A Review of Ghana’s E-health Strategy

Abstract: Background and Purpose: Ghana has been faced with weak health systems leading to preponderance of communicable diseases, under-nutrition, and poor reproductive health resulting in difficulties in meeting some of the targets of the MDGs. There are also increasing incidence of non-communicable and chronic diseases, and severe inequities in access to health services resulting in large disparities in health outcomes across the country.  In light of these, the Ministry of Health and Ghana Health Service in 2007 developed a National Health Policy which has three broad objectives. These are: (a)  To ensure that people live long, healthy and productive lives and reproduce without an increased risk of death. (b)  To reduce the excessive risk and burden of morbidity, mortality and disability, especially in the poor and marginalized groups (c)   To reduce inequalities in access to health, reproduction and nutrition services. However, achieving these objectives require a change in the way heal.... https://jhia-online.org/index.php/jhia/article/view/52

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: A Review of Ghana’s E-health Strategy ; volume:1 ; number:1 ; day:18 ; month:09 ; year:2013 ; Journal of health informatics in Africa ; 1, Heft 1 (18.09.2013)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Afagbedzi, Seth Kwaku ; Obuobi, H. ; Aryeetey, R. ; Bosomprah, S.

Further information

• DOI: 10.12856/JHIA-2013-v1-i1-52
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2021022209180315221606
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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