Ghana spent $323.7 million on HIV/AIDS-related initiatives during the course of the previous three years, according to data from the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC).
For the years 2019, 2020, and 2021, the total cost associated with HIV/AIDS was $88,648,568, $107,280,242, and $127,828,300, respectively.
The monies for each respective year were the total contribution given by the government, the private sector, and the international community, according to Dr. Kyeremeh Atuahene, Director General of the Ghana AIDS Commission.
At the release and distribution of the National AIDS Spending Assessment (NASA) report for 2019, 2020, and 2021, Dr. Atuahene said this.
NASA describes the financial flow, actual disbursements, and expenses for HIV/AIDS programmes. It is an extensive and systemic resource tracking method.
In addition to detecting and filling funding gaps, it describes the HIV/AIDS money flow and expenditures for both health and non-health activities during the time period given.
The report focuses on three areas: financing, provision, and consumption. It also includes general estimates of what the public, private, and foreign donors will spend on the country's HIV and AIDS response.
The Director General outlined how NASA 2019–2021 findings also demonstrate a similar pattern of overdependence on foreign funding for the country's HIV response.
As the nation worked to address the intricate discrepancies in resource distribution, he said it was important to use the report as a vehicle for lobbying in order to reprioritize HIV funding.
Each of us must decide how to introduce and incorporate quality into the regular operations of the national response. stated Dr. Atuhene.
Dr. Kwaku Afriyie, the Executive Oversight Minister for GAC and Minister of Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation, praised the NASA steering group for providing technical support for the exercise while releasing the report.
He pleaded with the Commission to keep in touch with the government, aid organisations, and all other multisectoral participants in the national response.
According to Dr. Afriyie, this would assist in raising the necessary cash to support the implementation of the National Strategic Plan for 2021–2025, which will help the country reach its goals and put an end to the AIDS pandemic by 2030.
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