… In addition, PAP called on Member States to domesticate Africa CDC frameworks on biosafety, biosecurity, pandemic preparedness, data governance and cross-border disease surveillance, while urging governments to honour the Abuja Declaration by allocating at least 15 per cent of na …
… The committee also reaffirmed the Abuja Declaration commitment requiring countries to allocate at least 15% of their national budgets to the health sector. …
… The committee also renewed calls for African countries to honour the Abuja Declaration commitment to allocate at least 15 per cent of national budgets to health. …
… Reflecting on the Abuja Declaration, adopted 25 years ago, which committed African countries to allocating at least 15 per cent of their national budgets to health, the Deputy Minister said the continent must honestly assess its progress amid changing global financing trends. …
… Mr Akandoh called on African countries to honour the Abuja Declaration by increasing domestic investment in healthcare, strengthening local manufacturing of medicines and vaccines, and placing primary healthcare at the centre of national health systems. …
… The Health Minister called on African leaders to move beyond declarations and commit to concrete action by increasing domestic health financing in line with the Abuja Declaration, strengthening local production of medicines and vaccines, harmonising regulatory systems and buildin …
… Ambassador Twum-Amoah further renewed calls for African nations to honour the Abuja Declaration by allocating at least 15 per cent of their national budgets to the health sector. …
… More than two decades after African leaders adopted the Abuja Declaration, which called for the allocation of at least 15 per cent of national budgets to health, Ghana has struggled to consistently meet this target (World Health Organization, 2001). …
The Pan-African Parliament has adopted resolutions championed by Frank Annoh-Dompreh calling for African governments to establish legal and regulatory frameworks for traditional medicine integration into national healthcare systems, including development of a continental 'Model Law on Traditional Medicine and the Protection of Local Knowledge' to guide research, licensing, quality assurance and ethical use of indigenous medicines.
The Pan-African Parliament has adopted resolutions championed by Frank Annoh-Dompreh calling for African governments to establish legal and regulatory frameworks for traditional medicine integration into national healthcare systems, including development of a continental 'Model Law on Traditional Medicine and the Protection of Local Knowledge' to guide research, licensing, quality assurance and ethical use of indigenous medicines.
The Pan-African Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for a stronger role for the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention in coordinating continental health emergencies and urging African Union member states to integrate Africa CDC frameworks into national laws. The move follows repeated health crises including HIV, Ebola, COVID-19, mpox, Marburg and cholera outbreaks that exposed weaknesses in health systems.
The Pan-African Parliament has called on African Union member states to adopt continental health frameworks into national law to strengthen pandemic preparedness and response, citing gaps in health systems and legal structures exposed by HIV, Ebola, COVID-19, mpox, Marburg and cholera outbreaks.
Ghana's Deputy Chief of Staff says the Accra Reset is designed to close the gap between political commitments on health and the quality of healthcare services citizens receive across Africa, arguing that implementation—translating commitments into tangible outcomes—remains the continent's greatest challenge.
Deputy Minister of Health Professor Grace Ayensu-Danquah called on African countries to increase domestic health financing as external donor support becomes less certain, noting that official development assistance and long-standing funding models are changing and programmes many health systems have relied on can no longer be taken for granted.
A two-day African Union Extraordinary Session on Health opened in Accra, calling on African countries to strengthen health systems, increase domestic health financing, and accelerate universal health coverage efforts. The summit aims to end AIDS by 2030, reduce preventable maternal deaths, and tackle communicable and non-communicable diseases across the continent.
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, speaking at an African Union ministerial meeting in Accra, urged African countries to increase domestic investment in healthcare to reduce reliance on external funding and achieve health sovereignty. He noted that while HIV infections have declined by nearly 60 per cent across eastern and southern Africa, the continent still accounts for almost 70 per cent of global maternal deaths and has a Universal Health Coverage Service Coverage Index of 44, compared with the global average of 71.
At the African Union Extraordinary Health Summit in Accra, AU Commissioner for Health Amma Twum-Amoah called on African countries to reduce reliance on unpredictable external donor support and strengthen domestic financing of health systems. She urged governments to prioritise healthcare in national budgets, improve public fund management, and honour the Abuja Declaration's 15 per cent health sector allocation target.
Ghana's Health Minister Mintah Akandoh has called on African Union members to develop sustainable domestic financing mechanisms for healthcare rather than relying on external support, arguing that African nations must prioritise investments in their own health sectors to build resilient systems and reduce vulnerability to external factors.
An opinion piece examines the Health Minister's two-week suspension of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital CEO pending investigations into denial of emergency admissions, framing it as a case study in leadership accountability and institutional governance within Ghana's healthcare system.
Former Deputy Health Minister Alexander Akwasi Acquah said Ghana is not yet prepared to walk away from donor support, warning that an abrupt break from external assistance would expose weaknesses in the country's health financing system. His comments follow Ghana's rejection of a US health deal and come as he argues the country still struggles with logistics and port clearances even with current aid, and that the Abuja Declaration's 15 per cent health spending commitment still anticipates support from development partners.
Former Deputy Health Minister Alexander Akwasi Acquah has questioned Ghana's ability to move away from donor support while hospitals face strain, warning the country cannot afford to shut the door on aid given its current readiness challenges and budget constraints.
Akim Oda MP Alexander Akwasi Acquah, a former Deputy Health Minister, warned that Ghana's health sector faces deepening strain unless the government urgently tackles waste and fixes health financing. He cited long-standing inefficiencies, including failure to clear donated logistics from ports, and called for confronting waste in the public sector.
African Union, regional leaders, and partners acknowledge that while Africa prevented over 1.64 billion malaria cases and saved 12.4 million lives since 2000, the trend has reversed: in 2024 alone, the continent recorded 270.8 million cases and nearly 600,000 deaths, with 75 percent of deaths among children under five, putting Africa off track to meet 2030 elimination targets.