Using health policy and systems research to influence national health policies: lessons from Mexico, Cambodia and Ghana

DL Strachan, K Teague, A Asefa… - Health Policy and …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Health system reforms across Africa, Asia and Latin America in recent decades demonstrate
the value of health policy and systems research (HPSR) in moving towards the goals of …

Exploring the roles and functions of champions within community-based interventions to support older adults with chronic conditions: A scoping review protocol

KM Kokorelias, HK Singh, R Abdelhalim, M Saragosa… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Health care solutions are needed to meet the need of an ageing population.
Health care champions are people who endorse the adoption of new initiatives being …

Out-of-pocket payment for primary healthcare in the era of national health insurance: evidence from northern Ghana

EW Kanmiki, AA Bawah, JF Phillips… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Ghana introduced a national health insurance program in 2005 with the goal of
removing user fees, popularly called “cash and carry”, along with their associated …

Challenges and facilitators to the provision of sexual, reproductive health and rights services in Ghana

J Akazili, EW Kanmiki, D Anaseba… - Sexual and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Expanding access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services is one of the key targets
of the Sustainable Development Goals. The extent to which sexual and reproductive health …

Community perspectives on cardiovascular disease control in rural Ghana: A qualitative study

B Patil, I Hutchinson Maddox, R Aborigo, AP Squires… - PloS one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevalence is high in Ghana—but awareness,
prevention, and treatment is sparse, particularly in rural regions. The nurse-led Community …

The child survival impact of the Ghana Essential Health Interventions Program: A health systems strengthening plausibility trial in Northern Ghana

AA Bawah, JK Awoonor-Williams, PO Asuming… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background The Ghana Health Service in collaboration with partner institutions
implemented a five-year primary health systems strengthening program known as the …

Trends and risk factors associated with stillbirths: A case study of the Navrongo War Memorial Hospital in Northern Ghana

EA Nonterah, IA Agorinya, EW Kanmiki, J Kagura… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Maternal and Child health remains at the core of global health priorities
transcending the Millennium Development Goals into the current era of Sustainable …

Closing the know-do gap for child health: UNICEF's experiences from embedding implementation research in child health and nutrition programming

D Jackson, ASM Shahabuddin, AB Sharkey… - Implementation science …, 2021 - Springer
UNICEF operates in 190 countries and territories, where it advocates for the protection of
children's rights and helps meet children's basic needs to reach their full potential …

[HTML][HTML] Burden of out-of-pocket payment for maternal healthcare and its catastrophic effects in the era of free maternal and child health policy in Ghana

KA Alatinga, GA Abiiro, EW Kanmiki, EK Gyan… - SSM-Health Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Ghana introduced a free maternal healthcare policy within its national health
insurance program in 2008. Despite this, there are reports of significant out-of-pocket (OOP) …

Equity in maternal healthcare utilisation in Ghana: Do community‐based primary health care programmes matter?

EW Kanmiki, AA Mamun, JF Phillips… - Tropical Medicine & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Improving equity in the use of maternal health services in rural and remote
communities is critical to meeting the Sustainable Development Goals targets on maternal …