Health sector gender policy. /
Health sector gender policy. /
Ministry of Health.
- Accra : Ministry of Health, 2009.
- viii, 51 pages.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Situation analysis of gender issues in the health sector: International and national commitments to gender equality -- Gender, health and the GPRS II --Gender and the National Health Policy (2007) -- Gender issues in the health sector -- Access to health care -- Quality of service delivery and care -- Ethics and Human rights -- Communicable diseases -- Non-communicable -- Mental health and gender-based violence -- Nutritional disorders -- Sexual and reproductive health -- Gender and social transformation -- Management, governance and finance -- 3. Gender policy framework: Guiding principles -- Rationale -- Goal -- Broad objectives -- Key elements -- 4. Gender mainstreaming framework for the health sector -- Access to healthcare -- Quality of care -- Ethics and human rights -- Gender insensitivity in healthcare delivery --Diseases and disorders -- Reproductive health -- Gender-based violence -- Management of the health system -- Administrative structures -- Management information systems -- Human resource -- Gender responsive budgeting in the health sector -- 5. Implementation arrangements: Implementation strategies -- Sex disaggregation and gender based analysis -- Capacity enhancing training and re-orientation of staff -- Advocacy -- Information Education and Communication (IEC) -- Behaviour Change and Communication (BBC) -- Partnership and inter-sectoral collaboration -- Reporting system / mechanisms -- Institutional arrangements -- Ministry of Health -- Ghana Health Service -- Resource mobilization and allocation -- Financial -- Human Resource -- Gender responsive budgeting -- Research -- Operational research -- Monitoring and evaluation.
Special Reference
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Situation analysis of gender issues in the health sector: International and national commitments to gender equality -- Gender, health and the GPRS II --Gender and the National Health Policy (2007) -- Gender issues in the health sector -- Access to health care -- Quality of service delivery and care -- Ethics and Human rights -- Communicable diseases -- Non-communicable -- Mental health and gender-based violence -- Nutritional disorders -- Sexual and reproductive health -- Gender and social transformation -- Management, governance and finance -- 3. Gender policy framework: Guiding principles -- Rationale -- Goal -- Broad objectives -- Key elements -- 4. Gender mainstreaming framework for the health sector -- Access to healthcare -- Quality of care -- Ethics and human rights -- Gender insensitivity in healthcare delivery --Diseases and disorders -- Reproductive health -- Gender-based violence -- Management of the health system -- Administrative structures -- Management information systems -- Human resource -- Gender responsive budgeting in the health sector -- 5. Implementation arrangements: Implementation strategies -- Sex disaggregation and gender based analysis -- Capacity enhancing training and re-orientation of staff -- Advocacy -- Information Education and Communication (IEC) -- Behaviour Change and Communication (BBC) -- Partnership and inter-sectoral collaboration -- Reporting system / mechanisms -- Institutional arrangements -- Ministry of Health -- Ghana Health Service -- Resource mobilization and allocation -- Financial -- Human Resource -- Gender responsive budgeting -- Research -- Operational research -- Monitoring and evaluation.
Special Reference