{
  "id": 14715879,
  "title": "Communities get involved in health outcomes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/communities-get-involved-in-health-outcomes",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-15T14:29:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Ghana Business News",
    "slug": "ghana-business-news",
    "url": "https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2026/10/15/communities-get-involved-in-health-outcomes/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Ghana Community Scorecard (CSC) project is a health care initiative aimed at improving the quality of health services provided to local communities in Ghana. This people-centred health care approach is being implemented through partnerships at the community level, involving health facilities, local government structures, and communities themselves. By using the CSC, stakeholders can monitor the quality of services and respond to community needs, while also strengthening accountability and responsiveness. The project captures community members' perceptions of health care delivery within their Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) zones, enabling them to score their health facilities on nine quality-of-care indicators. This provides evidence for the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and other stakeholders on where support should be targeted, ensuring that the needs and expectations of clients are met. The CSC project was developed by the Ministry of Health through the GHS in collaboration with the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) in 2018, and received a grant in 2022 from the French Government’s 5% Initiative to help scale up and institutionalize the CSC nationwide.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}