Ghana is on track to exit GAVI funding for vaccines by 2030 - Mahama

President John Dramani Mahama has announced that Ghana is on track to exit GAVI funding for vaccines by 2030.

He said Ghana hopes to transition into a donor in the not-too-distant future.

Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance is a public-private partnership that helps vaccinate more than half the world’s children against some of the world’s deadliest diseases.

The Vaccine Alliance brings together partner country and donor governments, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the World Bank, the vaccine industry, technical agencies, civil society, the Gates Foundation and other private sector partners.

Since its inception in 2000, Gavi has helped to immunise a whole generation – over 1.2 billion children –and prevented more than 20.6 million future deaths, helping to halve child mortality in 78 lower-income countries.

President John Dramani Mahama while delivering a keynote address at the 79th World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva on Monday May 18 said that Ghana has confronted the rising tide of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by launching the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, also known as MahamaCares.

This fund is a lifeline for those suffering from NCDs—cardiovascular conditions, cancers, liver disease and renal failures—that were previously a death sentence for the poor., he said.

"MahamaCares is ensuring that specialised, high-cost care is not a privilege for just a few, but a right for all.

"Ghana is also on track to exit GAVI funding for vaccines by 2030 and hopes to transition into a donor in the not-too-distant future. These domestic achievements are the foundation of my leadership of the Accra Reset Initiative.," he stressed.