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Ghana: defining the African challenge.
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6 citing papers in PubMed.
- Historical determinants of neurosurgical inequities in Africa and the African diaspora: A review and analysis of coloniality.PLOS global public health · 2023Review
- Levels and determinants of low birth weight in infants delivered under the national health insurance scheme in Northern Ghana.Maternal and child health journal · 2015Article
- Do Infant Birth Outcomes Vary Among Mothers With and Without Health Insurance Coverage in Sub-Saharan Africa? Findings from the National Health Insurance and Cash and Carry Eras in Ghana, West Africa.International journal of MCH and AIDS · 2014Review
- Adapting the DOTS framework for tuberculosis control to the management of non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa.PLoS medicine · 2008Article
- Western medical journals and the 10/90 problem.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2004Article
- International surgery: definition, principles and Canadian practice.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgie · 2003Review
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Abstract
In 1957, Ghana became the first African nation to achieve independence from its colonial ruler. But since then Ghana has suffered mixed political and economic fortunes. The health of Ghana's people and the country's progress in modernising its health-care system have fluctuated according to peaks and troughs in West African history. Some critics see Ghana's course since independence as a promise unfulfilled. Others view Ghana as a model for North-South cooperation, which could be rolled out across the whole of Africa. In November, 2001, I visited hospitals and health centres in both rural and urban settings to investigate the present state of Ghanaian medicine. The picture I saw was one of a country clear about what it wants to do but divided about how it should achieve its goals. If Ghana is to be a model for Africa, it is more a model of problems to be faced than solutions discovered.
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