{"id":6057,"date":"2025-12-11T08:43:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/?p=6057"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:45:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T08:45:11","slug":"government-prioritises-healthcare-in-2026-budget-health-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/government-prioritises-healthcare-in-2026-budget-health-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"GOVERNMENT PRIORITISES HEALTHCARE IN 2026 BUDGET\u201d &#8211; HEALTH MINISTER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Health Minister Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh says the 2026 budget marks the strongest commitment to healthcare investment in years, describing it as \u201cthe most people-focused and health-centred budget\u201d yet.<br \/>\nSpeaking at the Government Accountability Series, he announced a GH\u00a234 billion allocation to the sector, with GH\u00a211 billion going to the NHIS. Hon Akandoh said the scheme has been stabilised, coverage has risen to 20 million people, and government will implement a 120% increase in NHIS tariffs next year to reflect realistic service costs.<br \/>\nThe new Free Primary Healthcare package, worth GH\u00a21.5 billion, will be rolled out, while the Ghana Medical Trust Fund (MahamaCare) programme is now fully operational, with GH\u00a22.3 billion to support patients.<br \/>\nThe Minister also confirmed that the construction of three new regional hospitals in the Savannah, Oti, and Western North regions will begin in 2026, with a budget allocation of GH\u00a2600 million. He stressed that no uncompleted health project will be abandoned.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6060\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/member-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/member-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/member-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/member-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/member.jpg 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\nWith GH\u00a216.7 billion set aside, Hon Akandoh said government will continue paying recently recruited nurses, deploy 700 medical doctors, and clear trainee allowances on time.<br \/>\nOn Zipline, the minister clarified that although the drone service was originally expected to avoid reliance on Government of Ghana funds, the state has been paying over US$500,000 monthly for its operations. He noted that a review has revealed that only 12% of flights serve hard-to-reach communities, while a significant portion have been used to transport non-essential items.<br \/>\nHon Akandoh said government has met Zipline several times and is still engaging them to ensure \u201cvalue for money,\u201d stressing that any future arrangement must align with the president\u2019s directive for efficient and justifiable spending.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6059\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/partivipants-245x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/partivipants-245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/partivipants.jpg 635w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 245px) 100vw, 245px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Health Minister Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh says the 2026 budget marks the strongest commitment to healthcare investment in years, describing it as \u201cthe most people-focused and health-centred budget\u201d yet. Speaking at the Government Accountability Series, he announced a GH\u00a234 billion allocation to the sector, with GH\u00a211 billion going to the NHIS. Hon Akandoh said the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6057","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6057"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6057\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.moh.gov.gh\/mohclone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}