…to keep its Abuja promise
(MamaYe demands more investment in health services to save more mothers and babies)
Ghana plans to spend 12.5% of its total budget on healthcare in 2013, which amounts to about 136 GHS for each person. This means that Ghana is close but still failing to fulfil its commitment to ringfence 15% of total government spending for health, in what is known as the Abuja Declaration.
On 14th and 15th July, Africa’s heads of state will gather in Abuja, Nigeria to discuss progress made towards meeting the landmark 15% health financing pledge made twelve years ago in the same city.
Speaking on behalf of the MamaYe Campaign, Prof. Richard Adanu said: “This Africa Union Special Summit provides a window of opportunity for President John Dramani Mahama to confirm its promise to the people of Ghana and ensure that enough money is spent on our health services. Too many mothers and babies continue to lose their lives because they do not have access to good quality health services.”
“With the current decentralisation of the health system, ensuring an increased flow and allocation of resources at regional and district levels are critical to sustaining the livelihood of the citizenry. Pursuant to this, we are calling on all concerned Ghanaians to join us make demands on government and encourage it to strive to meet its own pledge,” he noted.
Each African government also signed up to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. These goals include:
Source: GhanaWeb
