SADC parliamentarians push for sustainable health financing |02 July 2026

SADC PF secretary general Boemo Sekgoma speaks at the start of a high-level parliamentary side event ahead of the Joint Meeting of SADC Ministers of Health and Finance while (from left) Richarde Delate of UNFPA, Limpo Chinika and Maxwell Parakokwa listen

SADC parliamentarians push for sustainable health financing

The SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) on Monday convened a high-level parliamentary side event in Harare ahead of the Joint Meeting of SADC Ministers of Health and Finance.

The meeting took place against a backdrop of shrinking donor funding, rising public debt, mounting budget pressures, and growing uncertainty over the sustainability of health systems. Parliamentarians were challenged to move health financing from the margins of budget debates to the centre of economic governance by strengthening domestic resource mobilisation, removing legal and policy barriers to access, and ensuring that every public investment in health delivers measurable outcomes for citizens.

By Moses Magadza in Harare, Zimbabwe

(Moses Magadza, PhD, is the media and communications manager at the SADC PF)

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