Abuja Declaration

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May 2026
5 MayJoy Online
… How do we survive?” He argued that even the 15 per cent commitment under the Abuja Declaration still anticipates support from development partners. …
Cutting off donor aid now would deepen health sector strain – Akwasi Acquah
5 MayJoy Online
… How do we survive?” Mr Acquah said international support remains important even under Africa’s financing commitments. “I mean this 15% declaration by the Abuja declaration still demanded that there’s that level of support from developed countries, developed partners.” He argued t …
Why tax aid while hospitals struggle? – Former Deputy Minister questions system
4 MayJoy Online
… How do we survive?” Mr Acquah said Ghana’s commitments under the Abuja Declaration still recognise the importance of support from development partners. …
Cut the waste or risk crisis – Former Deputy Health Minister’s blunt warning on health financing
April 2026
27 AprJoy Online
… More than two decades after the Abuja Declaration, fewer than five countries have met the target of allocating at least 15 percent of annual national budgets to health. …
A new chapter for Africa’s malaria response through accountability and sovereignty

Society

Pan-African Parliament adopts traditional medicine legal framework resolutions

The News

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.

29 July 2026 · The Chronicle →

Wednesday 29 July

Pan-African Parliament adopts traditional medicine legal framework resolutions
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.
29 July 2026 · The Chronicle →

Tuesday 28 July

Pan-African Parliament pushes stronger Africa CDC disease response role
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.
28 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Africa urges stronger national laws for pandemic preparedness
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.
28 July 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 22 July

Accra Reset initiative targets healthcare delivery gap across Africa
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.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Africa must strengthen domestic health financing, Deputy Health Minister says
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.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
AU health summit opens in Accra with universal coverage call
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.
22 July 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →

Tuesday 21 July

African countries must boost domestic health financing, minister says
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.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
AU Health Commissioner urges African domestic health financing
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.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana's Health Minister urges African nations to self-finance healthcare systems
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.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →

Friday 12 June

KATH CEO suspension raises questions on Ghana healthcare leadership
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.
12 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 5 May

Ghana not ready to abandon donor health sector support yet
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.
5 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Former deputy minister questions Ghana's health aid rejection
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.
5 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 4 May

Former Deputy Health Minister warns of sector crisis without waste cuts
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.
4 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 27 April

Africa's malaria response stalls despite early progress
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.
27 April 2026 · Joy Online →