President John Dramani Mahama has announced that Ghana is on course to stop relying on funding support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance by 2030.
He said Ghana also hopes to become a donor country in the near future.
Speaking at the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva on Monday, May 18, President Mahama said Ghana continues to make progress in strengthening its healthcare system.
He noted that the country has taken steps to tackle the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) through the launch of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, also known as MahamaCares.
According to him, the fund supports people suffering from conditions such as heart disease, cancer, liver disease, and kidney failure.
“This fund is a lifeline for those suffering from NCDs that were previously a death sentence for the poor,” he said.
President Mahama added that MahamaCares is helping to make specialised and expensive healthcare accessible to more Ghanaians.
“MahamaCares is ensuring that specialised, high-cost care is not a privilege for just a few, but a right for all,” he stated.
The President also said Ghana’s progress in healthcare forms part of the foundation for his leadership of the Accra Reset Initiative.
“Ghana is also on track to exit GAVI funding for vaccines by 2030 and hopes to transition into a donor in the not-too-distant future. These domestic achievements are the foundation of my leadership of the Accra Reset Initiative,” he stressed.
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership that helps vaccinate children against some of the world’s deadliest diseases.
Since its establishment in 2000, Gavi says it has helped immunise more than 1.2 billion children and prevented over 20 million future deaths across 78 lower-income countries.
