The Member of Parliament for Atiwa East, Abena Osei- Asare, has called on the government to establish a dedicated fund for health infrastructure in the country, separate from the annual health budget allocated to the Ministry of Health.

In an interview with Channel One TV and monitored by GhanaWeb on Sunday, December 21, 2025, the former Deputy Minister of Finance stressed the need for the government to direct more resources towards addressing the country's health infrastructure needs.

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"If you look at the chunk of the health budget, 85% of that is compensation. What you have left is so minimal that it cannot address the health infrastructure gap that you have. And so that if government will think of an initiative like the Big Push and allocate so much to the health ministry.

"This is free advice I've given to government, that they should do something similar like Big Push in the health sector", she lamented.

President John Dramani Mahama has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to improving healthcare delivery in Ghana.

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Speaking at the Presidential Media Encounter in September 2025, President Mahama pointed out the central role of healthcare in his reset agenda and assured citizens that bold measures were being taken to strengthen the sector in response to growing demands and global health risks.

“Fellow countrymen and women, we’ve also turned our attention with equal urgency to the health and well-being of our people. In 2025 alone, the national health budget increased by 13.4%, rising from GH¢ 15.6 billion to GH¢17.8 billion, one of the most significant increases in recent years", he stated.

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