Informing evidence-based policies for ageing and health in Ghana

Informing evidence-based policies for ageing and health in Ghana

Problem Ghana’s population is ageing. In 2011, the Government of Ghana requested technical support from the World Health Organization (WHO) to help revise national policies on ageing and health. Approach We applied WHO’s knowledge translation framework on ageing and health to assist evidence based p...

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Main Authors:	Islene Araujo de Carvalho, Julie Byles, Charles Aquah, George Amofah, Richard Biritwum, Ulysses Panisset, James Goodwin, John Beard
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The World Health Organization 2015-01-01
Series:	Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Online Access:	http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0042-96862015000100047&lng=en&tlng=en

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