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| Title: | The role of the Pharmacy Council in regulating the health sector in Ghana |
| Author: | Asibuo, S.K. |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Periodical: | African Administrative Studies |
| Issue: | 60 |
| Pages: | 61-82 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Ghana |
| Subjects: | public health drug policy pharmaceutical industry |
| Abstract: | This article is the outcome of the conclusions contained in the 1999 Health Sector Review Report of the Ministry of Health of Ghana and its donor health partners in which concerns were expressed about the weaknesses in health sector regulation, poor enforcement regulatory regimes and paralysing fragmentation in enforcement strategies. This seems to indicate that successive Ghanaian governments have not demonstrated sufficient commitment towards strengthening the institutional, managerial, financial and logistical capacities of the regulatory institutions in the health sector. The present article reviews the existing capacity of the Pharmacy Council, which is one of the regulatory institutions in the health sector. The article is divided into five parts. The first part defines regulatory agencies, followed by a discussion of the background to the study, as well as a brief discussion of the regulatory institutions in the health sector in Ghana. Part two focuses on the functions, present structure and mode of operation of the Pharmacy Council. Part three discusses the regulatory activities of the Council, whilst part four is concerned with key operational constraints on the performance of the Council. Finally, part five makes recommendations for improving the performance and effectiveness of the Council. Lessons drawn from the Ghanaian experience are also highlighted. Data gathered for the study were derived mainly from desk research and personal interviews. Ref., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |