The Ghana heart initiative – a health system strengthening approach as index intervention model to solving Ghana’s cardiovascular disease burden
Rattachement africain : Ghana, nl, ph, us. Niveau de preuve : code pays fourni par la source.
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of death worldwide, with 80% of these deaths occurring in low-middle income countries (LMICs). In Ghana and across Africa, CVDs have emerged as the leading causes of death primarily due to undetected and under treated hypertension, yet less than 5% of resources allocated to health in these resource-poor countries go into non-communicable diseases (NCD) including CVD prevention and management. Consequently, most countries in Africa do not have contextually appropriate and sustainable health system framework to prevent, detect and manage CVD to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in CVD care through improved Primary Health Care (PHC) with the aim of achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) in CVD/NCD. In view of this, the Ghana Heart Initiative (GHI) was envisaged as a national strategy to address the identified gaps using a health system and a population-based approach to reduce the national burden of CVDs. The GHI intervention includes the development of guidelines and training manuals; training, equipment support, establishment of a national call/support center, and improvement in the national data capturing system for CVDs and NCD, management of Hypertension, Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Heart Failure (HF). Following the implementation of the GHI concept, a national CVD Management Guideline was developed and 300-health facilities across the different levels of care including one teaching hospital, was also supported with basic life-saving equipment. In addition, more than 1,500 healthcare workers also reported improvement in their knowledge and skills in the management and treatment of CVD-related cases in their health facilities. These are key contributions to strengthening the health system for CVD care and learning lessons for scale up.
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- Titre Crossref
- The Ghana heart initiative – a health system strengthening approach as index intervention model to solving Ghana’s cardiovascular disease burden
- Date Crossref
- 17/04/2024
- Éditeur
- Frontiers Media SA
- Type
- journal-article
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University of Ghana Department of Community Health Accra, Ghana (code pays fourni par la source)Université ou école supérieure
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Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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University of Amsterdam Department of Public and Occupational Health pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Accra, Ghana (pays nommé en fin d’affiliation)Institution
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Amsterdam University Medical Centers Department of Cardiology pays non établi dans la noticeÉtablissement de santé
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Johns Hopkins University Department of Medicine pays non établi dans la noticeUniversité ou école supérieure
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Johns Hopkins Medicine pays non établi dans la noticeÉtablissement de santé
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Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Accra, Ghana (code pays fourni par la source)Établissement de santé
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Accra College of Medicine Accra College of Medicine, Ghana (pays nommé en fin d’affiliation)Université ou école supérieure
Department of Community Health — University of Ghana (Accra, Ghana), Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences et Department of Public and Occupational Health — University of Amsterdam, avec 6 autres affiliations. Pays d’affiliation : Ghana.
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