Hope for Future Generations (HFFG), a non-governmental organisation, and its partners have commended the government for the payment of its co-financing obligation of $24.5 million to secure vaccines for the country. 

The decisive action, they said, secured the country’s vaccine supply for the year and demonstrated strong political will to protect the health of every child in the country.

“This payment marks a significant step towards preventing vaccine shortages and safeguarding the nation’s immunisation programme.”

“While celebrating this milestone, HFFG and partners call on the government to prioritise long-term domestic resource mobilisation as a strategic pathway towards vaccine sovereignty,” it said in a statement issued in Accra.

That, it said, included exploring mechanisms for advance payments, the involvement of the private sector, and the provision of clear immunisation lines into national budget frameworks to ensure that vaccine security was not dependent on emergency measures.

Vaccines, the organisations said, were one of the most cost-effective health interventions.

“Now is the time to move from reactive financing to a sustainable and fully domestically resourced vaccine programme.”

“HFFG reaffirms its commitment to working with the government, parliament, development partners and communities to strengthen health systems and ensure no child in Ghana dies from a vaccine-preventable disease,” it emphasised.