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In recent decades, the pharmaceutical market has expanded its geographical reach. This trend appears to be here to stay; in a survey of major pharmaceutical firms conducted by global consulting firm PwC’s Strategy& team, more than half of respondents anticipated that over 30% of their global sales would originate in emerging markets by...

 

Although priorities vary when it comes to economic development, the increasing need for skilled labour is both a cause of and a requirement for accelerated growth that spans markets and continents. This demand for technical specialists from Mexico to Indonesia is often most concentrated in the sectors that are vital to economic advancement,...

 

Ghana’s government has prioritised educational reform in recent years in a bid to improve access at all levels of the system. To this end, in 2018 the state introduced its Free Senior High School (SHS) policy, an initiative which provides free tuition for attendees at all public secondary schools. On top of this, to improve learning outcomes...

 

How is the government increasing capacity in line with population growth?

 

Public health services dominate Ghana’s health care sector. The Ghana Health Service (GHS) – an independent executive agency responsible for the implementation of health policies – reports that 78.7% of the 7089 hospital beds in 2016 were managed by the government and 16.9% by the private sector. The remaining 4.4% of hospital beds were...

Chapter | Health & Education from The Report: Ghana 2019

Ghana’s economic development is leading to heightened demand for specialised private health services, while on the public side; the government has made commitments to improve universal health coverage and is implementing plans to tackle specific challenges such as non-communicable diseases and a shortage of health professionals. Such commitments to legal reform and public resource provision will...

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