Who initiates the process?
De jure , the MOH is expected to initiate and formulate all
policies; de facto , the Ghana Health Service sometimes starts the
policy process. Findings suggest that most of the technical people on
policy issues are with the GHS. Another participant, identified as a
policy expert from the GHS stated the following:
In actual fact, the MOH is supposed to do this. Fortunately or
unfortunately, all the technical people are with the GHS. So the policy
reviews and everything originate with the GHS but normally we need to
seek approval from the MOH