USAID Suspension: Ghana’s health sector hardest hit, gov’t, stakeholders meet on next steps
Ghana’s health sector is the hardest hit with the 90-day suspension of the United State of America’s development section, United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Already, a leaked letter from the Regional Directorate to the Director General of the Ghana Health Service acknowledge that the suspension had significantly disrupted the health supply chain, particularly in the Northern, North East, and Savannah Regions, which rely on the Northern Regional Medical Stores for commodity distribution.
“The halt in distribution services poses a severe risk of stockouts for essential medicines, vaccines, and other critical health commodities… commodities including maternal and child health, malaria prevention and treatment, family planning, and HIV/AIDS services, are likely t...