Health in All Policies: The Key to Population Health Improvement in Urban Ghana
Population health in Ghana is strongly influenced by social, economic and environmental determinants beyond the health sector. Inadequate housing, poor sanitation and unplanned urbanisation, for example, all affect health outcomes.
The WHO Health in All Policies (HiAP) framework offers a proven, multisectoral approach to address these determinants. However in Ghana, key challenges – such as limited technical capacity, policy misalignment, political interference and perceived corruption – are impeding effective implementation of HiAP, especially at local government level.
This Policy Brief highlights findings from Patience Ami Mamattah’s CHORUS Innovation Fund project, and proposes key actions to scale up multisectoral collaboration for better health outcomes.
