Ghana Health Sector Facts and Figures 2009
General Info
Original or alternative title
The Health Sector in Ghana: Facts and Figures 2009
Provider
Coverage type
Country
Time period covered
January, 1988 - December, 2009
Series or system
Data type
Report:
Epi surveillance - Nationally representative - Subnationally representative
Summary
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is an agency of the Ministry of Health that distributes The Health Sector in Ghana: Facts and Figures, 2009 document. The data are based on summaries and population-based indicators collected by the GHS. Strategic objectives related to overall health, reproduction, nutrition, healthcare system development, and financing are listed.
Keywords
Adult mortality, Alcohol use, Anemia, Antenatal care, Antimalarials, Antiretroviral therapy, BCG vaccines, Birth certificates, Breastfeeding, Child mortality, Community health clinics, Community health workers, Contraceptives, Coroners, DTP vaccines, Death certificates, Dental caries, Dentists, Diarrhea, Diarrheal diseases, Dracunculiasis, Economic indicators, Education, Education access, Family planning, Fertility, GDP, Gastritis and duodenitis, Gynecological diseases, HIV and AIDS, Health care expenditures, Health care personnel, Hospitals, Household water treatment, Hypertension, Immunization, Income, Infant mortality, Injuries, Insecticide-treated bednets, Internet, Intestinal nematode infections, Lab personnel, Life expectancy, Literacy, Lower respiratory infections, Malaria, Maternal mortality, Measles vaccines, Meningitis, Mortality, Nurses, Oral conditions, Personal caregivers, Pharmacists, Physical therapists, Physical therapy, Physicians, Place of delivery, Polio vaccines, Population, Population density, Postnatal care, Pregnancy complications, Prevalence, Road traffic injuries, School enrollment, Sense organ diseases, Sepsis, Skilled birth attendants, Skin diseases, Surgeons, Telephones, Tetanus toxoid vaccines, Tobacco smoking, Tuberculosis, Typhoid and paratyphoid fevers, Upper respiratory infections, Varicella, Vital statistics, Weight, Yellow fever vaccines
Citation
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Publisher
Suggested citation
Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health (Ghana). Ghana Health Sector Facts and Figures 2009. Accra, Ghana: Ghana Health Service.