Ghana National Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) policy; gaps between policy and implementation, the need for policy review to address specific gaps

Abstract

The study examines gaps in primary health policy designed to enable Ghana to achieve universal access to health. The policy has existed for over 15 years with remarkable achievements, but data shows gaps between the procedure and what is going on. The researchers use a qualitative technique to explore the gap by focusing on persons directly involved in policy implementation as participants. Three main japs were identified, insufficient collaboration between community health officers and community leaders, favoritism in promoting CHOs, and inadequate provision of medical consumables and tools to CHPS-compounds as stated by the policy. The study concluded with the call for a review of the procedures and examining of the outlined gaps