1271 Results Found

Health Care Waste Management Policy for Ghana

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The main goal of this policy is to provide direction for effective, efficient and safe management of health care waste through the adoption of best available techniques and best environmental practices to prevent injuries, infections and other hazards; protect and promote public health and the environment for sustainable development.

Ghana 2020 Health

National Medicines Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Health

This document is the third edition of the National Medicines Policy. The overall goal of the policy is to ensure universal, equitable and sustainable access to priority, efficacious and safe medicines and other health technologies of acceptable quality for all people living in Ghana and promote their responsible use by healthcare providers and consumers.

Ghana 2017 Health

National HIV/AIDS and STI Policy

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The main objective of the policy is to underpin the national response to HIV/AIDS in order to create a conducive environment to ensure sustained political commitment and support for effective action against HIV/AIDS/STIs in the Ghana.

Ghana 2004 Health

Referral Policy and Guidelines

Ghana, Ministry of Health

These guidelines address the lack of harmonization of the referral system and standard procedures that define roles and responsibilities of the referring and receiving health facilities. It has an overarching goal to ensure continuous and seamless delivery of healthcare to the patient.

Ghana 2012 Health

Imposition of Restrictions Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic (No. 2) Instrument, 2020

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The president imposed restrictions and addressed the nation on the effect of the restrictions that had been put in place to curtail the spread of COVID19 in Ghana. He announced additional restrictions to contain and halt the spread of the virus within Ghana, especially in Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi, which have been identified by the Ghana Health Service as hotspots of the infections in March 2020.

Ghana 2020 Health

Imposition of Restrictions Act, 2020

Ghana, Ministry of Health

An Act to provide for the imposition of restrictions in accordance with paragraphs(c), (d) and (e) of clause (4) of article 21 of the Constitution, and for related matters.

Ghana 2020 Health

Occupational Health and Safety Policy and Guidelines for the Health Sector

Ghana, Ghana Health Service

This policy represents guidelines on occupational health and safety for health workers. It outlines evidence-based measures for adoption by health service managers and staff of institutions in the health sector, both within the public and private sub-sectors.

Ghana 2010 Health

National Health Policy (Creating Wealth Through Health)

Ghana, Ministry of Health

The policy views health in its broadest sense as a multi-sectoral programme. It focuses on the physical, social, economic, and spiritual dimensions which can bring total health to individuals, their families and communities.

Ghana 2007 Health

Ghana National Healthcare Quality Strategy (2017-2021)

Ghana, Ministry of Health

This strategy has an overall vision to create a health system that places clients at the centre of health care and ensures continuously improved measurable health outcomes. It contains the strategy, coordination and accountability framework. It recognises the need for an integrated strategy aimed at improving general patient safety and healthcare quality.

Ghana 2016 Health

Ghana National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Use and Resistance (2017-2021)

Ghana, Ministry of Health

This plan seeks to give interpretation to the policy directives recommended in the first edition of the National Policy on Antimicrobial Use and Resistance. It pushes to ensure a convergence of efforts and investments in the fight against the global threat of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).

Ghana 2017 Health