US seeks changes to rejected $109m health compact with Ghana – Mahama

The United States is seeking to revise its proposed $109 million health compact with Ghana, including amending or removing clauses that led to its rejection by Cabinet, President John Mahama has disclosed.

Speaking at a citizens’ engagement in Goaso in the Ahafo Region, the President said the US government has requested further discussions on the agreement “The health compact the Americans brought to us, I have talked about it when I was in New York, so everyone knows about it.

President Mahama further said the agreement required Ghana to commit its own funds to the programme while restricting the FDA’s authority to inspect medicines and other medical products brought into the country under the arrangement.