Policies / Policies from 2004
Policies with publication year 2004.
Ministry of Finance
An Act to provide for taxation in respect of the supply of goods and services and the importation and exportation of goods; to provide for the repeal of the Sales Tax Act [Chapter 23:08]; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Ministry of Agriculture
An Act to provide for the functions, powers and administration of the Meteorological Services Department. It serves as the legal framework for levying commercial rates on the basis.
Ministry of Health
The main objective of the policy is to underpin the national response to HIV/AIDS in order to create a conducive environment to ensure sustained political commitment and support for effective action against HIV/AIDS/STIs in the Ghana.
Ghana Maritime Authority
The Maritime Security Act applies to ships on international voyages: passenger ships, cargo ships, pleasure craft, mobile offshore drilling units off Ghanaian waters, and port facilities within the country. The provisions of the act do not however apply to warships owned by Ghana, ships designated for law enforcement, and ports under the control of the Ghana Armed Forces.
Ministry of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation
The act establishes the Ghana Meteorological Agency with its powers and responsibilities. It is charged with advising the government on meteorological issues, issuing weather reports and forecasts, approving the establishment of a meteorological station, advising the country on weather situations, and providing consultancy services, among other key functions.
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The policies and strategies note the importance of the livestock sector in Ghana in terms of its contribution to the economy, food security, nutritional requirements, and source of income and livelihood of the resource-poor rural households. It seeks to address the dwindling productivity of the sector and the inability to meet national demand through targeted, efficient and effective sector-specific policies, plans, and strategies.
Ministry of Women and Children's Affairs
The specific objectives of the policy include: to redress imbalances which arise from existing gender inequalities through policy review; legal reforms and enforcement of existing legislation; to provide a national framework from which policies are derived; to implement activities designed to strengthen women�s role in economic development; to implement activities designed to promote children�s development and protection; to promote women�s equal access to, and control over economically significant resources and benefits; and to enhance the survival, development and protection of children.
Ministry of Health
This framework advocates for the concept of cross-subsidization, equity, solidarity, and re-engineering of the health insurance system in favour of the poor and underprivileged in society. The framework is based on legislative updates to the development process of health insurance. It sets out to build on the efforts and achievements of the old edition.
Ghana Health Service
This manual generally addresses health workers, especially those delivering services at the sub-district level. It hopes to provide them with the essential knowledge and skills to plan and implement quality assurance in their health facilities.
Ministry of Health
The policy aspires to serve as a guide to the pharmaceutical sector in Ghana. It targets critical areas, among which include: legislation and regulatory control, local manufacture, herbal medicines, drug procurement and supply management, quality assurance, and monitoring and evaluation.
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