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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.
There are interventions such as The Ghana Health Service's Child Welfare Clinic (CWC) which is a comprehensive child health service that includes immunization, nutrient supplementation, and growth monitoring and promotion to regulate and monitor the under five health care, infant feeding practices, and empower mothers on the appropriate care ...
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] Ghana's universal healthcare system has been described as the most successful healthcare system on the African continent by business magnate Bill Gates. [2] The system has ...
The ministry is responsible for all health related issues in Ghana. It was responsible for direct public health service delivery or provision in the country. However, with the enactment of an ACT 525 of parliament, the functions of promotion, preventive, curative and rehabilitative care have been delegated to the Ghana Health Service and ...
The hospital was established in 1974 and was formerly known as the Tamale Regional Hospital. It was to provide various health care services to the people of the three Northern regions of Ghana namely, the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions.
The Ashanti Region has 530 health facilities. [1] 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. [1] The Ashanti monarchy operates about 32 percent of all health facilities in the Ashanti Region. [citation needed]
J.E. Hutton Mills was the secretary. Following the establishment of an African government under colonial rule in 1951, a Ghana branch of the British Medical Association was formed in January 1953. [5] This also had Nanka-Bruce as its first president. Both associations were merged to form the Ghana Medical Association on 4 January 1958.
In 1963, the NRC merged with the former Ghana Academy of Sciences, a statutory learned society. Following a review in 1966, the academy was reconstituted into, essentially, its original component bodies, namely a national research organization redesignated the CSIR and a learned Society, designated the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences. [2]