The course examines policies adopted to provide health care and also consider past, present and policies of health in Africa and Ghana; strategies that have informed policies and programmes in health at the global (e.g. Health for All by the Year 2000, Millennium Development Goals, Sustainable Development Goals), continental (Bamako Initiative, Maputo Declaration on HIV and AIDS) and national levels (e.g. payment regimes; health insurance) as well as other factors which influence health delivery (e.g. brain drain and emerging technologies). The topics will include: the politics of public health; the concept of public versus private participation; health policy-making process and implementation; global influences on domestic health policy formulation in sub-Saharan Africa.

Objective: At the end of the course the student will be equipped to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the conceptual issues in policy formulation
• Analyze factors which inform health policies globally and in Africa
• Relate the knowledge gained to policy formulation in health.

 Mode of Delivery: This will be in the form of lectures, seminars, group discussion and case studies.