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Ghana
| Population totale (Mio): | 24.4 |
| PNB per capita (USD): | 1533 |
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A Health sector in transition to universal coverage in Ghana
Saleh, Karima, , World Bank, 2012, 147 p
Ghana has come a long way in improving health outcomes and it performs reasonably well when compared to the other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, when its health outcomes are compared to other countries globally with similar incomes and health spending levels,...
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Saleh, Karima, , World Bank, 2012, 147 p
Ghana has come a long way in improving health outcomes and it performs reasonably well when compared to the other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). However, when its health outcomes are compared to other countries globally with similar incomes and health spending levels,...
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The financial protection effect of Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme: evidence from a study in two rural districts
Nguyen, Ha T. H., ; ... et al., , 2011, 38 p.
One of the key functions of health insurance is to provide financial protection against high costs of health care, yet evidence of such protection from developing countries has been inconsistent. The current study uses the case of Ghana to contribute to the evidence pool about...
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Nguyen, Ha T. H., ; ... et al., , 2011, 38 p.
One of the key functions of health insurance is to provide financial protection against high costs of health care, yet evidence of such protection from developing countries has been inconsistent. The current study uses the case of Ghana to contribute to the evidence pool about...
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Occupational health and safety for informal workers in Ghana: A case study of market and street traders in Accra
Alfers, Laura, 2010, 28 p.
This paper identifies some of the major institutional obstacles which currently limit the ability of Accra’s local government to institute effective health and safety mechanisms in markets and other trading areas in Accra. The findings presented here form part of a larger...
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Alfers, Laura, 2010, 28 p.
This paper identifies some of the major institutional obstacles which currently limit the ability of Accra’s local government to institute effective health and safety mechanisms in markets and other trading areas in Accra. The findings presented here form part of a larger...
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Extending Health Insurance: Effects of the National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana
Brugiavini, Agar; Pace, Noemi, 2010, 36 p.
There is considerable interest in exploring the potential of health insurance to increase access to and affordability of health care in Africa. We focus on the recent experience of Ghana,where a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was passed into law in 2003 and fully...
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Brugiavini, Agar; Pace, Noemi, 2010, 36 p.
There is considerable interest in exploring the potential of health insurance to increase access to and affordability of health care in Africa. We focus on the recent experience of Ghana,where a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was passed into law in 2003 and fully...
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Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database
Barrientos, Armando; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Maitrot, Mathilde, Chronic Poverty Research Centre, 2010, 137 p.
The database aims to: - provide a summary of the evidence available on the effectiveness of social assistance interventions in developing countries; - focus on programmes seeking to combine the reduction and mitigation of poverty, with strengthening and facilitating household...
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Barrientos, Armando; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel; Maitrot, Mathilde, Chronic Poverty Research Centre, 2010, 137 p.
The database aims to: - provide a summary of the evidence available on the effectiveness of social assistance interventions in developing countries; - focus on programmes seeking to combine the reduction and mitigation of poverty, with strengthening and facilitating household...
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Strengthening health systems by engaging the private health sector: promising HIV/AIDS partnerships
Arur, Vanessa; ... et al., ; Sulzbach, Sara; Barnes, Jeff; O’Hanlon, Barbara; Altman, Danielle, USAID, 2010, 12 p.
As health systems respond to the increased burden from HIV/ AIDS, it is evident that engaging and leveraging the private sector appropriately is essential to achieving HIV/AIDS health goals (PEPFAR Reauthorization, 2008; UNAIDS, 2009). Failing to do so can result in missed...
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Arur, Vanessa; ... et al., ; Sulzbach, Sara; Barnes, Jeff; O’Hanlon, Barbara; Altman, Danielle, USAID, 2010, 12 p.
As health systems respond to the increased burden from HIV/ AIDS, it is evident that engaging and leveraging the private sector appropriately is essential to achieving HIV/AIDS health goals (PEPFAR Reauthorization, 2008; UNAIDS, 2009). Failing to do so can result in missed...
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Mutual Health Insurance, Scaling-Up and the Expansion of Health Insurance in Africa
Diop, François P.; Ba, Abdoulaye, USAID, 2010, 28 p.
The objective of this paper is to contribute to a common understanding of the concept of expansion of health insurance based on the specific features of community mutual health organizations (MHOs) in Africa. The proposed policy analysis framework presents the expansion of...
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Diop, François P.; Ba, Abdoulaye, USAID, 2010, 28 p.
The objective of this paper is to contribute to a common understanding of the concept of expansion of health insurance based on the specific features of community mutual health organizations (MHOs) in Africa. The proposed policy analysis framework presents the expansion of...
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Maternity Protection and Health Insurance in Africa
Comparative Overview of Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania
Mensah, Joseph, ILO, 2009, 62 p.
The report describes and analyzes the maternity protection arrangements in Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania. It finds that all four countries under consideration introduced exemptions and fee waivers for common maternal care (i.e., ante- and postnatal care, and simple...
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Comparative Overview of Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania
Mensah, Joseph, ILO, 2009, 62 p.
The report describes and analyzes the maternity protection arrangements in Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda, and Tanzania. It finds that all four countries under consideration introduced exemptions and fee waivers for common maternal care (i.e., ante- and postnatal care, and simple...
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Fiscal space for strengthened social protection
West and Central Africa
United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, 2009, 64 p.
This report examines the current situation in five countries in West and Central Africa with regard to fiscal space, with a view to identifying scope for the sustainable financing of additional spending on social protection. It starts from the premise that, although such...
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West and Central Africa
United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, 2009, 64 p.
This report examines the current situation in five countries in West and Central Africa with regard to fiscal space, with a view to identifying scope for the sustainable financing of additional spending on social protection. It starts from the premise that, although such...
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Promoting synergies between child protection and social protection
West and Central Africa
United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, 2009, 78 p.
At the core of social protection is a concern for addressing vulnerability and risk. It is increasingly understood that social protection policy frameworks and programmes must be informed by a recognition of the diversity of vulnerabilities and risks, and the way in which...
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West and Central Africa
United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, 2009, 78 p.
At the core of social protection is a concern for addressing vulnerability and risk. It is increasingly understood that social protection policy frameworks and programmes must be informed by a recognition of the diversity of vulnerabilities and risks, and the way in which...
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Maternal and child health: the social protection dividend
West and Central Africa
United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, 2009, 76 p.
This report examines arguments and reviews the evidence on the relative effectiveness of the different types of health financing mechanisms from the perspective of equity and the aim of achieving universal access to essential health services.
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West and Central Africa
United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, 2009, 76 p.
This report examines arguments and reviews the evidence on the relative effectiveness of the different types of health financing mechanisms from the perspective of equity and the aim of achieving universal access to essential health services.
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Child poverty: a role for cash transfers
West and Central Africa
United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, 2009, 62 p.
This report, the third in a series of regional thematic reports produced for a study on social protection and children in West and Central Africa, focuses specially on one type of social protection mechanism – social assistance in the form of cash transfers – and explores...
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West and Central Africa
United Nations Children's Fund, UNICEF, 2009, 62 p.
This report, the third in a series of regional thematic reports produced for a study on social protection and children in West and Central Africa, focuses specially on one type of social protection mechanism – social assistance in the form of cash transfers – and explores...
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Frontiers of Social Protection: Poverty targeting - New evidence on spatial and distributional impacts
Ellis, Frank; Marchetta, Francesca, RHVP, 2009, 16 p.
Poverty targeting has generated quite a polarised debate concerning the way forward for social protection policy in southern Africa and elsewhere in the continent. The main lines of this debate involve contrasting some form of categorical provision (for example, pensions for...
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Ellis, Frank; Marchetta, Francesca, RHVP, 2009, 16 p.
Poverty targeting has generated quite a polarised debate concerning the way forward for social protection policy in southern Africa and elsewhere in the continent. The main lines of this debate involve contrasting some form of categorical provision (for example, pensions for...
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Health Insurance Matrix for Selected sub-Saharan African Countries: Ethiopia, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
Health Systems 20/20, USAID, 2009, 40 p.
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Health Systems 20/20, USAID, 2009, 40 p.
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Linking social protection and support to small farmer development
Devereux, Stephen; Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel; Guenther, Bruce, FAO, 2008, 59 p.
This project aims to facilitate debate among bilateral donors, multilateral agencies, policy-makers, farmers? organisations and NGOs on synergies and conflicts in the design and implementation of social protection and smallholder policies in Africa, aiming at eradicating...
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Devereux, Stephen; Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel; Guenther, Bruce, FAO, 2008, 59 p.
This project aims to facilitate debate among bilateral donors, multilateral agencies, policy-makers, farmers? organisations and NGOs on synergies and conflicts in the design and implementation of social protection and smallholder policies in Africa, aiming at eradicating...
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The Political development of the Ghanaian National Health Insurance System: Lessons in health governance
Rajkotia, Yogesh, USAID, 2007, 38 p.
Campaigning on the promise of affordable health care, the leading opposition party in Ghana won the national elections of December 2000, marking Ghana’s first democratic presidential change of power. Shortly thereafter, Ghana established a national health insurance system...
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Rajkotia, Yogesh, USAID, 2007, 38 p.
Campaigning on the promise of affordable health care, the leading opposition party in Ghana won the national elections of December 2000, marking Ghana’s first democratic presidential change of power. Shortly thereafter, Ghana established a national health insurance system...
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Management and performance challenges in the investment of social security funds: the experience of the Social Security and National Insurance Trust of Ghana
Boatin, Kwasi; Nyarko, Ernest, ISSA, 2007, 127-143
There was no universal social security scheme in Ghana prior to independence. Those that existed only provided some social cover to a select group of workers. In 1946 the Colonial Government established a noncontributory pension scheme for senior civil servants of the then...
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Boatin, Kwasi; Nyarko, Ernest, ISSA, 2007, 127-143
There was no universal social security scheme in Ghana prior to independence. Those that existed only provided some social cover to a select group of workers. In 1946 the Colonial Government established a noncontributory pension scheme for senior civil servants of the then...
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Growth and Poverty Reduction
Wodon, Quentin, World Bank, 2007, 156 p.
This volume provides a set of six case studies from West Africa. These assess the benefits of growth (or the costs of a lack of growth) in terms of poverty reduction in those countries. The first part of this book describes the experience of two countries (Ghana and Senegal)...
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Wodon, Quentin, World Bank, 2007, 156 p.
This volume provides a set of six case studies from West Africa. These assess the benefits of growth (or the costs of a lack of growth) in terms of poverty reduction in those countries. The first part of this book describes the experience of two countries (Ghana and Senegal)...
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Ghana - Social Security Schemes for Health
Grüb, Andreas, GNEMHO, 2007, 28 p.
The national health insurance act (2003) introduced a national compulsory social health insurance scheme covering all persons resident in Ghana. The scheme is operated through mutual and private health insurance schemes; it is supervised by the National Health Insurance...
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Grüb, Andreas, GNEMHO, 2007, 28 p.
The national health insurance act (2003) introduced a national compulsory social health insurance scheme covering all persons resident in Ghana. The scheme is operated through mutual and private health insurance schemes; it is supervised by the National Health Insurance...
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A global look at public perceptions of health problems, priorities, and donors: the Kaiser/Pew global health survey
What are the biggest health challenges and are donors doing enough?: countries have their say
Brodie, Mollyann; ... et al., , Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2007, 80 p.
This survey, conducted jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Pew Global Attitudes Project, asked people in 47 countries around the world how they perceived and prioritised health challenges, as well as their opinions of donor efforts. Findings showed that HIV and...
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What are the biggest health challenges and are donors doing enough?: countries have their say
Brodie, Mollyann; ... et al., , Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2007, 80 p.
This survey, conducted jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Pew Global Attitudes Project, asked people in 47 countries around the world how they perceived and prioritised health challenges, as well as their opinions of donor efforts. Findings showed that HIV and...
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Disability and Development Database
Leonard Cheshire Disability, , World Bank, 2012
With World Bank support, Leonard Cheshire Disability has created the unique Disability and Development Database, the first publicly accessible and searchable online database of Government-funded projects that specifically include disabled people. The database,...
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Leonard Cheshire Disability, , World Bank, 2012
With World Bank support, Leonard Cheshire Disability has created the unique Disability and Development Database, the first publicly accessible and searchable online database of Government-funded projects that specifically include disabled people. The database,...
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NATLEX :Profils par pays
Bureau international du travail, BIT
La base de données NATLEX - Profils par Pays regroupe les informations sur la législation nationale et sur les normes internationales du travail sur un seul site. Les profils par pays comprennent les rubriques suivantes: - Informations générales - Ratifications -- y...
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Bureau international du travail, BIT
La base de données NATLEX - Profils par Pays regroupe les informations sur la législation nationale et sur les normes internationales du travail sur un seul site. Les profils par pays comprennent les rubriques suivantes: - Informations générales - Ratifications -- y...
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Organisation Mondiale de la Santé : Pays
OMS
Cette page web offre l'accès au profil socio-sanitaire de chacun des 193 pays membres de l'OMS.
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OMS
Cette page web offre l'accès au profil socio-sanitaire de chacun des 193 pays membres de l'OMS.
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GESS: Profils régions & pays
BIT
Cette section donne une vision globale des avancées dans le domaine de l'extension de la sécurité sociale dans le monde. (Source: ILO/STEP)
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BIT
Cette section donne une vision globale des avancées dans le domaine de l'extension de la sécurité sociale dans le monde. (Source: ILO/STEP)
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Pro MHI Africa: EU-African University Network to strengthen community-based micro health insurance
ACP-EU Cooperation Programme in Higher Education, University of Cologne
Pro MHI Africa of the Department for Cooperative Studies of the University of Cologne, Germany, in cooperation with the University of Ghana, Malawi and Botswana investigates a promising approach to reduce poverty - Similar to the way low-income people could improve their...
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ACP-EU Cooperation Programme in Higher Education, University of Cologne
Pro MHI Africa of the Department for Cooperative Studies of the University of Cologne, Germany, in cooperation with the University of Ghana, Malawi and Botswana investigates a promising approach to reduce poverty - Similar to the way low-income people could improve their...
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Rapports annuels et statistique
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Annual Report [Social Security and National Insurance Trust]
National Social Security and Insurance Trust, Social Security and National Insurance Trust
This publication provides an overview of the various activities of the National Social Security and Insurance Trust.
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National Social Security and Insurance Trust, Social Security and National Insurance Trust
This publication provides an overview of the various activities of the National Social Security and Insurance Trust.
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