World Bank study : A Health Sector in Transition to Universal Coverage in Ghana

Saleh, Karima

dc.creator	Saleh, Karima
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:06:14Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T10:06:14Z
dc.date	2012-01-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-17T20:40:43Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-17T20:40:43Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000386194_20120306000453
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2728
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/243097
dc.description	Ghana has come a long way in improving health outcomes and it performs reasonably well when compared to the other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, when its health outcomes are compared to other countries globally with similar incomes and health spending levels, its performance is more mixed. Ghana's health outcome performances, in terms of child health and maternal health, are worse than the levels found in other comparable lower middle income and health spending countries, but life expectancy is better. Ghana's demographic profile is changing, and demographic, epidemiological, and nutrition transitions are well underway. The dependency ratio is expected to be favorably affected by the expanding large numbers of individuals entering the labor force, while fertility albeit still high continues to decline. It is the right time for Ghana to take advantage of this potential demographic dividend. Taking appropriate steps to improve employment opportunities is critical or else the country will face economic pressures as well as political unrest. There is a funding shortage for public health goods. Many public health goods, such as immunization and family planning, are generally heavily subsidized, with tax or donor financing. However, Ghana has a low allocation of public funds to meet the demands for family planning commodities. The private sector has responded somewhat to this market failure by selling family planning commodities in private pharmacies, thereby increasing supply. Morbidity and mortality from communicable disease (CD) are highly prevalent in Ghana, and make up fifty three percent of the disease burden. Although, cost-effective interventions are offered, a significant proportion of morbidity and mortality is still CD related.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	World Bank
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ABSTINENCE
dc.subject	ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVES
dc.subject	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	ACCESS TO OBSTETRIC CARE
dc.subject	ADULT LITERACY
dc.subject	ADULT POPULATION
dc.subject	AGED
dc.subject	ANTENATAL CARE
dc.subject	BIRTH ATTENDANTS
dc.subject	BIRTH RATE
dc.subject	BREAST CANCER
dc.subject	BURDEN OF DISEASE
dc.subject	CAPITATION
dc.subject	CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES
dc.subject	CAUSES OF DEATH
dc.subject	CHILD HEALTH
dc.subject	CHILD MORTALITY
dc.subject	CHILD NUTRITION
dc.subject	CHILDREN PER WOMAN
dc.subject	CITIES
dc.subject	CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject	CLEANLINESS
dc.subject	CLINICS
dc.subject	COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL
dc.subject	COMMUNICABLE DISEASES
dc.subject	COMPETENCIES
dc.subject	CONTRACEPTIVE PREVALENCE
dc.subject	CONTRACEPTIVES
dc.subject	COUNSELING
dc.subject	DEATH RATE
dc.subject	DEATHS
dc.subject	DECISION MAKING
dc.subject	DEMOCRACY
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES
dc.subject	DEPENDENCY RATIO
dc.subject	DIABETES
dc.subject	ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject	EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject	EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHANGES
dc.subject	EPIDEMIOLOGICAL TRANSITION
dc.subject	EPIDEMIOLOGY
dc.subject	EQUITY IN ACCESS
dc.subject	ESSENTIAL DRUGS
dc.subject	ESSENTIAL MEDICINES
dc.subject	EXPENDITURES
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FAMILY PLANNING
dc.subject	FAMILY PLANNING COMMODITIES
dc.subject	FEE FOR SERVICE
dc.subject	FEMALE LITERACY
dc.subject	FERTILITY
dc.subject	FERTILITY DECLINES
dc.subject	FERTILITY RATE
dc.subject	FEWER CHILDREN
dc.subject	FORECASTS
dc.subject	GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
dc.subject	HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
dc.subject	HEALTH CENTERS
dc.subject	HEALTH CONDITIONS
dc.subject	HEALTH COST
dc.subject	HEALTH DELIVERY
dc.subject	HEALTH EDUCATION
dc.subject	HEALTH EXPENDITURE
dc.subject	HEALTH FACILITIES
dc.subject	HEALTH FINANCING
dc.subject	HEALTH INFORMATION
dc.subject	HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subject	HEALTH INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject	HEALTH INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject	HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject	HEALTH MANAGEMENT
dc.subject	HEALTH OF WOMEN
dc.subject	HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject	HEALTH PLANNING
dc.subject	HEALTH POLICY
dc.subject	HEALTH PROBLEMS
dc.subject	HEALTH PROMOTION
dc.subject	HEALTH REFORM
dc.subject	HEALTH SECTOR
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICE
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICE USE
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICE UTILIZATION
dc.subject	HEALTH SERVICES
dc.subject	HEALTH STATUS
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEM
dc.subject	HEALTH SYSTEMS
dc.subject	HEALTH WORKERS
dc.subject	HEALTH WORKFORCE
dc.subject	HIV/AIDS
dc.subject	HOSPITAL
dc.subject	HOSPITAL BEDS
dc.subject	HOSPITAL CARE
dc.subject	HOSPITALS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject	HR
dc.subject	HUMAN RESOURCES
dc.subject	HYPERTENSION
dc.subject	ILLNESS
dc.subject	IMMUNIZATION
dc.subject	IMMUNODEFICIENCY
dc.subject	INCENTIVE SCHEMES
dc.subject	INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
dc.subject	INCOME
dc.subject	INDUCED DEMAND
dc.subject	INEQUITIES
dc.subject	INFANT
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY
dc.subject	INFANT MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	INFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subject	INFORMATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject	INJURIES
dc.subject	INSURANCE SCHEMES
dc.subject	INTERVENTION
dc.subject	LAB TESTS
dc.subject	LABOR FORCE
dc.subject	LABOR MARKET
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	LITERACY RATES
dc.subject	LIVING STANDARDS
dc.subject	LOCAL AUTHORITIES
dc.subject	MALARIA
dc.subject	MANAGED CARE
dc.subject	MATERNAL DEATHS
dc.subject	MATERNAL HEALTH
dc.subject	MATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subject	MATERNAL MORTALITY RATIO
dc.subject	MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	MEDICINES
dc.subject	MIDWIVES
dc.subject	MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
dc.subject	MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	MINISTRY OF HEALTH
dc.subject	MORBIDITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MOSQUITO NETS
dc.subject	MOTHER
dc.subject	MOTHER TO CHILD
dc.subject	MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION
dc.subject	NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE
dc.subject	NEEDS ASSESSMENT
dc.subject	NEONATAL CARE
dc.subject	NEWBORN
dc.subject	NEWBORN CARE
dc.subject	NUTRITION
dc.subject	OBESITY
dc.subject	OUTPATIENT CARE
dc.subject	PARASITIC DISEASES
dc.subject	PATIENT
dc.subject	PATIENTS
dc.subject	PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
dc.subject	PHYSICIAN
dc.subject	PHYSICIANS
dc.subject	POLICY DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	POLICY FRAMEWORK
dc.subject	POLIO
dc.subject	POLITICAL INSTABILITY
dc.subject	POLITICAL UNREST
dc.subject	POOR HEALTH
dc.subject	POOR NUTRITION
dc.subject	POPULATION CHALLENGES
dc.subject	POPULATION DIVISION
dc.subject	POPULATION DYNAMICS
dc.subject	POPULATION ESTIMATES
dc.subject	POPULATION GROUPS
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject	POPULATION GROWTH RATE
dc.subject	PREGNANCY
dc.subject	PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS
dc.subject	PREGNANT WOMEN
dc.subject	PRIMARY CARE
dc.subject	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
dc.subject	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
dc.subject	PRIVATE PHARMACIES
dc.subject	PROVIDER PAYMENT
dc.subject	PROVISION OF EDUCATION
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS
dc.subject	PUBLIC HEALTH SPENDING
dc.subject	PUSH FACTORS
dc.subject	QUALITY ASSURANCE
dc.subject	QUALITY OF CARE
dc.subject	QUALITY OF HEALTH
dc.subject	QUALITY OF LIFE
dc.subject	QUALITY OF SERVICES
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subject	RESOURCE ALLOCATION
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RISK FACTORS
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	RURAL WOMEN
dc.subject	SANITATION
dc.subject	SCREENING
dc.subject	SERVICE QUALITY
dc.subject	SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
dc.subject	SHORTAGES OF EQUIPMENT
dc.subject	SKILLED BIRTH ATTENDANTS
dc.subject	SKILLED WORKERS
dc.subject	SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL AFFAIRS
dc.subject	SOCIAL CONDITIONS
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	TEACHING HOSPITALS
dc.subject	TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject	TUBERCULOSIS
dc.subject	UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
dc.subject	URBAN AREAS
dc.subject	URBAN CENTERS
dc.subject	URBAN SLUMS
dc.subject	VACCINES
dc.subject	VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
dc.subject	WORKERS
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.title	World Bank study : A Health Sector in Transition to Universal Coverage in Ghana
dc.type	Economic & Sector Work :: Other Health Study
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	West Africa
dc.coverage	Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.coverage	Ghana