Implementing health technology assessment in Ghana to support universal health coverage: building relationships that focus on people, policy, and process

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dc.contributor.authorNonvignon, J.
dc.contributor.authorDsane-Selby3, L.
dc.contributor.authorGyansa-Lutterodt2, M.
dc.contributor.authorHollingworth, S.
dc.contributor.authorLopert, R.
dc.contributor.authorGad, M.
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, F.
dc.contributor.authorTunis, S.
dc.contributor.authorhalkidou, K.
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-16T10:35:31Z
dc.date.available2020-07-16T10:35:31Z
dc.date.issued2019-11-28
dc.descriptionResearch Articleen_US
dc.description.abstractGhana is one of the few African countries to enact legislation and earmark significant funding to establish universal health coverage (UHC) through the National Health Insurance Scheme, although donor funds have declined recently. Given a disproportionate level of spending on medicines, health technology assessment (HTA) can support resource allocation decisions in the face of highly constrained budgets, as commonly found in low-resource settings. The Ghanaian Ministry of Health, supported by the International Decision Support Initiative (iDSI), initiated a HTA study in 2016 to examine the cost-effectiveness of antihypertensive medicines. We aimed to summarize key insights from this work that highlights success factors beyond producing purely technical outputs. These include the need for capacity building, academic collaboration, and ongoing partnerships with a broad range of experts and stakeholders. By building on this HTA study, and with ongoing interactions with iDSI, HTAi, WHO, and others, Ghana will be well positioned to institutionalize HTA in resource allocation decisions and support progress toward UHC.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the UK Department for International Development, and the Rockefeller Foundationen_US
dc.identifier.citationCite this article: Hollingworth S, Gyansa- Lutterodt M, Dsane-Selby L, Nonvignon J, Lopert R, Gad M, Ruiz F, Tunis S, Chalkidou K (2020). Implementing health technology assessment in Ghana to support universal health coverage: building relationships that focus on people, policy, and process. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 36, 8–11. https://doi.org/ 10.1017/S0266462319000795en_US
dc.identifier.otherhttps://doi.org/ 10.1017/S0266462319000795
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/35620
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Careen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries36;1
dc.subjectHealth technology assessmenten_US
dc.subjectUniversal health coverageen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectCapacity buildingen_US
dc.titleImplementing health technology assessment in Ghana to support universal health coverage: building relationships that focus on people, policy, and processen_US
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