Ministry of Health sign Aide Memoir with Devt partners

Accra, Nov. 17, GNA - The Minister of Health, Major Courage Quashigah (Rtd) on Friday expressed his frustration with the lack of progress exhibited by development partners, which inhibited improvement in transparency and predictability to their 2007 budget.

He said during the ministry's annual health summit that, donor commitments by partners were slow in coming and 'this makes it difficult to present a complete budget when we faced such situations=94. Major Quashigah expressed these sentiments when the Ministry signed an Aide Memoir with its development partners in Accra.

The Aide Memoir was a demonstration of their collective commitment to improving the health of Ghanaians.

He called on development partners to stay focused on strengthening their partnerships, productivity and to promote the pro-poor orientation of the health sector. Mr. Michael J.P Bierkenes of the Dutch Embassy on behalf of the development partners said the new Memoir would require a new Common Management Arrangement since there had been a change in doing business in development co-operation.

He noted that the coming months were crucial for accelerating development in the health sector and pledged the continuous support of development partners in ensuring the achievement of the objectives of the health sector.