REVISED CMA III - Ministry of Health

2. Coordination and Dialogue
Background
The institutional responsibilities and relationships in the health sector are guided by the Civil
Service Act 327; the Ghana Health Services and Teaching Hospitals Act 525, 1996; the National
Health Insurance Act 650, 2003 and the Ministry of Health Organisational Manual 1998. Other
relevant responsibilities and relationships are defined in the Government of Ghana Aid Policy;
the MoU on Earmarked Funds; the Sector Budget Support (SBS) Framework Memorandum; and
the Terms of Reference for the Health, HIV & AIDS Sector Group. The Ministry of Health will agree
other bilateral relationships with sector partners as relevant e.g. the MoU with CHAG.
A number of emerging challenges have been identified in the health sector’s institutional
arrangements and coordination during and since CMA II. They include:
• Weak coordination and collaboration between the Ministry, its agencies and partners.
• Complexity and increasing fragmentation of the sector with different funding modalities.
• Weak institutional arrangements for performance agreements with service providers.
• Lack of structures for and ineffectiveness of inter-­‐sectoral collaboration.
• Weak engagement with the private sector and civil society.
CMA III will provide a framework to enable key sector stakeholders to address the challenges and
ensure that institutional arrangements and coordination in the sector facilitate effective
implementation of the sector program and achievement of the sector objectives.
Health Sector Partners
The key sector partners identified under the CMA III are listed below and are hereinafter referred
to in the CMA as ‘key sector partners’
• The Ministry of Health.
• The Ghana Health Service.
• Teaching Hospitals and Specialised Institutions.
• Regulatory Bodies – the Medical and Dental Council; Nurses and Midwives Council;
Pharmacy Council; Food and Drugs Board; Private Hospitals and Maternity Homes Board;
Traditional Medicine Practice Council (work on a regulatory body for Laboratories and
other Allied Services is in progress; the list of regulatory bodies will be updated in an
addendum as needed).
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