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Ghana healthcare system NCD management improvements

Overview

Efforts to improve healthcare delivery and patient safety in Ghana have focused on addressing non-communicable diseases (NCDs), such as hypertension and diabetes, which account for over 40 percent of deaths in the country.

PharmAccess has proposed four essential conditions for safer NCD care: quality standards, outcome-based care, digital continuity, and facility financing. The organization aims to ensure medical information follows patients to prevent errors during referrals and consultations.

Concurrently, the Ghanaian government is exploring the integration of scientifically validated traditional medicine into the mainstream healthcare system. The Ministry of Health intends to use research, quality assurance, and strict regulation to incorporate traditional practices into the Free Primary Healthcare programme, specifically to assist in the prevention and treatment of NCDs.

Entities

Ministry of Health · World Health Organization · Bonifacia Benefo Agyei · Grace Ayensu-Danquah · PharmAccess

Timeline

  1. [HEALTH] 2 sources
    Ghana seeks to integrate traditional medicine into mainstream healthcare

    Ghana's Deputy Health Minister aims to integrate scientifically validated traditional medicine into the mainstream healthcare system to improve access and manage non-communicable diseases.

  2. [HEALTH] 3 sources
    PharmAccess outlines conditions for safer NCD care in Ghana

    PharmAccess Director Bonifacia Benefo Agyei identified four key conditions to improve safety for non-communicable disease patients in Ghana, focusing on digital continuity and quality standards.

Sources

ghananewss.com · metrotvonline.com · norvanreports.com · opemsuo.com · sph.org.tw