MeTA Ghana
Phase 2 Activities
- Monitoring prices and availability
- Medicine pricing policies and affordability of essential medicines
- Promoting Rational Use of Medicines Using Drugs and Therapeutics Committees
- Medicines procurement and supply chain
- Civil Society Capacity building to effectively involve them in medicines transparency issues
Key successes in the Pilot Phase
- Quality testing of antibiotics in collaboration with the Food and Drugs Board
- Increased engagement of civil society organizations (CSOs) in advocacy for access to medicines
- Built an effective advocacy network and informed consumer base
- Increased media coverage of medicines issues
- Working with National Health Insurance Authority to use data inform evidence‐based policies and improve enforcement
WHO survey results and related reports
- Pharmaceutical sector country profile
- Health facilities survey in Ghana
- Assessment of medicines procurement and supply management systems in the public health sector. A country report, 2009-Ghana
- Government, civil society and WHO partnership:a catalyst for better access to medicines- the case of the WHO-HAI Africa regional collaboration for essential medicines, 2008
- Medicines and Insurance Coverage (MedIC) Initiative, Course on Medicines Policy Analysis in Health Insurance Systems, Accra Ghana, 16 to 25 November 2008,
- Partners mapping for medicines procurement and supply management in Ghana, 2009
- WHO Level II household survey to measure access to and use of medicines in Ghana, 2008