… The Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) in collaboration with the CHRAJ with support from the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the Global Fund organised the workshop. …
The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has engaged a delegation from the Global Fund on measures to improve the availability of essential health commodities and strengthen key health programmes in Ghana. …
… The affected districts, which are currently supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Global Fund, will have to rely on insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) to prevent malaria. …
… We had the Abuja Declaration, which set our 15% target for domestic health financing. “We have had the Global Fund, Gavi and many other initiatives that have invested billions into treatment and prevention.” Despite these interventions, she said implementation remains the contine …
… The testing commodities, both oral and blood testing kits, were provided by the Global Fund from 2024-2026, with the arrangement that the government of Ghana would purchase the rest after the Global Fund had supplied theirs from the third year (2026). …
… In West Africa, a collaborative funding model developed by the Global Fund and supported by the Foundation, the Abbott Foundation and IQVIA, has strengthened laboratory systems and disease surveillance. …
… In West Africa, a collaborative funding model developed by the Global Fund, with support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Abbott Foundation and IQVIA, is helping to build robust laboratory systems and expand real-time disease surveillance networks. …
… g to the Foundation, more than US$133 million was committed across 66 opportunities in Africa, with a focus on expanding local capacity and supporting regionally driven solutions.Among the initiatives highlighted is a health partnership in West Africa supported by the Global Fund …
… Through a funding model developed by the Global Fund and supported by The Rockefeller Foundation, the Abbott Foundation, and IQVIA, West African countries are building laboratory infrastructure, strengthening human capacity, and expanding surveillance networks. …
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice has called for strengthened stakeholder collaboration and intensified public education to combat HIV and AIDS stigmatization and discrimination, noting that stigma remains a key barrier to healthcare, social services, and justice access.
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice has called for strengthened stakeholder collaboration and intensified public education to combat HIV and AIDS stigmatization and discrimination, noting that stigma remains a key barrier to healthcare, social services, and justice access.
Ghana's Health Minister engaged a Global Fund delegation to address shortages of essential health commodities and strengthen programmes for HIV, tuberculosis and malaria. The Minister reported that Ghana had committed US$38.5 million, representing 85 per cent of its US$45 million co-financing obligation under the Global Fund's seventh grant cycle.
Twenty-six districts that have received free Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) for malaria control since 2015 will lose the intervention from 2027 due to funding constraints from USAID and the Global Fund. The affected districts will need to rely on insecticide-treated nets instead, with concerns that the transition may not prevent a surge in malaria cases.
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.
Ghana risks a nationwide shortage of HIV testing kits—both oral and blood-based—by the end of July, which could disrupt early diagnosis and treatment programmes. The Ghana HIV and AIDS Network warns that without urgent intervention, the shortage could delay diagnosis, restrict access to antiretroviral therapy, and jeopardise progress toward global UNAIDS targets.
A government official recounts his first year working under President John Mahama, highlighting the President's grasp of public sector processes and the swift implementation of solutions, and noting that Mahama's Accra Reset Agenda has gained attention in the global health community.
The Rockefeller Foundation's 2025 impact report shows a shift from donor dependency to African-led solutions, with the foundation awarding more than US$350 million in grants and committing $133 million across 66 opportunities in Africa. The report highlights partnerships addressing disease prevention, food insecurity, and energy access, including West African laboratory systems that have detected over 100 outbreaks and trained over 1,000 technicians.
The Rockefeller Foundation has launched its 2025 Impact Report, detailing investments of over $350 million awarded and approximately $3 billion mobilised, with $133.2 million committed to 66 initiatives across Africa. The Foundation's work focuses on universal energy access, regenerative school meals, health systems strengthening, food security and disease prevention, including detection of over 100 disease outbreaks in West Africa through improved laboratory networks and training of over 1,000 laboratory technicians.
The Rockefeller Foundation awarded over US$350 million and mobilised US$3 billion in 2025, reaching an estimated 731 million people globally, with more than US$133 million committed across 66 opportunities in Africa. The funding supports initiatives in energy, food systems, health, and development, including a West African health partnership that has detected over 100 outbreaks and trained more than 1,000 laboratory technicians.
The Rockefeller Foundation awarded over US$350 million in 2025, directly mobilized US$3 billion, and funded $133,166,945 across 66 opportunities in Africa, reaching 731 million people worldwide. The funding supports work on universal energy abundance, regenerative school meals, disease prevention through strengthened laboratory networks, food security, and agricultural resilience across the continent.
President Mahama announced at the World Health Assembly that Ghana is on track to exit financial support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, by 2030 as it strengthens self-reliance in healthcare financing and vaccine delivery.
The Government of Ghana is preparing to fully budget for and finance vaccines and critical medicines starting January 2030 when support from the Global Fund winds down, Finance Minister Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson disclosed. The government is implementing health sector reforms including increased budgetary releases and strengthening the National Health Insurance Authority to ensure the healthcare system remains resilient and sustainable.
The World Bank has launched a regional strategy in Accra to transform health systems in Ghana and neighbouring West and Central African countries, aiming to improve health outcomes, support productivity, and create jobs while strengthening collaboration and resilience amid fiscal constraints.