IMPROVING THE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM (HIS) OF GHANA

On 26th March this year, when an Ebola alert was issued by Ghana's parliament, I wondered if the alert will reach the forested areas of Ghana from the capital city. A friend who works with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and is based in Ghana's capital couldn't confirm whether or not the alert had reached all corners of the country especially the forested areas. Yesterday, I got an answer to my question from another friend's post on Facebook. This friend's mother is a health personnel who works in one of the rural districts and forested area of Ghana and is yet unaware of the Ebola alert, symptoms of the diseases and the precautionary measures to take. As expected, she was upset about the inefficiency of the health information system. She...

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Protecting the Health of Ghanaians - Pt2

This is Part 2 of Olime Health's analysis of the 2014 State of the Nation address.  Highlights; The Government of Ghana is seeking to build a resilient economy to improve and protect the wellbeing of Ghanaians. In order to achieve this, the people of Ghana must be healthy because a healthy people are the major drivers of economic activity. Government’s commitment to health is assessed by analyzing sources such as the State of the Nation Address and the budget statement on health among others. Though the Government’s stated intention to improve the health delivery system to ensure quality health for all Ghanaians is in the right direction, an action plan to help measure progress is missing. The efforts to improve the health information system are not strong enough and the adequacy...

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Protecting the health of Ghanaians

This is the first part of Olime Health's analysis of the 2014 State of the Nation address here. Download it below; MOBILE USERS Use this link to  Download Report . Tap your browser Menu icon and select Request Desktop Site. Then pick File and Download. Drop us a comment and let us know what you think. Thank you Having difficulty downloading? Let's drop it in your email instead. Just send a line to olimehealth@gmail....

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