Program for Results: Primary Health Care Investment

This project aims to assist Ghana to achieve its primary health care objectives for improved health of Ghanaians particularly adolescent girls and boys. It seeks to do so by strengthening existing government systems and building capacity at the national sub-national and community levels of the public health care system. Project activities include: (1) increasing the capacity of healthcare providers to deliver primary health services; (2) strengthening linkages between services and improving referral and transport systems; (3) improving family planning and health services to reach underserved groups particularly adolescent girls and boys; (4) developing relevant policies and guidelines; and (5) improving public financial management processes.

The expected outcomes of this project include: (1) enhanced quality of primary health care services; (2) improved primary health care policies financing and national health insurance scheme coverage; and (3) improved use of primary health care services particularly maternal and newborn care family planning and vaccination services.