Dr Magashi elected CSO rep to global financing facility

The Partnership for Maternal Newborn and Child Health (PMNCH) NGO constituency has elected Dr Aminu Magashi Garba as one of the two next civil society representatives to the Global Financing Facility (GFF) Investors’ Group. 

 

The announcement came at the end of PMNCH Board Meeting  held in Maputo, Mozambique recently.

PMNCH NGO Board Chair, Betsy McCallon said Dr Magashi’s active engagement, commitment to transparent and participatory processes, and in depth knowledge of health planning and financing impressed the review committee, and that they were confident in his ability to fulfill the role. 

 

Dr Aminu founded and coordinates the Africa Health Budget Network (AHBN) which is a regional network committed to using budget advocacy to influence adequate spending, transparency and accountability in the Africa’s health sector. Through the work of AHBN, he is an active member of the Global Financing Facility (GFF) CSOs Coordination Group and Global Steering Committee for harmonization on Universal Health Coverage Advocacy Initiative. 

He is also a co-convener of the PMNCH Steering Group on accountability drive. 

 

He has been writing a weekly health column with Daily Trust newspaper for over 14 years and is the publisher of an online newspaper ‘Health Reporters.

 

He is also the Chair Board of Trustees of Community Health and Research Initiative (CHR), a national NGO in Nigeria advocating for adequate finances in the health sector, transparency and accountability.