This Pharmaceutical Sector Baseline survey was commissioned by the Ministry of Health and conducted with financial and technical assistance of the World Health Organisation, Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy/Drug Action Programme and the WHO Country Office Ghana in collaboration with Health Action International - Africa.
The Ghana National Drugs Programme also provided technical and logistical support. In addition the contribution of the following people at the various stages of the survey is also acknowledged. The support of Mr Sam Boateng, Director of Stores Supplies, and Drug Management and Mr. Felix Yellu, the Chief Pharmacist and Mr Divine Asiama, Programme Manager of the Ghana National Drugs Programme is very much appreciated. Resource persons for training of fieldwork team:
• Dr. Ivy Osei, Ghana Health Service Research Unit
• Dr. T.N. Awua-Siaw, Institutional Care Division, Ghana Health Services
• Mrs. Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Ghana National Drugs Programme
• Mrs. Helen Tata, Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy, WHO Geneva
• Dr. Ogori Taylor, Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy National Professional Officer, WHO Nigeria
• Mrs. Joyce Addo-Atuah, Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy National Professional Officer, WHO Ghana
Regional/Fieldwork Data Teams:
• Dr. Dominic Dobbin and Yaw Kankam-Dwumah, Ashanti Regional Health Administration
• Dr. S. Gordon and Stephen K. Korang, Brong Ahafo Regional Health Administration
• Dr. T.E. Thompson and Edith Andrews, Greater Accra Regional Health Administration
• Dr. William Gudu and Diana Awuni, Upper East Regional Health Administration
• Stephen Bonnah, Isaac Annan, Henry Hammond and Susie Kabe, Catholic Drug Centre, Health Action International (HAI)
Data Entry, processing and analysis:
• Ms. Loretta Bannerman
• Dr. Daniel Kojo Arhinful, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR)
Report writing:
• Dr. Daniel Kojo Arhinful, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR)
• Dr. Ivy Osei, Health Research Unit
• Mrs. Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Ghana National Drugs Programme
• Mrs. Joyce Addo-Atuah, Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy National Professional Officer, WHO Ghana
• Ms Edith Andrews, Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy National Professional Officer, WHO Ghana
• Department of Essential Drugs and Medicines Policy, WHO Geneva: Helen Tata, Diane Whitney, Martin Auton
