A5074862972- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Global Health Workforce Issues
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Global Health and Surgery
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Health Policy Implementation Science
- Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism
- Diversity and Career in Medicine
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Innovations in Medical Education
- Dental Education, Practice, Research
- Healthcare Policy and Management
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Healthcare Systems and Technology
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts
- COVID-19 Digital Contact Tracing
- Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Public Health and Social Inequalities
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Health and Conflict Studies
- School Health and Nursing Education
Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons
2021-2024
Operation PAR
2024
World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
2016-2019
Ghana Health Service
2019
World Health Organization - Pakistan
2009-2016
World Health Organization
2011-2015
Ministry of Health
2012
Yahoo (United Kingdom)
2005
The 2030 agenda for sustainable development is an opportunity governments and the international community to renew their commitment improving health as a central component of development. (1) accompanying 17 goals (SDGs) define priority areas action. (2) Goal 3 (to ensure healthy lives promote wellbeing all at ages), with Target 3.8 on universal coverage (UHC), emphasize importance people communities having access quality services without risking financial hardship. These include those...
Sub-Saharan Africa faces a human resources crisis in the health sector. Over past two decades its population has increased substantially, with significant rise disease burden due to HIV/AIDS and recurrent communicable diseases an incidence of noncommunicable diseases. This demand for services is met rather low supply workers, but this notwithstanding, sub-Saharan African countries also experience wastage their stock.This paper desk review illustrate suggestions that way (HRH) are trained...
In this Policy Forum, the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group, which was formed to advocate for increased access surgery in Africa, recommends four priority areas national and international agencies target order address surgical burden of disease sub-Saharan Africa.
Background: Innovative strategies such as digital health are needed to ensure attainment of the ambitious universal coverage in Africa. However, their successful deployment on a wider scale faces several challenges continent. This article reviews key benefits and associated with application for propose conceptual framework its wide Discussion: Digital has benefits. These include; improving access care services especially those hard-to-reach areas, improvements safety quality healthcare...
Sub-Saharan Africa suffers a disproportionate share of the world's burden disease while having some greatest health care workforce shortages. Doctors are an important component any high functioning system. However, efforts to strengthen doctor in region have been limited by small number medical schools with enrolments, international migration graduates, poor geographic distribution doctors, and insufficient data on schools. The goal African Medical Schools Study (SAMSS) is increase level...
Background Most maternal and child deaths are preventable or treatable with proven, cost-effective interventions for infectious diseases neonatal complications. In 2015 sub-Saharan Africa accounted up to 66% of global half the under-five deaths. Access essential medicines commodities trained healthcare workers provide life-saving maternal, newborn post-natal care central further reductions in mortality. Methods Available data 24 priority women children were extracted from WHO service...
The migration of health professionals from developing countries undermines the ability these to meet Millennium Development Goals.
Objective This study aimed to engage African leaders and key stakeholders commit themselves toward the strengthening of surgical, obstetric, anesthesia care systems by 2030 in Africa. Methods From research a political commitment, baseline assessment was performed foster identification gaps surgical as first step an inclusive process. The preliminary findings were discussed during International Symposium on Surgical, Obstetric, Anesthesia Systems Strengthening conclusions served draft Dakar...
This paper has three objectives: to review the health development landscape in World Health Organization African Region, discuss role of policy dialogue improving harmonisation and alignment national policies strategic plans, provide an analytical view critical factors realising a good outcome from process.Strengthening support implementation robust comprehensive as well improve aid effectiveness, is seen entry point sector results. However, unbalanced power relations, lack contextualised...
Several countries in Africa have developed human resources for health (HRH) policies and strategies to synergise efforts setting priorities, directions means address the major challenges around leadership governance, production, recruitment, management, motivation retention coordination. In this paper, we present information on availability, quality implementation of national HRH strategic plans WHO Region. Information was obtained using a questionnaire completed by head departments...
Objectives To assess the impact of refresher training healthcare workers (HCWs) in infection prevention and control (IPC), ensuring consistent adequate supplies availability IPC kits carrying out weekly monitoring performance facilities (HCFs) Design This was a before after comparison study Settings conducted from June to July 2018 during an Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak Equateur Province Democratic Republic Congo (DRC). Participants 48 HCFs Interventions HCWs capacity building basic...
Policy processes that yield good outcomes are inherently complex, requiring interactions of stakeholders in problem identification, generation political will and selection practical solutions. To make policy rational, dialogues increasingly being used as a policy-making tool. Despite their increasing use for Africa, evidence is limited on how they have evolved the continent or low middle income countries elsewhere.This was an exploratory study using qualitative methods. It utilised data...