Ghana
Ghana, the first-ever Global Fund grant recipient. since 2004, the Global Fund has disbursed over US$1 billion for HIV, TB, HIV/TB and malaria grants. It is also the first-ever Global Fund recipient.
On 3rd March 2022, Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia swore-in the newly constituted Governing Board of the Ghana AIDS Commission at the Jubilee House in Accra, charging them to work harder towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of ending AIDS by 2030 and is committed towards reaching the UNAIDS 95-95-95 testing and treatment targets.
Although malaria remains a major cause of death in the country, with the support of the Global Fund, deaths from malaria in the country has declined significantly from 19% in 2010 to 4.2% in 2016. For HIV while overall prevalence has declined, only 33% of the estimated 316,613 people living with HIV are currently on treatment. For TB, while treatment success is high at 85% treatment coverage is only 32% with improvements required in GeneXpert utilisation, use community systems and logistics for testing samples. (source – Office of the Inspector General, Audit Report, Global Fund Grants in the Republic of Ghana)
Ghana is part of the Breaking Down Barriers Initiative which was initiated in 2020 as part of the operationalisation of Strategic Objective 3 of the Global Fund Strategy 2017 – 2022. A Baseline Assessment was conducted in 2018. With the support of the Global Fund, Ghana has fully integrated programs and approaches to address human rights-related barriers in the context of TB in all their key population programming and ensured that people with TB and those cured of TB fully participate in the development of a comprehensive response to human rights-related barriers.
Ghan is also part of the Multicountry TB WC Africa NTP/SRL, Multicountry West Africa ALCO and Multicountry West Africa ITPC grants supported by the Global Fund.
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About the action
The action in Ghana is led by Hope for Future Generations (HFFG) with the support of the following partners.
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united kingdom
The Orizuru (origami paper crane) is considered to be the most classic of all Japanese origami. The crane is a symbol of success and good fortune in Japanese culture and the origami paper crane is a symbol of peace, love, and hope, and healing during challenging times.
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European Commission
The Orizuru (origami paper crane) is considered to be the most classic of all Japanese origami. The crane is a symbol of success and good fortune in Japanese culture and the origami paper crane is a symbol of peace, love, and hope, and healing during challenging times.
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Sweden
The Orizuru (origami paper crane) is considered to be the most classic of all Japanese origami. The crane is a symbol of success and good fortune in Japanese culture and the origami paper crane is a symbol of peace, love, and hope, and healing during challenging times.
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Letters sent
The Orizuru (origami paper crane) is considered to be the most classic of all Japanese origami. The crane is a symbol of success and good fortune in Japanese culture and the origami paper crane is a symbol of peace, love, and hope, and healing during challenging times.