Healthcare in Ghana By Lesley Prendergast by https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc This padlet was designed to inform you of the healthcare system in Ghana. The previous and current changes that have evolved over the years to make the healthcare system better for the people. The different organizations that helped to improve healthcare for people who are unable to afford healthcare. en-us 2018-11-17 15:48:43 UTC 2018-11-18 02:01:42 UTC hello@padlet.com 6. Health Systems over the years lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305552977 2018-11-17 15:57:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305552977 4. NHIS lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305554222 2018-11-17 16:04:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305554222 8.Hospital in Ghana lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305554890 2018-11-17 16:09:46 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305554890 2.Introduction lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305587921 Ghana is a developing country in West Africa with a population of about 25 million. Medical illnesses in Ghana overlap with those in developed countries, but infection, trauma, and women's health problems are much more prominent.  Despite these limitations, Ghana has established a relatively successful national medical insurance system, and the quality of medical practice is high, at least where it is available. Ghana also has a well established and sophisticated administrative structure for the supervision of medical education and accreditation, but it has proven very difficult to extend medical training to rural areas, where health care facilities are particularly short of personnel.]]> 2018-11-17 20:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305587921 11. The Illnesses lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305588230 Infections are a primary reason for hospital visits and admissions. Malaria is rampant, and its burden is tremendous. Typhus infection
is common and is a major cause of intestinal perforation and urgent  surgery. A large  percentage of emergency and critically ill patients are young  women who are pregnant and many from complications of botched abortions.
]]> 2018-11-17 20:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305588230 10. Limited Doctors and equipment lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305589183 Specialist physicians are relatively few in Ghana as most  acquire their formal specialty training abroad, and most stay there. There are
only a couple of neurologists in the country. There is one clinically active neurologist  in Ghana, at  the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. There are just four or five neurosurgeons in the country.

The  two main teaching hospitals have CT scanners, as do a few
medium-sized  cities  and  private  clinics. The first MRI scanner  was installed at Korle Bu in 2006.
]]> 2018-11-17 21:01:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305589183 5. Public Insurance lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305599340 The public insurance system allows any resident  to access medical care. Ghana is, however, still very much lacking in terms of quality of care, and facilities.]]> 2018-11-17 23:30:26 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305599340 7. Hospitals lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305599473 Private hospitals provide, on average, a better quality of treatment and have more modern equipment than public institutions.
Public hospitals tend to be overcrowded and lacking in quality, especially compared to developed countries. 
There are 7 hospital specializing in gynecologist, 2 in pediatrics.The majority of hospitals are general, in that they focus on general medicine and don’t offer a full range of treatments. If you require specialized treatment you will have to travel to certain hospitals, and sometimes abroad.]]> 2018-11-17 23:32:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305599473 3.The National Health Insurance Scheme lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305600218 In 2003, the Ghanaian government introduced the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) which dramatically improved the health situation in the country and eliminated the need for Ghanaian citizens to pay for their treatment up front. The new system also increased the accessibility of healthcare for Ghana’s poorest citizens.]]> 2018-11-17 23:49:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305600218 1.Ghana lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305601083 2018-11-18 00:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305601083 9.Video lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305601525 2018-11-18 00:18:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305601525 12. Conclusion lprender https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305602259 Despite facing many limitations, Ghana has made tremendous strides in promoting medical care in a moderately large and very complicated country. ]]> 2018-11-18 00:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lprender/w5lqh1mupdwc/wish/305602259