Sailing global health initiative ships into stormy seas: navigating the introduction of the Global Financing Facility in Mozambique.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mozambique joined the Global Financing Facility (GFF), a financing mechanism to accelerate progress for women, children, and adolescents' health, with a history of donor dependence, distrust in public finances, and social inequities. Few independent studies have assessed the GFF.

Objectives

To understand how a global mechanism, such as the GFF, was introduced and utilized in Mozambique.

Methods

This qualitative study explored the aid coordination dynamics between 2015 and 2020 linked to the development of the Investment Case (IC) and Project Appraisal Document (PAD), key national GFF planning documents, based on data from 25 documents and 14 qualitative interviews thematically analyzed.

Results

The GFF was not fully understood by stakeholders and ini

SUBMITTER: Chivangue A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12203692 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature