The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Ghana (MoH) is the main provider of public health services in Ghana. It manages Ghana’s healthcare industry, and runs Ghana’s hospitals and medical education system. Its main offices are located in the country’s capital, Accra. Ministry agencies include the Ghana Medical and Dental Council, Pharmacy Council, Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives, Alternative Medicine Council, Food and Drug Board, Private Hospitals and Maternity Homes Board, National Health Insurance Authority, Ghana National Drugs Programme and the Ghana Health Service.
The Ministry’s policy rests on the Government Vision 2020, which defined areas for priority attention, including efforts to maximize the healthy and productive lives of Ghanaians, a fair distribution of the benefits of development and the promotion of science and improved technology as tools for growth and development.
Already more than 10 years ago the Ministry developed an ICT Policy and Strategy for the health sector, the result of a national dialogue between representatives of the Ministry and other stakeholders in Ghana’s health sector during and after the ICT Roundtable workshop on the Health Sector, November 1999. Recent years have seen increased activity to put the plan into action. On the 14th of July, 2010, the Ministry of Health launched the National e-Health Strategy Document, which puts the emphasis on “building sector capacity for wider application of e-health solutions in the health sector” as well as “Increasing access and bridging equity gap in the health sector through the use of ICT”, both goals which underpin the Ministry’s commitment to the proposed project.
Interview with Ahmed Mohammed, the Deputy Director of Administration:
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Mrs. Doris Agyapong is currently the Deputy Director of Human Resource for Health Development at the Ministry of Health (MOH) in Accra, Ghana. She owns a Bachelor and Masters Degree of the University of Legon in Ghana. After graduation she started to work for the Human Resource Directorate of the MOH more than a decade ago. She is wealth of experience in the human resources for health in the Ghanaian context. She is particularly experienced in Nursing and Midwifery pre-service training and human resource planning for nondoctorial medical personnel. Her passion is in quality pre-service training for healthcare professionals translating into better health service quality to people, particularly in rural deprived areas in Ghana. Her particular research interests include implementation research, human resources for health in developing countries, nursing and midwifery training, rural-urban distribution of health resources.
Tony Goodman is Public Relations Officer at the Ministry of Health in Ghana. As an expert for public relations in the MOH he will supervise all related PR activities of the proposed activities. He will use all forms of media and communication to build, maintain and manage the reputation of the project. He communicates key messages to defined target audiences in order to establish and maintain goodwill and understanding between the project and its public. His main tasks in this project will be planning, developing and implementing PR strategies; liaising with and answering enquiries from media, individuals and other organisations researching, writing and distributing press releases to targeted media; collating and analysing media coverage; preparing and supervising the production of publicity brochures, handouts, direct mail leaflets, promotional videos, photographs, films and multimedia programmes; organising events including press conferences, exhibitions, international conferences; sourcing and managing speaking and sponsorship opportunities; fostering community relations through events such as open days and through involvement in community initiatives.
Cephas Danuistui is chief controller of the Health Training Secretariat at the Ministry of Health in Accra, Ghana. He is there responsible for financial management policy, resource mobilization, disbursement, financial accounting and reporting. In the proposed project, he will be responsible for managing the finances. Amongst others his main tasks will be: To safeguard the interest of the Ministry in all financial transactions relating to revenue and expenditure. To prepare financial and management reports for the overall project manager. To assist in the planning and monitoring of project’s performance. To ensure judicious use of funds and to establish and maintains safe, secure and healthy financial environments for all involved partners.
PREVIOUS PROJECTS
The WOTRO-COHEiSION Ghana Project was financially supported by the Government of Netherlands through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and WOTRO Science for Global Development, a division of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), under the Global Health Policy and Systems Research (GHPHSR) research programme.
ABCE- Assessing Facility Capacity and Costs of Care. The project has sought to comprehensively identify what and how components of health service provision — access to services, bottlenecks in delivery, costs of care, and equity in care received — affect health system performance in several countries. 2011- 2015.
MIda Ghana Health project. The MIda Ghana Health project contributes to the development of human resources in the health sector in Ghana. Ghanaian and other African migrants in EU countries can transfer knowledge, skills and experience through temporary assignments to Ghana. Health workers from Ghana also have the opportunity to engage in specialized training at health care institutions in the Netherlands, Germany or the United Kingdom. The project is implemented by IOM in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health of Ghana and Ghanaian diaspora groups in Europe. 2002-2012.
Capacity Project – Planning, Developing & Supporting the Health Workforce. 2004-2009.
INFOTHEK
Website: https://www.moh.gov.gh
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MOHGhana
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ministryofhealthghana
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Health_ghana
Health Service: https://www.ghanahealthservice.org
HITA e.V.: https://www.hita-ev.org
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