Making space for healthcare delivery by drone in Ghana

A case study

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ID12979452
AuthorsSarah Cheikhali (0000-0002-1913-8697, Santa Clara University, corresponding author)
Year2025
Volume19
Issue1
Pages139-151
Publication date2025-06-25
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHuman Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1942-7786 • E-ISSN: 2633-674X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/19427786251347699
OpenAlexW4411638827
LanguageEN
References cited20

The following case study looks at the relationship between political economy, spatial arrangement, and certain modes of governance in Ghana. In particular, it asks what political-economic orthodoxies and practices were associated with spatially holistic development and correlating governance strategies in the administration of public healthcare in Ghana, and what political-economic practices are associated with fragmented spatial development and digitized and technology-driven solutions such as drones. It explores these associations in the pre-neoliberal era to demonstrate by contrast how the new neoliberal political-economic orthodoxy affected spatial realities and governance practices in Ghana. I suggest the following counterfactual: if the reigning orthodoxy of spatially holistic, popular, grassroots-level development had continued, despite its many issues and failures, humanitarian delivery drones would not today stand in for issues of governmental reach due to variegated space in healthcare

Biology · Drone · Health care · Healthcare delivery · Political science · Computer Science · Urban and Rural Development Challenges

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