The politics of healthcare reforms in Ghana under the Fourth Republic since 1993: a critical analysis
Date
2021
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Group
Abstract
This article analyzes the politics behind the consensus on healthcare by
major political parties in Ghana’s Fourth Republic since 1993. Using
Ghana over the period under review as a case in point, the paper’s
main argument is that politics matters when it comes to the origination, design and implementation of healthcare programs, including
the influence of constitutional design and practice, evidenced in a
relative paucity of veto points, in facilitating the enactment of legislation on healthcare reforms; and the extent to which healthcare is
defined as a human right. A high point of the paper is a critical
assessment of the effectiveness of Ghana’s healthcare initiative based
on the extent to which it meets the needs of citizens, from a human
rights standpoint, in the face of a public health emergency of the type
that the world currently faces with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Description
Research Article
Keywords
Politics, healthcare, human rights, Ghana