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WHO advocates quality healthcare for more districts

12Nov

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WHO advocates quality healthcare for more districts

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged the government to bring healthcare coverage closer to the people, revealing that 106 districts across the country have no access to health facilities within one hour of travel time. While an assessment of travel time and facility readiness across regions showed that 93 per cent of Ghanaians can access a hospital within one hour at the national level, at the district level, it was less than 50 per cent. The assessment was derived from the Harmonised Health Facility Assessment (HHFA) - a nationwide evaluation of the quality and accessibility of healthcare facilities conducted by the Ministry of Health, the Ghana Health Service, the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and WHO. The WHO attributed the lack of access to quality heal...

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