The People For Health Project will be launching an appraisal report on the 0.5 percent District Assembly Common Fund (DACF) for HIV programming on 17th August 2017 in Accra.
The yet-to-be-launched Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation research report assessed the 0.5 percent of DACF allocation to assemblies for HIV programing in 15 districts between 2014 and 2016 and has revealed disturbing findings.
For example, the report showed that even though over 250,000 persons are living with HIV in Ghana, accounting for over 9000 deaths every year, HIV programming is presently not a top priority of government.
On the same day, a dashboard developed to function as an avenue of reporting cases of stigmatization and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS (particularly key populations) in the health sector will be launched.
The dashboard will also serve as a platform for citizens and government stakeholders to interface on how to improve upon issues relating to the following: HIV/AIDS, maternal and child health, family planning, reproductive health, WASH and nutrition.
In addition, the “Making the Budget Work for Health Rights in Ghana” report will be inaugurated. The document contains summary of inputs and recommendations made into the 2018 National Budget by over 12000 poor Ghanaians who are members of the District Citizen’s Monitoring Committee.
These citizens are demanding increment in budgetary allocation to seven existing health programmes of the Ministry of Health.
The event presents an opportunity for stakeholders to deliberate on the findings of the report, secure commitments from duty bearers as well as educate the public on how to use and take advantage of the platform to reduce inequities in the health service delivery in Ghana.
Report highlighting inadequacy of funding for HIV/AIDS programmes in Ghana to be launched
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