Strengthen Health Systems To Reduce Premature Deaths

Healthy societies are productive societies, and Ghana is making great progress. In many areas, from improved nutrition and poverty reduction to disease prevention, the country is witnessing significant development.

However, malaria remains a major public health concern. With one of every five citizens affected every year, it is the leading cause of death and disease and a great toll on all of society.

Infant and maternal mortality are important indicators of a nation’s wellbeing and the overall quality of its health system. Over the last three decades, Ghana has achieved much improved primary care for mothers and children, but mortality rates are still significantly higher than the targets of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Can some of the most complicated and controversial political issues be solved through simple cost-benefit analysis? Author, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, the President of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, and visiting Professor at Copenhagen Business School, Bjorn Lomborg and Will dissect this very question.