Fiscal Advocacy in Nigeria through Advocacy Networks, Communication and Evidence (FAINANCE)

Project type: Advocacy

Duration: October 2015 – December 2017

Project description:

This project sought to catalyze the roll out of a comprehensive, cascading advocacy strategy by several advocacy partners coordinated through a national platform including Gates foundation-funded health advocacy partnerships. It aimed to stimulate strategic advocacy to enable timely, evidence-based policies and decisions to bridge the funding gap for immunization in Nigeria. This was achieved by equipping national advocates with evidence, analyses, key messages and capacity. Also, a critical mass of women advocates was built to push for an expanded vaccine budget and for innovative financing to achieve greater equity and immunization coverage.

Approach:

  1. Build an evidence base to guide the development and refreshment of advocacy strategies, messages and tactics.
  2. Strengthen the national coordination of advocacy on vaccine financing through a national platform.
  3. Cultivate champions and empower a network of existing women’s groups to raise new voices for vaccines via the platform of the Women Advocates for Vaccine Access (WAVA).
  4. Support a broader set of advocacy partners already engaged in health advocacy, with information and skills needed to be effective in fiscal advocacy for routine immunization.
  5. Coordinate a small grants program for CSOs.

Project themes/keywords: Advocacy, Immunization Financing