Jacob Novignon
Biographic Data
| ID | 1729824 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacob Novignon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacob |
| FAMILY NAME | Novignon |
| SIGNATURE | NOVIGNON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4718-9328 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Level and determinants of district primary healthcare system technical efficiency in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Primary healthcare (PHC) is critical towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In Ghana, PHC is organised at the district level and plays a key role in the country's pursuit of UHC. However, many districts face challenges not only with limited resources but also with how effectively they are used. We examined how efficiently districts in Ghana use their health resources and what factors are associated with this efficiency. ME…
Does free secondary education mitigate the impact of teen births on educational outcomes? Evidence from Ghana
Teenage pregnancy and early childbirth have potential implications for human capital development that can transcend the teen mothers to their children. Using data from the latest demographic and health survey data from Ghana, this study set out to understand how teen births affect the educational attainment of the mother, and how a policy that reduces the financial cost of senior high school education could moderate this effect. We used instrumen…
A disaggregated analysis of catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditure in Ghana
Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires, among others, removing financial barriers to health care. In developing countries like Ghana where risk pooling arrangements are less developed, out-of-pocket (OOP) payments can have substantial economic implications on households and threaten progress towards UHC. This study estimates sub-national catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and resultant impoverishment using the seventh round of the …
Ethnographic study of Buruli ulcer wound management practices in a traditional therapeutic setting in Ghana
Our findings suggest that the traditional healer enjoyed substantial public legitimacy from his clients due to his perceived interest in helping affected individuals achieve cures using culturally and financially appropriate ways to manage wounds. However, we also observed the use of non-sterile procedures and unregulated preparations, which may be potentially deleterious. The willingness of the traditional healer to collaborate with the formal h…
Health facility capacity and technical efficiency in the provision of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in Niger
There is much room for improving the efficient use of financial and other resources in primary healthcare facilities that provide ASRH in Niger. Potential interventions include giving women more responsibility for these facilities and strengthening the ASRH production capacity of these facilities
Development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy to improve experiences of skin neglected tropical diseases and other skin conditions in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana
Integrated strategies are recommended to tackle neglected tropical diseases of the skin (skin NTDs), which pose a substantial health and economic burden in many countries, including Ghana. We describe the development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy designed to improve experiences of skin NTDs in Atwima Mponua district in Ashanti Region. A multidisciplinary research team led an iterative process to develop an overall strate…
Improving experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin
Integrated approaches to managing co-endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) of the skin within primary healthcare services are complex and require tailoring to local contexts. We describe formative research in Atwima Mponua District in Ghana’s Ashanti Region designed to inform the development of a sustainable intervention to improve access to skin NTD care. We employed a convergent, parallel, mixed-methods design, collecting data from Februar…
Economic inequalities in health insurance subscription renewal
The role of economic factors in shaping and constituting the household burden of neglected tropical diseases of the skin
Tracers of health system equity, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) disproportionately affect marginalized populations. NTDs that manifest on the skin - "skin NTDs" - are associated with scarring, disfigurement, physical disability, social exclusion, psychological distress, and economic hardship. To support development and evaluation of appropriate intervention strategies, we aimed to improve understanding of the role of economic factors in shapi…
Role and capacity needs of community based surveillance volunteers in the integrated management of skin neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs)
Measures including continuous training, institution of rewards and incentivization are important for ensuring the sustainability of CBSVs in the provision of skin NTD services in Ghana
Inefficient allocation of paratransit service terminals and routes in Ghana
The impact of unconditional cash transfers on morbidity and health-seeking behaviour in Africa
Unconditional cash transfers have demonstrated widespread, positive impacts on consumption, food security, productive activities and schooling. However, the evidence to date on cash transfers and health-seeking behaviours and morbidity is not only mixed, but the evidence base is biased towards conditional programmes from Latin America and is more limited in the context of Africa. Given contextual and programmatic design differences between the re…
Do efficiency gains really translate into more budget for health? An assessment framework and country applications
Efficiency has historically been considered a key mechanism to increase the amount of available revenues to the health sector, enabling countries to expand services and benefits to progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). Country experience indicates, however, that efficiency gains do not automatically translate into greater budget for health, to additional revenues for the sector. This article proposes a framework to assess whether and …
Exemption for the poor or the rich? An assessment of socioeconomic inequalities in Ghana’s national health insurance exemption policies
Out-of-pocket payments for health are considered a major limitation to universal health coverage (UHC). Policymakers across the globe are committed to achieving UHC through the removal of financial barriers to health care. In Ghana, a national health insurance scheme was established for this purpose. A unique feature of the scheme is its premium exemption policies for vulnerable groups. In this article, we access the nature of socioeconomic inequ…
Political economy and the pursuit of universal health coverage in Ghana
The road to universal health coverage depends on resources committed to the health sector. In many cases, the political structure and strength of advocacy play an important role in setting budgets for health. However, this has, until recently, not been of interest to health system researchers and policymakers. In this study, we document the political path to the establishment of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as well as continu…
Socioeconomic inequalities in maternal health care utilization in Ghana
The findings highlight the importance of the NHIS and formal education in bridging the socioeconomic gap in maternal health care utilization
Is Growth Pro‐Poor in Benin? Evidence Using a Multidimensional Measure of Poverty
In recent years, economic development discourse has moved beyond increasing economic growth to ensuring that growth also leads to reduction in poverty and inequality. This motivates the current study to examine the relationship between economic growth and poverty in Benin. We used data from the 2006 and 2011 Benin Demographic and Health Surveys and computed a multidimensional poverty index using multiple correspondence analysis. The distribution …
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Is Growth Pro‐Poor in Benin? Evidence Using a Multidimensional Measure of Poverty
In recent years, economic development discourse has moved beyond increasing economic growth to ensuring that growth also leads to reduction in poverty and inequality. This motivates the current study to examine the relationship between economic growth and poverty in Benin. We used data from the 2006 and 2011 Benin Demographic and Health Surveys and computed a multidimensional poverty index using multiple correspondence analysis. The distribution …
Socioeconomic inequalities in maternal health care utilization in Ghana
The findings highlight the importance of the NHIS and formal education in bridging the socioeconomic gap in maternal health care utilization
Do efficiency gains really translate into more budget for health? An assessment framework and country applications
Efficiency has historically been considered a key mechanism to increase the amount of available revenues to the health sector, enabling countries to expand services and benefits to progress towards universal health coverage (UHC). Country experience indicates, however, that efficiency gains do not automatically translate into greater budget for health, to additional revenues for the sector. This article proposes a framework to assess whether and …
Exemption for the poor or the rich? An assessment of socioeconomic inequalities in Ghana’s national health insurance exemption policies
Out-of-pocket payments for health are considered a major limitation to universal health coverage (UHC). Policymakers across the globe are committed to achieving UHC through the removal of financial barriers to health care. In Ghana, a national health insurance scheme was established for this purpose. A unique feature of the scheme is its premium exemption policies for vulnerable groups. In this article, we access the nature of socioeconomic inequ…
Political economy and the pursuit of universal health coverage in Ghana
The road to universal health coverage depends on resources committed to the health sector. In many cases, the political structure and strength of advocacy play an important role in setting budgets for health. However, this has, until recently, not been of interest to health system researchers and policymakers. In this study, we document the political path to the establishment of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) as well as continu…
The impact of unconditional cash transfers on morbidity and health-seeking behaviour in Africa
Unconditional cash transfers have demonstrated widespread, positive impacts on consumption, food security, productive activities and schooling. However, the evidence to date on cash transfers and health-seeking behaviours and morbidity is not only mixed, but the evidence base is biased towards conditional programmes from Latin America and is more limited in the context of Africa. Given contextual and programmatic design differences between the re…
Role and capacity needs of community based surveillance volunteers in the integrated management of skin neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs)
Measures including continuous training, institution of rewards and incentivization are important for ensuring the sustainability of CBSVs in the provision of skin NTD services in Ghana
Inefficient allocation of paratransit service terminals and routes in Ghana
Development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy to improve experiences of skin neglected tropical diseases and other skin conditions in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana
Integrated strategies are recommended to tackle neglected tropical diseases of the skin (skin NTDs), which pose a substantial health and economic burden in many countries, including Ghana. We describe the development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy designed to improve experiences of skin NTDs in Atwima Mponua district in Ashanti Region. A multidisciplinary research team led an iterative process to develop an overall strate…
Improving experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin
Integrated approaches to managing co-endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) of the skin within primary healthcare services are complex and require tailoring to local contexts. We describe formative research in Atwima Mponua District in Ghana’s Ashanti Region designed to inform the development of a sustainable intervention to improve access to skin NTD care. We employed a convergent, parallel, mixed-methods design, collecting data from Februar…
Economic inequalities in health insurance subscription renewal
The role of economic factors in shaping and constituting the household burden of neglected tropical diseases of the skin
Tracers of health system equity, neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) disproportionately affect marginalized populations. NTDs that manifest on the skin - "skin NTDs" - are associated with scarring, disfigurement, physical disability, social exclusion, psychological distress, and economic hardship. To support development and evaluation of appropriate intervention strategies, we aimed to improve understanding of the role of economic factors in shapi…
Does free secondary education mitigate the impact of teen births on educational outcomes? Evidence from Ghana
Teenage pregnancy and early childbirth have potential implications for human capital development that can transcend the teen mothers to their children. Using data from the latest demographic and health survey data from Ghana, this study set out to understand how teen births affect the educational attainment of the mother, and how a policy that reduces the financial cost of senior high school education could moderate this effect. We used instrumen…
A disaggregated analysis of catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditure in Ghana
Achieving universal health coverage (UHC) requires, among others, removing financial barriers to health care. In developing countries like Ghana where risk pooling arrangements are less developed, out-of-pocket (OOP) payments can have substantial economic implications on households and threaten progress towards UHC. This study estimates sub-national catastrophic health expenditure (CHE) and resultant impoverishment using the seventh round of the …
Ethnographic study of Buruli ulcer wound management practices in a traditional therapeutic setting in Ghana
Our findings suggest that the traditional healer enjoyed substantial public legitimacy from his clients due to his perceived interest in helping affected individuals achieve cures using culturally and financially appropriate ways to manage wounds. However, we also observed the use of non-sterile procedures and unregulated preparations, which may be potentially deleterious. The willingness of the traditional healer to collaborate with the formal h…
Health facility capacity and technical efficiency in the provision of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in Niger
There is much room for improving the efficient use of financial and other resources in primary healthcare facilities that provide ASRH in Niger. Potential interventions include giving women more responsibility for these facilities and strengthening the ASRH production capacity of these facilities
Level and determinants of district primary healthcare system technical efficiency in Ghana
BACKGROUND: Primary healthcare (PHC) is critical towards achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC). In Ghana, PHC is organised at the district level and plays a key role in the country's pursuit of UHC. However, many districts face challenges not only with limited resources but also with how effectively they are used. We examined how efficiently districts in Ghana use their health resources and what factors are associated with this efficiency. ME…
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