Abstract
Understanding Medical Products Donation Practices in Ghana with GIS
Track: Health and Human Services
Author(s): Seth Wiafe, Ogonnaya Dotson-Newman, Winnifred Oware, Frank Badu, John Ayeh, Daniel Ganu
Pharmaceutical companies, medical equipment manufacturers, humanitarian aid, and other non-governmental organizations involved with medical products donation play important role in financing, advocating, and delivery of healthcare services. It is estimated that medical donations account for more than half of all medical supplies in countries where pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, and other supplies are difficult to acquire regularly. Managing these donation programs require efficient system that adheres to high standards in tracking, storage, transporting, and distributing. This project utilizes a variety of geographic information system (GIS) tools to identify and survey locations of organizations that manage and distribute donation products in Ghana. We implemented a multilevel spatial analysis on the survey data to determine the geographic variation of current medical products donation in Ghana. Preliminary results indicate that medical donation practices are currently concentrated in the southern part of Ghana.
Seth Wiafe
Loma Linda University
24951 North Circle Drive
Nichol Hall 1202
Loma Linda , California 92350
United States
Phone: 9095587596
E-mail: swiafe@llu.edu
Ogonnaya Dotson-Newman
Loma Linda University
24951 North Circle Drive
Loma Linda , California 92350
United States
Phone: 909 558 8750
E-mail: odotsonnewman@llu.edu
Winnifred Oware
Valley View University
PO Box KA 9358
Accra , None None
Ghana
Phone: 233243427487
E-mail: winnifredoware@yahoo.co.uk
Frank Badu
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Tech
Private Mail Bag
Kumasi , None None
Ghana
Phone: 233244245408
E-mail: oseibadu2004@yahoo.co.uk
John Ayeh
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology
Private Mail Bag
Kumasi , None None
Ghana
Phone: (233) 20 853 3925
E-mail: johnnyayer@yahoo.co.uk
Daniel Ganu
Valley View University
P.O. Box 9358
KA
Accra , None None
Ghana
Phone: (233) 24 402 3048
E-mail: dganuk@yahoo.com