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THE SITUATION.<br />
<strong>GIHS</strong>.<br />
CLINICS<br />
GHANA<br />
INTERNATIONAL<br />
INTEGRATED<br />
HEALTH<br />
SERVICES<br />
Ghana is a tropical country on the west coast it accounting for 48.5 per cent, followed by<br />
of Africa. The country has 10 administrative industry (25.9%) and agriculture (25.6%)<br />
regions and 216 decentralized districts. The (Revised Gross Domestic Product 2011). The<br />
country has a population of 24.87 million informal economy accounts for about 86 – 90<br />
(2010 Population and Household Census) per cent of total employment, while gold and<br />
and growing at 2.5% per annum. The female cocoa remain the leading export earner.<br />
population accounting for 51.2 per cent and<br />
48.8 being males.<br />
Since the adoption of the Millennium<br />
Declaration, Ghana has mainstreamed the<br />
Life expectancy is estimated at about 56 years MDGs into the country’s successive mediumfor<br />
men and 57 years for women, while adult term national development policy framework,<br />
literacy rate (age 15 and above) stands at 65 the Ghana Poverty Reduction Strategy (GPRS<br />
per cent. A democratically elected executive I), 2003–2005, the Growth and Poverty<br />
president administers the country with an Reduction Strategy (GPRS II), 2006–2009 and<br />
elected parliament and an independent the Ghana Shared Growth and Development<br />
judiciary. Agenda (GSGDA), 2010 -2013. Universal<br />
health coverage has been the goal of Ghana’s<br />
Agriculture dominated Ghana’s economy,<br />
until 2006 but the service; industry now leads<br />
development agenda over the years.<br />
4<br />
complex public health care hospitals.<br />
... BECAUSE OUR HEALTH IS ONE OF THE MOST VALUABLE ASSETS
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