COMPASS connects community evidence, civil society advocacy and decision-making to influence policies, financing, health systems and accountability across Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.
COMPASS works across interconnected areas of health governance, financing, policy, service delivery and community power.
Community-defined barriers moved into legislative reform, national policy, technical guidance and implementation standards.
COMPASS advocacy contributed to changes in the legal and policy environment governing equitable access to HIV and health services across the three countries.
Results include progress on HIV self-testing, PrEP, TB preventive therapy, integrated SRH/HIV services, community ART refill groups and children’s access to health services.
Advocacy has moved beyond calls for larger budgets towards influence over mobilisation, allocation, expenditure and transition accountability.
Country coalitions engage across the financing cycle while advocating for responsible transition from external assistance.
This includes domestic financing reforms, social contracting, health workforce investment and accountability for whether approved resources reach intended services and populations.
Community evidence has informed major PEPFAR and Global Fund planning, funding, reprioritisation and accountability processes.
Seven PEPFAR planning cycles and three Global Fund funding cycles were influenced across priority setting, funding requests, implementation and transition accountability.
Communities have gained formal roles in governance, monitoring, financing and decision-making structures.
More than 110 civil society organisations are connected through country coalitions, with national community-led monitoring systems and landmark health-governance mechanisms.
Policy and financing advocacy is translated into differentiated, integrated and community-based approaches to health service delivery.
Results include progress in cervical-cancer screening, Community ART Refill Groups, medication-assisted treatment sites, community health workers and differentiated service delivery.
Community participation has moved from consultation towards formal decision-making and accountability.
Country examples include the Tanzania Key and Vulnerable Populations Forum, Zimbabwe’s youth voting seat on the Global Fund Country Coordinating Mechanism and community-led monitoring systems.
Across Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe, community evidence has translated into measurable policy, financing, service-delivery and governance outcomes.
COMPASS creates a connected pathway through which community realities can influence systems and institutions.
Communities generate evidence and identify barriers, priorities and solutions.
Civil society organisations organise evidence into collective advocacy priorities.
Advocacy engages policy, financing, governance and service-delivery structures.
Country evidence reaches institutions shaping global health policy and financing.
COMPASS connects policy and financing advocacy to the systems through which prevention, treatment, care and support reach communities.
Through
this model, COMPASS connects community realities to the institutions
controlling policy and resources. Evidence moves from communities and country
coalitions to national governments, regional platforms and global
decision-makers, and global advocacy remains anchored in priorities defined by
African communities.
Through this model, COMPASS connects community realities to the institutions controlling policy and resources. Evidence moves from communities and country coalitions to national governments, regional platforms and global decision-makers, and global advocacy remains anchored in priorities defined by African communities.
