President Mahama has donated six months of his salary to the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, popularly known as Mahama Cares.
The move aims to strengthen medical services and improve access to quality healthcare for patients with chronic and life-threatening illnesses.
President Mahama launched the Mahama Cares programme at the University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) in Accra on Tuesday, April 29.
President Mahama made the pledge today as he launched the government’s Ghana Medical Trust Fund, also known as Mahama Cares.
He further stated that the initiative is designed to ensure fairness in healthcare access, particularly for those facing financial barriers to treatment.
Mr. Mahama stated that, the Mahama Cares aims to provide dedicated financial support to individuals suffering from chronic and debilitating illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney failure, and other complications.
President Mahama added that support from the Fund will be based on formal applications, which will be carefully vetted and focused on costs not currently covered under the NHIS.
President John Dramani Mahama, while launching the Fund, pleaded with the private sector to commit their corporate social responsibility efforts to Mahama Cares.
“I want to encourage corporate Ghana, businesses, the mines, the banks, and all the other companies, that this Ghana Medical Trust Fund, is coming to your clients who save their monies in your banks or do business with you. Some of them are even your own staff.
“So, as part of your Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), if you give anything, consider that you are giving to your own staff or customers.
“So, I would like to encourage all corporations in Ghana, both private and public, to at the end of the year, donate some portion of their annual CSR to Ghana Medical Fund because it is going to do a lot of good to the country,”
