Thematic clusters
Health Economics, Population Health and Social Protection
Economic and quantitative methods applied to healthcare utilisation, insurance coverage, maternal and child health, nutrition and household welfare. A substantial body of work evaluates Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme and its effects on antenatal care, household welfare and children's nutrition and learning.
Key topics
- National health insurance and healthcare utilisation
- Maternal and reproductive health
- Child nutrition, stunting and underweight
- Health insurance and household welfare
- Health inequalities between rural and urban populations
- Public-health knowledge and preventive behaviour
- Healthcare access and social protection
- Health, education and child development
Contributing faculty
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Prof. Emmanuel Ekow Asmah
Associate Professor of Economics; Vice Dean, School of Economics
Development and health economics, CGE-based policy modelling
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Dr. Joshua Sebu
Senior Lecturer in Economics and Data Science
Survey data, financial inclusion and energy poverty
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Dr. Raymond Elikplim Kofinti
Senior Lecturer in Economics; Departmental Registration and Examinations Officer
Poverty, inequality and child welfare
