Afrigather Accra, Ghana – The Africa Regional Convention on Financing Common Well being Protection and Well being Safety has been held in Ghana with a name on nations to strengthen funding within the well being sector to scale back the out-of-pocket expenditure burden on individuals.
“COVID-19 has demonstrated that when well being is in danger, every part is in danger. Subsequently, funding in well being can also be an funding in defending our societies & economies,” says the Director-Common of the World Well being Group (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in his tackle to delegates.
The convention, which was organized by Ghana’s Ministry of Well being, WHO and the Ghana Nationwide Well being Insurance coverage Authority (NHIA) with help from different companions was aimed toward bringing collectively stakeholders from 30 of the 47 WHO African nations to share concepts and experiences on the best way to overcome monetary obstacles and supply monetary danger safety in the direction of higher and cost-effective consequence.
Delivering the opening remarks, Ghana’s Minister of Well being, Hon Kwaku Agyeman-Manu urged African governments to search out appropriate options to make sure that populations are protected against catastrophic expenditures.
“We’d like reforms to enhance the well being safety of the area, contribute considerably and influence positively in the direction of preparedness and response to public well being emergencies and contribute to the International Well being Safety Agenda”.
In a speech learn on her behalf by the WHO Consultant to Ghana, Prof Francis Kasolo, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti known as for larger political will and concerted motion wanted to speed up the growth of service entry and reverse the worsening pattern of economic hardship within the continent.
“We have to scale up protection of social safety mechanisms for individuals and proceed to take each alternative to advocate for elevated funding in well being and translate governments’ dedication to well being into actuality,” she famous.
The convention was organized as a part of the seventy fifth anniversary of WHO and the twentieth anniversary of the NHIA. It introduced collectively over 150 consultants on well being economics, financing, well being coverage and well being techniques from throughout the continent.
