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Browsing: Healthcare funding in Ghana
- Suspension of USAID funding could severely affect the availability of antiretroviral drugs, HIV testing, and prevention programmes.
- Other essential programmes at risk are malaria prevention, maternal and child health, family planning, reproductive health, nutrition.
- Ghana is exploring alternative funding mechanisms and reallocate resources to prevent any disruption in these vital programmes.
President Donald Trump’s recent move to dismantle USAID has left Ghana grappling with a funding shortfall of roughly $156 million for her healthcare and social programmes.
With the funding gap, the country is likely to face a crisis in tackling a range of pressing healthcare challenges including fighting malaria, enhancing child health among other key interventions critical to the country’s success.
Under President Trump’s new administration, USAID, traditionally a key plank in U.S. humanitarian and development efforts globally, is being dismantled and merged into the State Department. This move has resulted in a freeze on billions of dollars …