Health Financing Officer at World Health Organization

About the Organization

The World Health Organization is seeking a Health Financing Officer to support Ghana's health sector governance and the implementation of the national health financing strategy.

Vision and Context

The Ghana health financing strategy is moving towards universal health coverage through a comprehensive approach that includes all types of public and private financing. This strategy balances revenue increases with improved expenditure management and efficiency to expand access to quality service delivery in a sustainable manner.

Health care financing is at the heart of Ghana's health sector governance. It involves mobilizing funds from primary sources (households and firms) and secondary sources (Government and donors). These funds are accumulated in fund pools (health fund and National Health Insurance Fund) and are used to purchase services and products that promote, maintain and restore health.

Achieving the health system goals of improving health outcomes, providing financial risk protection and increasing system responsiveness requires direct contributions from health financing and clear relationships to other health system functions.

Key Challenges

• The distribution pattern of health workers is skewed in favour of more affluent regions, primarily in the southern half of the country
• Highly skilled professionals (medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and allied health professionals) are concentrated in Greater Accra and major teaching hospitals
• Absence of a comprehensive and accurate database on the health workforce, including numbers, distribution, historical trends, and attrition rates

Key Responsibilities

• Formulation and implementation of policies on good governance for transparency, accountability and inclusiveness
• Pursuing equity in health financing with special emphasis on addressing regional disparities

Position Details

• Location: Accra, Ghana
• Employment Type: Full-Time
• Category: Accounting/Finance