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Health care service in Ghana is of relatively high quality as compared to other African countries. Such indexes as tentative lifespan, mortality level, overall Health care expenditures are better than average indexes across Africa.

In Ghana there are two medical schools – in Accra and Kumasi. In all the major regional cities there are hospitals, medical centers, clinics. Moreover, many religious organizations and private medical specialists are active across the country. Alternative Health care and healing is popular and widespread here.

60% of population have access to qualified professional Health care. There is 1 physician, 1 nurse and 3 herbalist/healer per 1.2 thousand people. The average lifespan in Ghana is 58 years. Infant mortality level remains at 0.06%. However, the possibilities of receiving quality health care remains limited outside Accra.

Ghanaian government implements a broad program of Health care service development inside the country. Key attention is paid to the programs on HIV-, tuberculosis-, malaria-control. The system of Health care in Ghana is extremely decentralized, financing is provided according to sector approach.

Shortage of qualified personnel and absence of guidance and methodological aid present a significant hindrance for successful Health care development. 29% of Ghanaian medical professionals work abroad.

Medical tourism is a new and promising trend of medical care sector development in Ghana. This system enables a flow of additional finances to the country coming from international tourists. These finances are projected to be spent on the overall Health care improvements in Ghana. The highly popular fields of medical treatment among tourists are corrective surgery, massages, detoxication. SPA-treatment organizations in Ghana are widely known all over the world.

Some medication brands are produced on the territory of the country. Ghana also exports a number of its medications to the neighboring countries – Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Mali, Senegal.

Ghana is a large importer of drugs. 45% of imported products comes from India. The country also buys drugs from European countries and the USA. Practically all the needed medical equipment is imported. Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, China and the USA are the key suppliers here.

Health care system in Ghana is in need of foreign investments for its successful development, drugs and equipment manufacturing.

More information on Health care in Ghana may be found in the report Health care in Ghana: Business Report 2010 recently published by TD The Market Publishers, Ltd.

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