Table 3.

Cost of COVID-19 HWF recruitments and incentives compared with the 2019 health sector wage bill

Description	Annual cost	As a % of the 2019 wage bill
Overall health sector HWF Wage Bill in 2019 (GHc)	3,930,985,239
Overall health sector HWF Wage Bill in 2019 (USD)	677 756 076
50% allowance +Income Tax Waiver (USD)	35 019 438	5.2
Estimated annual wage bill cost of new recruitments (USD)	213 578 111	31.5
Overall COVID-19 HWF investment (recruitments and incentives)	248 597 549	36.7

Data sources: Ghana Health Service; Integrated personnel Payroll Database, Controller and Accountant General’s Department.

HWF, health workforce.