Gordon Abekah-Nkrumah

2005, MBA, Thesis in Health Services Management, University of Ghana.

1999, BSc Administration (Accounting Option), University of Ghana.

Women’s empowerment and mother and child health in Ghana.

Supervisor: David Lawson.

Health Services and Policy Issues, focusing on:

1. Maternal and Child Health Issues.
2. Health Policy Management.
3. Health Financing and Expenditure Issues.
4. Health Services Quality.

The research utilizes two rounds of Demographic and Health Survey datasets from Ghana (2003 and 2008) to conduct a micro econometric analysis of women’s empowerment and mother and child health in Ghana. Specifically the study aims to achieve the following:

1. To construct a conceptual framework that will guide the selection of indicators for measuring women’s empowerment in Ghana.
2. To investigate the effect of women’s empowerment on mother and child health by comparing results for informational value when using composite indicators of women’s empowerment as opposed to individual indicators.
3. To assess whether differential outcomes in mother and child health are due to differential capabilities in women?
4. To evaluate the effect of the implementation of the National Gender and Children policy on women’s empowerment and mother and child health in Ghana.

Abekah-Nkrumah, G., Abor, P., Adjasi, C and Abor, J. (2011) Towards a framework for improving utilisation of maternal healthcare services in Sub-Saharan Africa through Micro-finance. International Journal of health care Quality Assurance. [Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bradford, UK] (Forthcoming).

Avortri G.S., Beke, A. and Abekah-Nkrumah G. (2011) “Predictors of satisfaction with child birth services in public hospitals in Ghana. International Journal of Healthcare Quality Assurance, Vol. 24 No. 3,  (forth-Coming) [Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bradford, UK].

Abekah-Nkrumah, G., Manu, A. and Atinga, A. R. (2010) Assessing the implementation of Ghana’s Patient Charter. Health Education, Vol. 110 Issue 3 pp 169 – 185 [Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bradford, UK].

Abekah-Nkrumah, G., and Abor, J. (2009) Financing the health sector in Ghana: A review of the budgetary process. European Journal of Economic, Finance and Administrative Science, Issue 7 [Eurojournals Inc]

Abor, P. A., Abekah-Nkrumah, G., and Abor, J. (2007), An examination of hospital governance in Ghana, Leadership in Health Services, Vol. 21(1), pp 47-60 [Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bradford, UK].

Abekah-Nkrumah, G. and Hinson, R. (2007), Towards a sustainable framework for computer-based health information systems (CHIS) for least developed countries (LDCs), International Journal of Healthcare Quality Assurance, Vol. 20 No. 6, 2007, pp. 532-544 [Emerald Group Publishing Ltd, Bradford, UK].

Abekah-Nkrumah G. (2006) “Information for health improvements; Prospects and challenges facing the Ghanaian health sector” Ghana Library Journal, Vol. 18, 2006, pp.

Academic Conferences/ Workshops

Abekah-Nkrumah, G., Abor, P., Adjasi, C and Abor, J. (2008) “Towards a framework for improving utilisation of maternal healthcare services in Sub-Saharan Africa through Micro-finance” Fifth African Finance Journal Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, July 10th – 11th.

Abekah-Nkrumah, G. (2008) “The changing aid architecture in Ghana’s health sector; Any prospects for aid effectiveness? Fifth African Finance Journal Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, July 10th – 11th.

Abor P and Abekah-Nkrumah, G. (2008) “Socio-economic determinant of maternal healthcare utilisation in Ghana. Biennial Workshop of the African Economic Research Consortium. Entebe, Uganada.  31st – 5th June 2008.

Abor, P. A., Abekah-Nkrumah, G., and Abor, J. (2007), An examination of hospital governance in Ghana, Biennial Conference of the Economic Society of South Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, September (www.essa.org.za).

Abekah-Nkrumah, G (2006) “ Information for health improvements; Prospects and challenges facing the Ghanaian health sector, Conference of the Ghana Library Association.

Selected Consulting Assignments

Consultant, Development of a Planning and Budget framework for a Harmonised delivery of Development Assistance to the Health sector by the UN agencies in Health. Funded by UNICEF.

Consultant, Provision of support to SHARP for the analysis and writing of Project close down reports. Funded by USAID.

Consultant, Development of an Issues paper for PFM reform in Ghana’s Health Sector. This assignment was funded by DfiD, 

Consultant: External review of the governance and financing function of the Ministry of health of the republic of Ghana as part of the health sector annual review process. This assignment was funded by DANIDA.

Consultant: Evaluation of the performance of Development Partners in Ghana’s health sector via the outcome indicators of the Paris Declaration. This was part of the annual health sector review in Ghana. This assignment was funded by the Ghana Ministry of Health.

Consultant: Contribution of the Ghana section of the Country Case Studies on experiences of the implementation of Public Expenditure Tracking Survey Recommendations. This assignment was funded by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the World Bank. The main consulting firm on the project was ECORYS Netherlands BV.

Consultant: Preparation of the counterpart report for the health sector programme support credit given by the World Bank to Ghana for its second Five year programme of work for the health sector. This was funded by the Ministry of Health in Ghana.

Consultant: Development of draft instruments (aide Memoire) for use by development Partners intending to use sector budget support aid modality in Ghana’s health sector. The assignment was funded by the Netherlands Embassy.

Consultant: Review of the budgetary process and funding channels of the health sector in Ghana. This formed part of an initial evaluation for moving to SBS by some donors. The assignment was funded by the Netherlands Embassy in Ghana.