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 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 guidelines contained in the document aim to ensure effective treatment of malaria and bring about a reduction of the malaria burden in the country. The revised policy sets out to ensure lessons learnt from the previous policy are incorporated into the implementation of this current edition. It is based on changes in prevailing health conditions and modes of treatment.

This framework acknowledges the failure to attain the targets set by the MDGs. It subsequently seeks to augment the implementation of the Maternal and Child Health programme. It has an overall objective of attaining the newly set SDGs and targets as related to the maternal mortality ratio. It summarises Ghana’s MDG acceleration framework strategy and operational plans.

The Act makes provisions for the prevention of the spread of infectious diseases. It addresses claims on compensation with regards to containment measures taken. It gives powers to the minister in charge to declare an infected area and declare a need for evacuation. It also states among others, that a person shall not reside or do business in an infected area.

This is a proclamation issued to counter and control the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate its impact.

A state of the emergency proclamation was enacted to counter and control the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate its impact.

The importance of protecting citizens from poor and unsafe medicines, healthcare, and food is rightly prioritized by the government of Ethiopia. This proclamation provides for food, medicine, and healthcare administration and control. It seeks to coordinate the food, medicine, and health care regulatory systems.

To ensure deepened coverage of health service delivery as a tool for improved development of the country, this proclamation aims to provide for social health insurance. It recognises the importance of social health insurance as one of the sustainable health care financing mechanisms which enhance equitable access to improved health services through cross-subsidization”.”””

This is a proclamation to provide for the establishment of the drug fund and pharmaceutical supply agency. It discusses the strategic role and contribution of pharmaceuticals to the general health sector and securing the life of citizens of Ethiopia.

This 2008 proclamation, numbered 571, acknowledges the increasing usage of radiation to meet some of the developmental targets of the country. It also recognises the inherent risk associated with this usage as it relates to human health, environment and properties. This proclamation, therefore, pursues the establishment of a radiation regulation authority and definition of the legal responsibilities of all stakeholders involved in radiation usage.

This 2017 proclamation, numbered 1025, briefly discusses the increasing usage of radiation to meet some of the developmental targets of the country. It also points to the inherent risk associated with this usage as it relates to human health, environment and properties. This proclamation pushes towards strengthening radiation protection and regulatory systems, and supervising radiation activities, to ensure damage to health, environment and properties are minimised.

The vision to ensure citizens of Ethiopia have equitable access to affordable, safe, and quality healthcare services is one of the most important goals enshrined in the 5-year health sector transformation plan (HSTP) of the ministry of health. This multi-structured HSTQ seeks to ensure the implementation of the objectives contained in the HSTP runs smoothly and is sustained, in line with the government’s ultimate drive to ensure universal quality health coverage in Ethiopia.

“The strategic objectives of the Programme as highlighted are: to improve the nutritional status of women (15–49 years) and adolescents (10–19 years); to improve the nutritional status of infants, young children and children under 5; to improve the delivery of nutrition services for communicable and non-communicable/lifestyle-related diseases (all age groups); to strengthen implementation of nutrition-sensitive interventions across sectors; and to improve multi-sectoral coordination and capacity to ensure the Programme’s implementation”.

The second national nutrition program (NNP II) represents a multisectoral implementation approach charged at ending hunger by 2030. It contains several interventions prioritised for attaining its vision: optimal breastfeeding; optimal complementary feeding; mitigation and prevention of micro-nutrient deficiencies; water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH); deworming; food fortification; and management of acute malnutrition. The overall goal of this program implementation manual is to facilitate and ignite the accelerated reduction of malnutrition to achieve zero hunger by 2030 and meet Sustainable Development Goal targets”.”””

“This strategy includes effective antimicrobial resistance (AMR) prevention and containment of the ever-increasing range of infectious threats caused by bacteria, parasites, viruses, and fungi in humans, animals, agriculture, and the environment. The multiple stakeholders across sectors and the whole of society will be coordinated for the prevention and containment of AMR. The vision of the strategy is a society where antimicrobials are recognized and managed as a valuable and shared resource, maintaining their efficacy so that infections in humans and animals remain treatable and communities continue to benefit from the advances that antimicrobials enable”.

The overarching goal of this strategy is to improve infant and young child feeding practices in Ethiopia. The Strategy provides technical guidance for mothers, on infant and young children feeding, and providing recommendations.

This highlights the holistic plans of the transitional government for Ethiopia. The general policy pointers include the democratization and decentralization of the health service system; the development of the preventive and promotive components of health care; development of an equitable and acceptable standard of the health service system that will reach all segments of the population within the limits of recourses; promoting and strengthening of intersectoral activities; the provision of health care for the population on a scheme of payment according to ability with special assistance mechanisms for those who cannot afford to pay; and promoting the participation of the private sector and non-governmental organizations in health care.

The strategy provides a comprehensive guideline to coordinate all efforts and activities towards improving nutrition status. The main objective of the strategy is to ensure optimum nutrition for all citizens. It however prioritises pregnant and lactating women, infants and children under five years of age, people living with HIV/AIDS, displaced population groups, food-insecure households, and some other population groups.

The strategy acts on the premise that children’s learning abilities are impaired by poor health and nutrition. The strategy shifts the focus of health and nutrition needs away from pre-school children and mere survival, to school-age children, and better quality of life. Its goal is to improve access and educational achievement of school children through health and nutrition interventions. It also pushes towards coordination of all school health nutrition activities and interventions.