FAITH-INSPIRED HEALTH CARE PROVISION IN GHANA: MARKET SHARE, REACH TO THE POOR, AND PERFORMANCE

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Notes

1. Portions of this article are adapted from the Olivier and Wodon 2012 working paper collection.

2. This work benefitted from the support of the Country Management Unit for Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone as well as the Human Development Network at the World Bank. The authors are grateful to Ishac, Diwan, and Rakesh Nangia for supporting this research.

3. In Ghana, faith-inspired providers are also commonly called “mission-based providers”—and faith-inspired facilities are frequently classified as “mission hospitals”—leading to some terminological challenges.

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Jill Olivier is a lecturer at the University of Cape Town in the Health Policy and Systems Division. She is the research director for the International Religious Health Assets Programme, and has operated as a researcher and research manager in Southern-, Western- and Central Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, and the USA. Dr Olivier's current focus is on health systems research, the interface of religion and public health, interdisciplinary and multisectoral collaboration, and community engagement.

Mari Shojo, PhD in International Education Policy, is an education specialist with the Education Department of the South Asia Region at the World Bank. Her most recent work focuses on education policies in Afghanistan, the Maldives, and Sri Lanka. Previously, she worked with the World Bank's Human Development Network.

Quentin Wodon is an adviser in the Education Department of the Human Development Network at the World Bank where he serves as cluster leader for equity, resilience, and early childhood development. Previously, he managed the Bank's unit working on faith and development, served as Lead Poverty Specialist for West and Central Africa, and as economist/senior economist in the Latin America region. He holds graduate degrees in business engineering, economics, and philosophy, and PhDs in Economics and in Theology and Religious Studies.