World Health Organization : Year 1999 ; World Health Organization, Evidence and Information for Policy, No. 99.1: Donors and the Ministry of Health New Partnerships in Ghana

By K. Janovsky, Dr.

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Title:	World Health Organization : Year 1999 ; World Health Organization, Evidence and Information for Policy, No. 99.1: Donors and the Ministry of Health New Partnerships in Ghana
Author:	K. Janovsky, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


Citation APA MLA Chicago Dr, K. J. (n.d.). World Health Organization : Year 1999 ; World Health Organization, Evidence and Information for Policy, No. 99.1. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

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Medical Reference Publication

Excerpt
ABOUT THE FORUM ON HEALTH SECTOR REFORM The Forum on Health Sector Reform is a group of experienced senior technical people with a common interest in health policy and health sector reform who meet regularly. Members are currently drawn from bilateral and international agencies, regional development banks, ministries of health and selected resource institutions. Forum meetings serve to share information about the scope and nature of current and planned activities related to supporting health sector reform; identify priority issues in health sector reform; review discussion papers on priority topics commissioned and produced by the Forum; discuss relevant country experiences as well as different agencies' approaches to supporting the reform process in countries.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv ACRONYMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1. GHANA'S EXPERIENCE WITH PROJECTA ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Post.independenceto1980s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2. Theriseofaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 The problem with projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SECTOR WIDE APPROACH IN GHANA: TENSIONSANDDILEMMAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7 Defining directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7. Phase I: Period of dissatisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Phase 11: The advent of sectoral co-ordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Phase Ill: Policy Framework and Medium-Term Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 0 From Policy Framework to Programme of Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 2 Approachingconsensus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 5 LESSONSAND INSIGHTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 6 Pre-existing conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 7 Relations with donors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 8 Managingtheprocess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Managingrisks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2.1 Lookingforward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 2 CONCLUDING REMARKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 6