Publications by authors named "S Amon"
Implementation of national policies and interventions (WHO Best Buys) for non-communicable disease prevention and control in Ghana: a mixed methods analysis.
Health Res Policy Syst
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes evidence-based interventions, known as "Best Buys," to tackle non-communicable diseases (NCDs), but there is limited knowledge about their implementation in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly in Ghana.
- This study used a mixed-methods approach, combining document reviews of Ghana's WHO Best Buys scores from various years and interviews with key policymakers to assess how well these NCD policies are being implemented and identify any gaps.
- Findings indicate that while Ghana shows some progress in adopting WHO Best Buys, with fluctuating implementation scores, significant challenges persist, including socio-cultural issues, stakeholder engagement, policy enforcement, and limited public awareness and financing for NCD prevention.
Background: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) predispose households to exorbitant healthcare expenditures in health systems where there is no access to effective financial protection for healthcare. This study assessed the economic burden associated with the rising burden of type-2 diabetes (T2D) and hypertension comorbidity management, and its implications for healthcare seeking in urban Accra.
Methods: A convergent parallel mixed-methods study design was used.
Contextual awareness, response and evaluation (CARE) of diabetes in poor urban communities in Ghana: the CARE diabetes project qualitative study protocol.
Glob Health Action
December 2024
Diabetes remains a major, global clinical and public health threat with consistent rises in prevalence around the world over the past four decades. Two-thirds of the projected increases in global diabetes prevalence to 2045 are expected to come from low- and middle-income countries, including those in sub-Saharan Africa. Ghana is typical of this trend.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: This study sought to determine the economic cost of the management of glaucoma among patients seeking care in health facilities in Ghana.
Design: A cross-sectional cost-of-illness (COI) study from the perspective of the patients was employed.
Setting: The study was conducted in public and private eye care facilities in the Tema Metropolis of Ghana.
Purpose: This study aims to describe the phenomenon of unperceived pregnancy followed by neonaticide with a focus on the lack of awareness of reproductive potential in an Austrian sample.
Methods: An explorative comparative study of neonaticide cases with single and repeat perpetrators was conducted using nationwide register-based data from 1995 to 2017. A total number of 55 cases out of 66 were included in the analysis.