Health Insurance is a formal contractual arrangement between the insurer and the insured to the effect that the insurer provides cover for part or all healthcare cost of the insured as agreed between the two parties for a period of time. Ghana since 2003 has b...

In most developed countries, the health of the new born and infants are taken very seriously. Even dough there is tremendous effort to reduce infant mortality in Ghana yet, child mortality still remain high. Hence, the need for investigating the common child s...

The epidemiological transition with increasing prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is well established in many sub-Saharan African countries including Ghana. The introduction of screening for NCDs into pharmacy shops in Ghana is a recent dev...

This dissertation sought to unearth patients’ perception about the role of chaplaincy in the healthcare delivery system. It also aims to evidence how responding to the spiritual needs of patients contribute to their healing as recognized by the WHO when it sta...

Introduction Over 15 million adolescent girls between the ages of 15 and 19 give birth globally each year. More than 50% of that number occur in developing countries with sub-Saharan Africa accounting for up to 45% of that estimate. Aldolescent pregnancy is a...

Health care financing in Ghana has seen several changes since independence in 1957. Initially, central government used tax resource to finance all public sector health care services making it free for patients at public health care facilities. Due to economic...

In Ghana, almost everyone recognized the fact that the payment of cash at the point of health service delivery popularly known as “cash and carry” posed a strong barrier to healthcare access and quality of healthcare for the majority of Ghanaians.(MOH 2003) Th...

Performance management is a systematic process by which an organization involves its employees in improving organizational effectiveness in the accomplishment of the organization’s mission, vision and goals. The general objective of this study was to assess th...

Introduction Skilled attendance during delivery is a key strategy for the reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality. However, more than 40% of births in rural areas in Ghana still occur outside of health facilities without skilled attendants, with these bi...

Every year, an estimated 78,000 women die from complications of induced abortions and 95% of the deaths related to induced abortion occur in under-developed countries. Unsafe abortion is on the rise and it accounts for an estimated 13% of pregnancy related dea...