinated efforts among various stakeholders with limited alignment to national priorities or ‘grassroot’ realities. CEGHADA aims to bridge this disconnect by fostering effective coordination; cooperation and collaboration; mobilizing international and diaspora expertise; and promoting locally designed solutions that are globally relevant and impactful.
The Centre for Global Health and Development in Africa is a platform to harness the available resources for global health matters; and serves as a hub for brilliance, creativity and innovation in order to foster sustainable development. Through evidence-based programming, strategic partnerships, and a focus on inclusive development, CEGHADA positions itself as a thought-leader and driver of action in Africa’s development landscape.
The theory of change for CEGHADA outlines how inputs, such as funding, human resources, and infrastructure, are deployed through strategic activities like training, research, and policy advocacy to produce tangible outputs, including a skilled workforce, improved health policies, and new knowledge. These outputs are expected to lead to measurable outcomes, including stronger systems, reduced disease burden, and increased access to care.
Ultimately, the impact will be seen in improved health indicators, more resilient communities, and accelerated progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
What sets CEGHADA apart is its commitment to African-driven leadership, knowledge production, and systems thinking. The Centre brings:
The Centre of Global Health and Development in Africa is governed by an Advisory Board comprising experienced professionals from public health, governance, economics, and law as well as a representative of the vulnerable communities.
The executive management team includes experts in Global Health, public health, epidemiology, Infectious diseases, health economics, health policy, research, monitoring and evaluation (M&E), climate action. Humanitarian aid and international development.
There is a pool of relevant technical experts and consultants that are registered with the organization and are engaged as and when necessary. Operational systems are designed for transparency, efficiency, and accountability
The Centre for Global Health and Development in Africa was established in 2025. However, the experience and expertise of the senior staff spans over a period of more than two decades in various disciplines including but not limited to global health, primary health care, public health security, infectious diseases, non-communicable diseases, digital health, research, data analytics, statistics, mathematical modelling, health economics, monitoring and evaluation, climate change and adaptability, climate and health, occupation health, health systems, social determinants of health, health diplomacy, scientific writing and capacity building.
We support and respect the rights and dignity of all marginalised and vulnerable communities including indigenous people in Africa and across the globe. We believe in working with utmost integrity, discipline and accountability to leverage resources and optimise them to attain maximum and real impact in global health and development programmes.
