Approach
Our Approach

It is our goal to elevate the voices of our in-country partners to empower them to take part in the global health policy debate, helping to identify barriers or gaps in financing and delivery of key proven health solutions.

From the Ground Up

We are changing the way that international aid works.

ACTION partners have spent decades developing strong relationships with both government decision-makers and technical agencies as well as with multilateral institutions to advocate for prioritized and sustainable donor commitments. ACTION partners have ensured that the voice and participation of implementing country governments and citizens are accounted for and integrated into comprehensive global programming.

ACTION’s advocacy targets three mutually reinforcing and iterative dimensions of public health investment. Our approach leverages joint advocacy strategies across key donor and low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to drive resource mobilization for both global and domestic commitments to tackle priority health issues; support the establishment of ambitious public health policies and targets for priority diseases at global, regional, and national levels; and engage civil society oversight to ensure accountability for delivery of resource commitments and for the most effective, efficient, and transparent use of those resources.


Our Equitable and Sustainable Systems Programming

Partners develop and implement country-level plans that are coordinated and complemented by joint campaigns to contribute to our global agenda. This helps us to amplify our individual efforts and strengthen our collective impact.

Develop long-term, trusted relationships with policymakers

Identify, train, and support, amplify, and elevate citizen advocate champions

Identify barriers or gaps in financing and delivery of key proven health solutions

Influence the global health agenda to respond to community needs

Our APPROACH

We create sustainable partnerships with grassroots organizations, bringing country-level plans the support of global programming.

How we do it:

  • Develop long-term, trusted relationships with policymakers based on the credibility of our locally rooted independent organizations and model of effective civil society and citizen engagement.
  • Identify, train, support, amplify, and elevate policymaker, patient/survivor, and citizen advocate champions, and connect them directly to meaningful opportunities to influence policy.
  • Through oversight and policy research, identify barriers or gaps in financing and delivery of key proven health solutions.
  • Engage media at all levels, including locally relevant small media markets that influence key policymakers.
  • With a seat at key tables where global health decisions are made, directly influence the global health agenda to respond to community needs and advance health equity.