Health Financing Officer at World Health Organization
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Job Description
The vision of the Ghana health financing strategy is moving towards universal health coverage. The vision is comprehensive including all types of public and private financing. It balances revenue increases and improved expenditure management including efficiency by expanding access of quality service delivery in a sustainable manner.Health care financing is at the heart of Ghanaβs health sector governance. It involves a process by which funds are mobilized from primary (households and firms) and secondary sources (Government and donors). These funds are accumulated in fund pools (health fund and National Health Insurance Fund) and are used to purchase services and products that promote, maintain and restore health.Achieving the health system goals of improving health outcomes, providing financial risk protection and increasing system responsiveness requires direct contributions from health financing and clear relationships to other health system functions.The distribution pattern of...