On Monday, President John Mahama attended a high-level gathering of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) alongside other leaders of state and government.
The event highlighted Africa’s efforts to fortify its health systems in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, with the topic “Securing Africa’s Health Sovereignty: Political Leadership for Sustainable Health Financing, Local Manufacturing, and Pandemic Preparedness.”
This comes before the 80th United Nations General Assembly’s General Debates begin in New York.
President Mahama, who spoke at the gathering, emphasised the pressing need for Africa to assume responsibility for its health security and insisted that health spending be viewed as essential to growth.
“Health is not a cost. It is the engine of productivity and the foundation of sovereignty,” he declared.
When President Mahama hosts a side session on Tuesday at 8:00 p.m. GMT with the theme “The Accra Reset: Reimagining Global Governance for Health and Development,” it is anticipated that he will expand on that discussion.
In order to investigate new frameworks for health governance and development cooperation, the workshop will bring together policymakers and international partners.
In order to prevent the continent from becoming susceptible in the event of a global health emergency, President Mahama’s action coincides with African efforts to increase self-reliance in health financing, local vaccine production, and pandemic preparedness.
