A Civil Society Organization in the health sector is calling on government to increase the national budgetary allocation for the sector in the subsequent budget.
According to the organization called Universal Health Access to Healthcare Campaign Coalition, government must adhere to the Abuja declaration, which enjoins it to allocate 15 percent of the total national budget to health care delivery in the country.
[contextly_sidebar id=”GlPMwLqpLvQSNrZ11tQ9c72qCyMErV9h”]The Deputy National Coordinator of the Coalition, Archibald Adams who made the call at a press conference in Accra, said the right allocation will help improve healthcare delivery in the country.
“Currently for 2015, the health sector budget is just 9.47 percent and we are saying that the government can do more,” he demanded.
He explained that when insufficient funds are allocated to the sector, “some sub-sectors of the health sector suffers.”
“For instance if there are some projects hanging to be completed what it just means is that it will be deferred to the next year or two years and what it means is that the people within that particular locality will be denied access to healthcare,” he said.
Mr. Adams insisted that healthcare is fundamental human right hence the need to allocate more resources to fund its operations.
Meanwhile, government’s allocation to the sector as stated in the budget stands at GH¢ 1.4 billion (GOG), GH¢ 1 billion (IGF) and GH¢ 713 million (Development Partners).
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana