Multi-level Advocacy and Civic Collaboration to Strengthen Health Systems in Africa

Multi-level Advocacy and Civic Collaboration to  Strengthen Health Systems in Africa Lessons from the COVID-19 Transparency Accountability Project (CTAP)  The COVID-19 emergency officially ended on May 11th, 2023. And with that, we must remember that the global public health emergency exposed political fault lines and eroded trust between people and governments due to instances of…

CTAP Team Review of Our Achievements: Peer Learning Reflections

Achievements are not easy to measure. Numerical metrics do not truly reflect the ardent and often radius advocacy work that takes many actors and many years to achieve. Whether big or small, every success or challenge leads us to where we are now.  After completing Phase II of the COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP),…

Building Accountable and Accessible Health Systems for Better Pandemic Response

Building Accountable and Accessible Health Systems for Better Pandemic Response On October 20th, we sat down to talk with three civil society experts involved in the COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP) about their experiences implementing innovative approaches in to strengthen health systems in African countries: Nancy Saiboh the Program Lead at Actions for Development…

CTAP vs. COVID-19: Changing Community Mindsets in Innovative Ways

CTAP vs. COVID-19: Changing Community Mindsets in Innovative Ways Fireside Chat Event Recap & Reflection What do social media, soccer, and dance have in common? These collaborative activities have been reimagined as innovative methods of combating misinformation associated with the pandemic. Our COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP) partners in Kenya, Malawi, and Ghana have…

A team review into CTAP next steps

A team review into CTAP next steps On August 12, 2022, the CTAP team held a virtual peer learning session to present and discuss emerging lessons and reflections, to conduct an After Action Review of the progress so far, and to co-design the next learning activities.  In the first part of the session, Yeukai Mukorombindo…

Learning Report | CTAP Phase 1: Advancing COVID-19 Accountability and Citizen Mobilization in Africa

A movement across 7 African nations is mobilizing citizens to demand accountable government action that effectively addressed the ongoing COVID-19 challenges. How? Through a growing coalition called the COVID-19 Transparency and Accountability Project (CTAP), run by Global Integrity and two partner organizations in Nigeria: BudgIT and Connected Development (CODE). To find out about what’s been…