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In 2025, the Financing Accelerator Network for NCDs (FAN) completed its first full year of implementation, expanding across Sub-Saharan Africa and launching a new regional NCD Financing Accelerator in Latin America and the Caribbean to support countries as they face growing pressure to close persistent financing gaps for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs).
This growth builds on FAN’s deepening engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the network is now working with seven member countries—Ghana, Kenya, Somalia, Uganda, Cameroon, Malawi, and Rwanda—representing more than 217 million people. Across the region, NCDs account for an estimated 27–45 percent of deaths, placing increasing strain on health systems and public budgets.
Over the past year, FAN supported four member countries to advance their NCD Financing Action Plans, helping guide national budgeting, policy development, and investment decisions. Seed grants were also awarded to country-led financing initiatives in Kenya and Somalia, strengthening data-driven approaches to planning, budgeting, and financing NCDs. These efforts align with growing World Bank investments in NCD-specific projects in the region, which reached $1.84 billion in 2025, up from $1.6 billion the previous year.
Building on this foundation, the FAN launched the NCD Financing Accelerator in Latin America and the Caribbean, hosted by the Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y Sanitaria (IECS). The region faces a critical health financing challenge: chronic conditions now account for between 48 and 80 percent of the disease burden, affecting more than 240 million people, with NCDs representing the leading cause of death across developing regions.
Looking ahead to 2026, efforts in Latin America and the Caribbean will focus on establishing the regional platform, co-developing a shared learning agenda with FAN member countries, and launching the first locally driven financing initiatives through the FAN Fund. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the FAN will continue supporting countries as they translate policy and financing strategies into reforms across national budgets, health benefit packages, and universal health coverage systems.
Together, these outcomes mark a collective effort and set the stage for the FAN to move from proof-of-concept to country-level impact in the years to come.