Kwesi Eghan

Kwesi Eghan

Kwesi Eghan provides technical assistance for Medicines Benefits Management for Management Sciences for Health. Eghan was a primary facilitator for the development of the National Health Insurance Policy Framework and the Health Insurance Act (Act 650) of Ghana. As a member of the government-appointed National Health Insurance Council of Ghana, he served as head of the national medicines and tariffs committee with oversight responsibility for the development and implementation of the initial reimbursable drug list, pricing and costing of procedures, and establishments of tariff for the reimbursement of health services and medicines for improved quality of care. Eghan, a pharmacist, has over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, public and private sector health financing, design of community and national health insurance systems, and program management of HIV and AIDS, NTDs, tuberculosis, and malaria initiatives.

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Opinion: Strong pharmaceutical systems are crucial to attaining UHC

Opinion: Strong pharmaceutical systems are crucial to attaining UHC

over 7 years ago // Global health

WHO recently called on countries to make commitments to universal health coverage at the upcoming World Health Assembly. Unless these include efforts to strengthen pharmaceutical systems, communities will continue to struggle with inadequate health services and rising health costs.