US aid cuts threaten Ghana’s child immunisation gains
Health workers provide essential medical care to children in underserved communities in Ghana [Humserve Africa Foundation]George Kwame Egeh, cofounder and director of operations at the Humserve Africa Foundation, which provides surgical aid and immunisation support to deprived communities, said his organisation had long advocated greater use of local funding.
A child receives medical care as health workers provide services to communities in Ghana [Humserve Africa Foundation]“The $78m health funding gap after USAID programme closures is significant, but it is also a chance to rethink healthcare financing in Ghana.
As health ministers and senior officials from the World Health Organization (WHO) African Region’s 47 member states meet in Addis Ababa for the 76th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, Ghana’s experience points to a difficult question facing many countries: how quickly can governments build greater financial independence without allowing the health services that children rely on today to weaken?
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