Fiscal implications for health financing in African countries recently graduating from low to lower-

All these come at a time that health outcomes in these countries have not been commensurate with the resources invested in the health system (Musango & Ota, 2015) The overall objective of the study was to assess the fiscal implication of health financing in Ghana and Kenya following their recent graduation from Low to Lower-Middle income status after the rebasing of the Gross Domestic Products (GD. [...] The discussions above point to the fact that the transition from low to lower-middle income status of Ghana and Kenya will likely have some negative implications for the health sector in terms of financing. [...] Although the government has put a lot of efforts in rehabilitating and upgrading health facilities in the country, there continues to be the need to invest more in infrastructure particularly in equipment and technology. [...] The overall objective of the study was to assess the fiscal implication of health financing in Ghana and Kenya following their recent graduation from Low to Lower-Middle income status after the rebasing of the Gross Domestic Products (GDP). [...] Each of the country case studies looks at the health sector financing, estimates of the funding gap (needs) and implications of the health funding gap.