27 April 2026, Accra – A momentous week. Representatives from the University of Ghana School of Public Health, the University of Geneva,and AHADI gathered in Accra to launch two exciting collaborative efforts:

- To develop a roadmap for health financing transition to support Ghana’s efforts and leadership in health financing sovereignty.

- To establish a public health analytics curriculum for public health practitioners that will be delivered by the University of Ghana School of Public Health, in collaboration with the Ghana Ministry of Health and AHADI, to strengthen Ghana’s self-reliance in public health analytics.

Led by Dr Richmond Owusu and Prof Duah Dwomoh of the University of Ghana School of Public Health, Dr Maisoon Elbukhari Ibrahim of the University of Geneva, and Dr Abdisalan Noor and Dr Jaline Gerardin of AHADI, the group focused on three main research and policy activities:

- Assessing funding flows, fiscal space for health, and the impact and response to reductions in donor health financing. A rapid tool previously implemented in Zambia was adapted to the Ghana context.

- Assessing health system resilience in Ghana, the impact of reducing donor funds, and the national response to bridging the gap while addressing emerging priorities. This assessment will be implemented by adapting the Resilient Health System Resilience Appraisal Measure (ReHSAM) framework to the Ghana context.

- Using information from the assessments and detailed review of the policy space, develop a concrete proposal and roadmap for how Ghana can transition to greater health financing sovereignty.

Sustaining any future health financing autonomy will also require that Ghana’s institutions are self-reliant in performing effective health priority setting and optimizing the use of health financing resources, including through the use of sub-national tailoring approaches. This would require a robust talent production pipeline for data analytics skills within the Ministry of Health to support regular professional development of public health practitioners.

To this end, the group discussed the development and implementation of a public health analytics curriculum at the University of Ghana School of Public Health. All parties emphasized the need to design for sustainability from the outset and to integrate with and build upon existing efforts in similar domains.

AHADI is grateful for the partnership of Dr Owusu, and Prof Dwomoh of the University of Ghana School of Public Health as well as Prof Karl Blanchet and Dr Elbukhari of the University of Geneva in this effort. This work is funded by grants from Coefficient Giving and the Gates Foundation.

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