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Ghana - Health

Community Health Nurse Martha Issah vaccinating a child at Sakpaba Village
Photo: Sarah Errington/Oxfam

Like many other developing countries, Ghana’s health services are severely under-resourced. It is estimated that only 45 per cent of the rural population has access to health services. It’s better in urban areas, where all regional capitals and most districts have hospitals and clinics. Herbal medicine and psychic healing are also practised.

Oxfam supports the Ghanaian Ministry of Health in its immunisation programme, health education, and other work.

 

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