Sustainable Financing for Health and Nutrition
Fiscal Space Analysis for the Primary Level Health and Nutrition Sector in Ghana
Highlights
Ghana faces increasing fiscal constraints following recent economic shocks, with implications for essential health and nutrition services—particularly for children and vulnerable populations.
Despite a recent increase in health sector spending since the uncapping of the National Health Insurance Levy, health spending remains below regional benchmark set at the Abuja Declaration of 2015, while declining external assistance heightens the need for stronger domestic resource mobilization. Current financing is skewed toward curative care, leaving preventive primary health care underfunded. Nutrition financing is fragmented, largely donor-dependent, and lacks clear budget visibility.
A Fiscal Space Analysis (2025–2030) identifies key opportunities to strengthen sustainable financing, including improved revenue generation, enhanced compliance, and clearer budget prioritization for health and nutrition.
Investing in primary health care and nutrition is critical to protecting child outcomes and strengthening Ghana’s human capital and long-term resilience.
