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The National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) is the publicly funded healthcare systems established by the Government of Ghana in 2003. The program was a form of national health insurance established to provide equitable access and financial coverage for basic health care services to Ghanaian citizens. [1]
With collaborative efforts from the Ghana Health Service, the current Ghanaian Government, and the various policy makers, Ghana has for the first time recorded its lowest maternal mortality rate in 2018 with 128 deaths per 100,000 live births as against 144 per the same number of deliveries in 2017.
The Ministry of Health (MoH) is the government ministry of Ghana that is responsible for the health of Ghanaians. It is involved in providing public health services, managing Ghana's healthcare industry, and building Ghana's hospitals and medical education system. Ministry main offices are located in Accra. [1]
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is a Public Service body established under Act 525 of 1996 as required by the 1992 constitution. [1] It is an autonomous Executive Agency responsible for implementation of national policies under the control of the Ghana Minister for Health through its governing Council - the Ghana Health Service Council.
The health of women in Ghana is critical for national development. Women's health issues in the country are largely centered on nutrition, reproductive health and family planning. [32] Reproduction is the source of many health problems for women in Ghana.
The Ashanti Region has 530 health facilities. [2] 170 of these health facilities are operated by the Ghana Health Service; 71 by missions; 281 by private institutions; and 8 by the Ashanti quasi-government. [2] The Ashanti monarchy operates about 32 percent of all health facilities in the Ashanti Region. [1]
People's National Party: 18: Kwamena Ocran [5] August 1981: 31 December 1981 19: Charles Buadu: 1983: 1987: Provisional National Defence Council: Military government 20: Air Commodore F. W. K. Klutse: 1987: 1988 21: Nana Akuoko Sarpong: 1988: 1991 22: Stephen Obimpeh: 1992: 7 January 1993 August 1994: 1996: Rawlings government: National ...
Ghana, since it independence from the British on 6 March 1957, has made great strides towards improving its health care facilities and the services offered in them. The Ghana Health Service, the health policy implementer of the Ministry of Health, has over the years developed the health care services offered to Ghanaians in the initial then (10) but now sixteen (16) administrative regions of ...