The Ministry of Health in Ghana has announced that it is working with the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust (AVAT) to review a vaccine procurement contract, in response to the latest report by the Auditor General on the government’s COVID-19 expenditure.
The report stated that the Ministry of Health paid $120,192,379.80 to UNICEF/AVAT for the supply of vaccines, however, only 5,109,600 doses valued at $38,322,000 were supplied to the National Cold Room, leaving a difference of $81,870,379.
The Auditor General has recommended that the Ministry renegotiate and recover the outstanding balance immediately. The Ministry acknowledged the delay in receiving the vaccines and cited unexpected hesitancy, cold chain storage challenges, spontaneous donations and manufacturer’s storage difficulties as reasons for the delay.
They stated that in June 2022, the Ministry was compelled to agree on a delivery schedule for the remaining 11,052 million doses to be delivered from June to December 2022, however, this process was delayed due to the aforementioned challenges.
The Ministry has now requested and received the June allocation, which was delivered in January 2023. They have reiterated their commitment to work in the supreme interest of the public.
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