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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Dr Pilar Mateo Herrero, President, Inesfly from The Report: Ghana 2013
Articles & Analysis | Engineering change: Implementing an efficient health care model through policy reform and fiscal decentralisation from The Report: Ghana 2013
As the Ghanaian health care sector grapples to absorb a rising number of new patients each year, the government has made a push for decentralisation. For the most part, this is aimed at accelerating the transfer of responsibility for provision from the central government to the country’s 10 regions and 216 districts. Though administrative and fiscal...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to Ernest Aryeetey, Vice-Chancellor, University of Ghana from The Report: Ghana 2013
To what extent do accreditation criteria need to be strengthened or better enforced in Ghana?
Chapter | Health & Education from The Report: Ghana 2013
The continuing implementation of expansive reforms, including the Single Spine Salary Structure and updates to the National Health Insurance Scheme aimed at providing universal health care, made 2012 a turbulent year for Ghana’s health sector. The Ministry of Health has seen its budget swell as the government attempts to address deficiencies in the sector, and remains committed to delivering...
The Republic of Ghana has experienced two peaceful handovers of power in the two decades since it has returned to civilian, multiparty democracy and has gained a deserved reputation as a bastion of stability. However, in recent years, it has been the country’s economic performance in the headlines.
Articles & Analysis | On the path to wellness: Increased expenditures to address regional disparities in access from The Report: Cote d'Ivoire 2013
In the 1980s Côte d’Ivoire’s health care system was a model for the region, but population growth, waning state revenues and conflict eroded the capacity of public institutions, leading to material and facility shortages and declining health for citizens. Major killers today are largely preventive diseases, such as malaria and HIV/AIDS, demanding...