An approach to consistently deliver quality healthcare to everyone, everywhere
Quality healthcare is fundamental to the right to health and its delivery at all times.1 People are healthier and are living longer than ever before, but poor quality care is still causing preventable deaths and unacceptable inequities, especially in low and middle income countries. Despite widespread recognition of the importance of quality health services, improvement efforts continue to struggle against persistent gaps in financing, workforce, and healthcare infrastructure, alongside the overlapping global challenges from pandemics, conflicts, and climate change.23 As the covid-19 pandemic showed, quality matters even more for population health during a crisis.4
Health systems in low and middle income countries operate in different contexts and possess different capacities. Despite these differences, quality care can be sustained and scaled up if it is championed by consistent leadership and supported b
Lack of funding is denying a significant number of adolescents in the country the needed interventions to deal with challenges affecting their sexual reproductive health, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has said.