ANALYSIS OF FACTORS INFLUENCING TRADITIONAL MEDICINES UTILISATION IN GHANA: EVIDENCE FROM KUMASI METROPOLIS AND SEKYERE SOUTH DISTRICT
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TRADITIONAL MEDICINES UTILISATION, GHANA, KUMASI METROPOLIS, SOUTH DISTRICT AUGUST,Synopsis
The health of individuals, families and communities is an indispensable issue of global development. Health concems assume the cutting edge in national development agenda. It is an indicator of development and also the mechanism for achieving a desired development (Saeed et al, 2013; Thoa et al, 2013; Adejumo et al, 2013; Kanchan and Ghosh, 2012; Wilson et al, 2012; Oluwatuyi, 2010). But for a country to develop, its population must be healthy, and to be healthy calls for efficient and effective use of health care facilities (Buor, 2008a). Strong health systems are fundamental to improving health outcomes and accelerate prc,gress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing maternai and child mortality, and to skirmishing HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases. At the time when economic downtum, a new influenza pandemic, and climate change add to the challenges of meeting those goals, the need for robust health systems is more acute than ever (WorldHealth Organisation [WHO], 2012).
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