WHAT IS THE ALM DECLARATION?

In February 2019 the African Union convened Heads of States and Government and regional and global leaders in Addis Ababa, for the African Leadership Meeting - Investing in Health.

A crucial outcome of the meeting was the AU Assembly “Addis Ababa Commitment towards Shared Responsibility and Global Solidarity for Increased Health Financing Declaration”. The Declaration, now popularly known as the ALM Declaration.

The ALM is a comprehensive initiative to guide countries through these reform efforts. It aims to put in place the political and technical mechanisms that will assist and enable countries to steadily increase domestic investment in health year after year, as well as hold each other accountable in the collective commitment to do so.