Ghana Spends US$323m On HIV/AIDS Response In 3 Years | Education

The Executive Oversight Minister for GAC and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Kwaku Afriyie, in launching the report, said NASA aimed at identifying the funding gaps to address them and improve financial information on HIV and AIDS expenditures for the country, as well as address the gap in reporting to national and international reporting platforms.

He said the three-year results clearly showed that the country's expenditure kept increasing yearly.

In that regard, he urged the GAC to continue engaging the government and development partners and all the multi-sectoral stakeholders of the national response to mobilize adequate funds to finance the implementation of the National Strategic Plan 2021-2025.

That, he said, would help achieve the national targets and end the AIDS epidemic by 2030.

The GAC Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator Emmanuel Tetteh Larbi, giving a highlight of the report said even though the quantum of funding for HIV kept increasing in the years under review, HIV spending was more than the estimated resources.

He said HIV care and treatment took the largest share of HIV financing, followed by program enablers, health systems strengthening, and HIV prevention with the report, indicating that HIV response in Ghana was heavily dependent on international funds.

Mr Larbi thus called for local resources mobilization, institutionalized routine HIV and AIDS resource tracking, and the promotion of innovative approaches to target key populations.

A representative of the UNAIDS Country Director, Cynthia Adobea Asante, commended the GAC for the report and pledged its continued support to ensure that the vulnerable and marginalized were protected.