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<strong>Challenges</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Era</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Globalization</strong><br />

Edited by Emmanuel Obuah<br />

able to get access to <strong>the</strong> second l<strong>in</strong>e <strong>the</strong>rapy which is <strong>the</strong> treatment for multi drug resistant TB. Also,<br />

experts compla<strong>in</strong> that <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>frastructure available is not <strong>the</strong> best.<br />

In terms <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> impact <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Global Fund on TB management at <strong>the</strong> ZTH Hospital, a number <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g observations were made. In <strong>the</strong> f<strong>in</strong>ancial year <strong>of</strong> 2010 about 4,800 TB cases were reported at<br />

<strong>the</strong> ZTH Hospital. The Global Fund has been <strong>in</strong>strumental <strong>in</strong> provid<strong>in</strong>g resources to ZTH Hospital to aid<br />

<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> fight aga<strong>in</strong>st TB. The results as shown on figure 2 <strong>in</strong>dicate that funds provided to <strong>the</strong> ZTH Hospital<br />

by <strong>the</strong> Global Fund have exceeded GHC 50,000 <strong>in</strong> any given year over <strong>the</strong> past four years. The Global<br />

Fund has made significant contributions to <strong>the</strong> management <strong>of</strong> TB by provid<strong>in</strong>g enablers to CBTC<br />

(Community Based Treatment Care) givers and supporters. CBTC helps TB patients to access free care<br />

and supervised treatment. Funds from <strong>the</strong> Global Fund are used by national programme to purchase drugs<br />

which are made available free to TB patients. Also, with<strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> enablers package is <strong>in</strong>cluded provision <strong>of</strong><br />

logistics (such as vehicles) to <strong>the</strong> facilities, support <strong>in</strong> tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> staff, creat<strong>in</strong>g awareness on TB (through<br />

<strong>the</strong> World TB Day), as well as provid<strong>in</strong>g enablers to community volunteers and TB patients.<br />

Figure 2: Fund Allocation from <strong>the</strong> Global Fund to ZTH Hospital, 2007-2010<br />

Global health <strong>in</strong>itiatives are faced with human resources issues as a major, system-wide constra<strong>in</strong>t<br />

(Drager et. al, 2006). The Global Fund provides opportunities to streng<strong>the</strong>n human resource <strong>in</strong>terventions,<br />

and countries will fare better by l<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong>ir activities to a long-term development <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir human<br />

resources for health (Drager et. al, 2006). The Global Fund has contributed immensely towards improv<strong>in</strong>g<br />

human resource capabilities at <strong>the</strong> ZTH Hospital. Figure 3 shows <strong>the</strong> allocation or disbursement <strong>of</strong> funds<br />

at <strong>the</strong> ZTH Hospital. The analysis shows that <strong>the</strong> bulk <strong>of</strong> funds (represent<strong>in</strong>g 81%) are spent on provid<strong>in</strong>g<br />

<strong>the</strong> needed treatment to TB patients. The Global Fund has helped improve <strong>in</strong>frastructure at <strong>the</strong> ZTH<br />

Hospital. This <strong>in</strong>cludes for example <strong>the</strong> extension and renovation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> TB laboratory.<br />

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