Central Region: Mid/third-Quarter Review of GoG Capital Expenditure on Health [Infographic]

Report on health investment by GoG-Central Region

Gideon Sarpong August 17, 2017

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The Government of Ghana in its effort to achieve equitable access to health care services has committed to undertake certain capital investments in the health sector as stated in the 2017 Budget Statement. iWatch Africa has conducted a mid/third-quarter review of government’s commitment to build 10 Polyclinics at Bisease, Gomoa Dawurampong, Binpong Egya, Ekumfi Nakwa, Etsii Sunkwa, Biriwa, Akunfude, Jamra Mankrong and Potsin all in the Central Region. We also reviewed some of the health challenges facing the region.

Below is our infographic report:

Credit: Policy and Content Strategist | Gideon Sarpong | iWatch Africa

Our Central Region correspondent Amanda Okpara contributed to this report.

Gideon Sarpong August 17, 2017

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Gideon Sarpong

Gideon Sarpong is a policy analyst and media practitioner with close to a decade of experience in policy, data and investigative journalism. Gideon is a co-founder of iWatch Africa. He is an author; a fellow of the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), Thomson Reuters Foundation, Commonwealth Youth Program ,Free Press Unlimited and Bloomberg Data for Health Initiative. Gideon is the Ghana Hub Lead of Sustainable Ocean Alliance. He was a 2021 Policy Leader Fellow at the European University Institute, School of Trans-national Governance in Florence, Italy and 2020/21 Open Internet For Democracy Leader. Gideon was also a 2021/22 Visiting Scholar/Reuters Fellow at the University of Oxford, UK and was selected as a 2022 TRF/Trust Conference Changemaker. He is currently the Africa Regional Cordinator for Environmental Justice Foundation and a 2023/24 Pulitzer ORN Fellow. Email: gideonsarpong@iwatchafrica.org.

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