Yesterday, I was privileged to receive World Health Organization Nigeria Country Representative, Dr Walter Kazadi Mulumbo, and his delegation courtesy call in Lagos, as we discussed the launch of the World Health Organization’s First Investment Round, a new approach to mobilising predictable and flexible resources for WHO’s core work for the next 4 years (2025–2028), and the vital importance of amplifying Africa’s voice and leadership within these global health initiatives, especially as we catalyse action to deliver results in the final push to the United Nations 2030 health Sustainable Development Goals.

Indeed, as Special Adviser and Member, Independent Advisory Group to WHO Africa, also leading The Wellbeing Foundation Africa’s Non-State Actor Status and Submissions to WHO Afro and the World Health Organization, I am exceedingly proud of Dr Matshidiso Moeti’s leadership on repositioning the continent to secure sustainable financing for the World Health Organization, which holds the mandate as the global coordinating authority for health, bringing a unique legitimacy, global footprint, and expertise, to empower countries and partners to improve health and wellbeing for all.

Always committed to promoting best practices in people-centred Reproductive Maternal Newborn Child Adolescent Health Plus Nutrition programming, it was a pleasure to also introduce Baby J, a powerful The Wellbeing Foundation Africa Mamacare360 Antenatal and Postnatal PSHE Education Program led examplar of the beneficial impact of supporting immediate kangaroo mother care in establishing early and exclusive breastfeeding!

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