Executive Director's Reflection

Dear partners and friends,

Before diving into the highlights of February and our plans for March, allow me to bring you into a quick reflection given the current global situation. We all acknowledge that strong and resilient community health systems are essential, especially in a time full of crises and geopolitical tension. Just as disease in one corner of the world threatens everyone, so do wars and conflicts that escalate to affect economic positions and shake the global market. There are many health and health-related risks we are already observing and will further observe.

The Official Development Assistance (ODA) continues to shrink, along with many other supports that we in the LMICs greatly depend on for our community interventions in health and development. To sustain momentum and build stronger community and primary healthcare systems, we must strengthen integration of our interventions, promote local ownership and solutions, embrace responsible and ethical use of artificial intelligence and novel technologies to speed progress and efficiency, and build stronger theories of change with effective monitoring and impact evaluation systems. Most importantly, we must intentionally bring youth, women, and community health workers on board, support and capacitate them effectively.

That is why AHDA is committed to building healthy, resilient, and developed communities by harnessing the potential of women, youth, and community health workers. Since January, we have actively engaged with the government of Tanzania, our board members, independent advisors, partners, and staff to develop mechanisms for effective community engagement. We are also strengthening women's and youth empowerment through dialogues, storytelling, and direct support while striving to connect, sustain, and scale partnerships for good.

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