Political economy and the pursuit of UHC: lessons from Ghana

Description

Regular scientific seminar

Objectives

Presenters

1. Dr. Jacob Novignon
   Jacob Novignon holds a PhD in Economics with specialty in Public economics and Health economics. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology – Ghana where he teaches public economics and advanced microeconomics. His broad research area is applied microeconomics (Health Economics). Specifically, his research interests include inequalities in health care utilization and outcomes, health financing, efficiency of health systems, poverty and vulnerability analysis, impact evaluation of interventions/programmes, among others.
   Department of Economics, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology – Ghana