For over a decade, AfHEA has worked to support the improvement of health outcomes in Africa, especially for the poor and vulnerable. AfHEA has achieved this in addition to promoting capacity building for its members, despite the myriad of challenges plaguing the continent of Africa in terms of resources.

The African Health Economics and Policy Association (AfHEA) is a bilingual (English and French) non-political and non profit-making association inaugurated in March 2009 with headquarters in Accra, Ghana. The overall mission of AfHEA is to contribute to the promotion and strengthening of the use of health economics and health policy analysis in achieving equitable and efficient health systems and improved health outcomes in Africa, especially for the most vulnerable populations.

Its membership includes over 350 individual members comprising health economics, financing and policy experts from African countries residing within and outside the continent and 7 institutional members.