Publications

Primary Health Care (PHC) is an essential, practical, scientifically, and socially acceptable means of health care that can ensure quality, accessible and affordable health for all. By signing on to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Ghana pledged to make a determined effort to ensure that all Ghanaians have access to appropriate, high-quality, affordable, timely, conveniently […]

This book presents the health care experiences of people in dozens of communities from their own perspectives. The images and personal stories offer a window into the reality of health care in rural and deprived communities in malaria endemic areas in Ghana’s Western Region and Western North Region. The photobook shares part of the journey […]

Introduction With the 2022 World Health Day theme – Our Planet our Health in focus, it begs the question of Ghana’s role in protecting the health of our planet and of its citizens. This year’s WHD focuses on the urgent attention required to keep humans and the planet healthy and to ‘foster a movement to […]

Introduction In August 2003, Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was created by the National Health Insurance Act in an attempt to implement a universal health insurance program. This was designed to be a local and sustainable method of health financing for Ghana. The National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) was commissioned to ensure that all […]

Introduction Gender inequality is not a novelty in any part of the world, and while there have been advances globally and nationally, the fact remains that progress has been slow. Gender inequality in the quest for healthcare is much devastating as women and girls, who are the most vulnerable, are at the receiving end of […]

Here is a message from our Board Chairperson on International Women’s Day, 2022 Read here

The second anniversary of the Astana declaration was marked around the world on the 27th October 2020 with renewed hopes of accessible and quality primary health care for everyone anywhere in the world. The declaration of Astana was a reaffirmation of the earlier Alma-Ata declaration (1978), to which world leaders committed to invest in, and […]

Determining the specific components of an essential health services package requires detailed studies, data and analytics. While the health and disease conditions to be covered may be well-known, the scope of the service and what is available at a service delivery point will necessarily differ depending on the level care (i.e., community level, sub-district, district […]

This year’s World Humanitarian Day (19 August 2021) is devoted to dealing with the climate crisis, the single biggest health threat facing humanity. This day is a crucial milestone in the lead up to the COP26 summit in November when leaders from 196 countries will meet to agree action to get climate change under control. […]

It is sometimes the case that individuals who are being assisted to carry a load, forget themselves and in the process leave the burden to the helper. Anyone who has taken time to analyse the health sector’s portion of the national budget at least for the past five years will find this unfortunate situation with […]