This policy aims to attain a drastic shift in the paradigm of health service provision in Ghanaian communities. It intends to deliver community-level services by engaging community members to recognize their role as primary producers of health. Along with the national strategic plan, the operational policy is to provide guidance and direction for implementing the CHPS.

This Act provides rules for shipping and related matters such as survey, registration, licensing and marking of ships, mortgages on ships, maritime liens and claims, ship records, prevention from collisions and maritime security, construction and importation of ships, carriage of dangerous goods, liability and divisions of liability and protection of the marine environment.

The Act addresses health issues relating to: the protection of public health in Ghana, environmental sanitation, provisions on diseases of a communicable nature, food vending and food-borne diseases. The act also contains prohibitions to noxious or offensive practices that may cause damage to the lands, crops, cattle, or goods of the public or water pollution.

The objective of the National Environmental Policy is sustainable development, aimed at ensuring citizens’ quality of life and their living and working environments, equal access to land and other natural resources, more efficient use of social, cultural and natural resources, public participation and environmental governance. Among others, it also tackles sustainable use of the land in an agricultural economy in an environmentally sustainable and socially equitable manner.

The strategy has four distinct components: addressing the underlying causes of loss of biodiversity, improving the biodiversity status, enhancing accruable benefits, and enhancing strategy implementation. Across the four components, the strategy has 20 different action plans.

The plan sets out the operationalization of the water sector policy objectives contained in the National Water Policy and the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda (GSGDA 2010-2013). It has a vision of sustainable water and basic sanitation for all by 2025″.”””

The National Gender Policy is themed: “Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment into Ghana‘s Development Efforts”. The five commitments upon which the goals of the policy is premised include facilitating women empowerment and livelihoods, equitable rights and access to justice, women leadership and inclusion in accountable governance, economic opportunities, and gender roles and relations.

The plan seeks to achieve the goals of raising productivity levels by tackling the key challenges mitigating against this goal through provision of effective support services in: irrigation, mechanization, fertilizer and agrochemicals, storage and rural infrastructure such as roads, energy, markets and institutions.

The Act establishes the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, defining its functions and powers. The act also makes provisions guiding the administration of the Authority and rules related to pilotage and matters of navigation of ships. It stipulates that the Authority shall plan, build, develop, manage, maintain, operate and control ports, provide port facilities and regulate the use of a port and of the port facilities.

The Act provides for the development of land, towns and other areas. It sets out the powers of the Minister and places the authority for town and country planning on the Minister, instead of the Town and Country Planning Board. The Act gives the Minister powers to appoint a planning committee for a declared planning area and establish a scheme for that area in accordance with provisions of this Act. The Minister is also given the freedom to delegate any of his/her functions for the smooth running of operations.

The Act sees to the establishment of the Scientific and Industrial Research Council. Its core functions include: taking charge of implementing government policies and plans on scientific research and development, advisory services on scientific advancements important to the country, and coordinating all scientific research in the country, for efficient use of resources.

This strategy provides a framework for the design and rollout of e-health in Ghana’s health sector. It highlights the challenges mitigating against the attainment of the set MDG goals. The strategy strives to solve Ghana’s country-specific problem of lack of resources to roll out interventions and poor funding of the health sector.

The Act gives the minister in charge powers to prohibit the importation of animals suspected of harbouring diseases into the country. It also contains sections addressing: seizure of unlawfully imported animals, slaughtering, carcass disposal, indemnity and compensation, and associated fees.

The guidelines push to complement the Fisheries Act of 2002 and the Fisheries Regulations of 2010 in curbing overexploitation of fish resources. The guidelines are important for all fishing stakeholders for information on registration and licensing of fishing vessels.

The Act establishes the Meat Marketing Board, with the functions to purchase and manage all logistics regarding the transport of meat consumed in the country, make financial arrangements and transactions, and see to the delivery of cattle to recognised butchers’ associations.

The Act establishes the Office of the Administrator of Stool Lands and provides for the administration of Stool Lands. The office is responsible for the management of the stool land account and the funds contained therein.

The Act provides for the development of irrigation in Ghana. It establishes the Irrigation Development Authority to, among other things, see to the formulation of irrigation plans for development, develop water resources for irrigated farming, and to safeguard the health and environmental aesthetics of citizens living around irrigation sites.

The Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies is in fulfilment of Article 36 (5) of the Constitution of Ghana that emphasises that within two years after assuming office, the President shall present to Parliament a coordinated programme of economic and social development policies, including agricultural and industrial programmes at all levels and in all the regions of Ghana. The policies, themed “Agenda for Change” prioritises four key goals: Creating opportunities for all Ghanaians; Safeguarding the natural environment and ensuring a resilient built environment; Maintaining a stable, united and safe country; and Building a prosperous nation.

The policy seeks to provide direction and guidance for all stakeholders who are affected by or use antimicrobial agents. The policy arises in response to the global drive to combat the threat of antimicrobial resistance. The policy is to serve as a rallying point for all coordinated activities directed at achieving the set goal.

The regulations contained therein aim to serve the following purposes: regulation of the terms and conditions for small and large scale timber rights, provision for a legality licensing scheme, regulation of identification of suitable lands, and regulation of alternative sources of timber.