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Ghana Has Spent $323 on HIV/AIDS Initiative.

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According to the National AIDS Spending Assessment (NASA) report for 2019, 2020, and 2021 released by the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC), has reveals that $323.7 million was spent by the nation during those three years.

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According to the report, the overall costs associated with HIV and AIDS in 2019, 2020, and 2021 were $88,648,568, $107,280,242, and $127,828,300, respectively.

The monies for each respective year were the sum of the contributions from the government, the private sector, and the foreign donor community, according to Dr. Kyeremeh Atuahene, Director-General of the GAC, who made this statement at the launch and distribution of the NASA report.

Nevertheless, he claimed that the results demonstrated an excessive reliance on foreign funding for the country's HIV response, as it had done throughout the years.

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The cash flow, actual disbursements, and expenditures for HIV and AIDS programs are all described by NASA, a thorough and systematic resource-tracking approach.

Also, the National Aids Spending Assessment process tracks the financial transactions on HIV from its funding source through to its final destination the beneficiaries getting goods and services and is a critical instrument for tracking resources and expenditures for the national HIV and AIDS response.

It outlines the financial flow and costs associated with HIV and AIDS for both health-related and non-health-related activities over the time period stated, while also pointing out and correcting funding shortfalls.

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The report focuses on three areas: financing, provision, and consumption. It also includes general estimates of what the public, private, and foreign donors have spent on the country's HIV and AIDS response.

However, as the nation worked to address the intricate discrepancies in resource distribution, Dr. Atuahene argued that the report should be used as a weapon for lobbying in order to reprioritize HIV spending.

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