Manuscript Number : IJSRSET20746

Contributions of Healthcare Ngos In Ghana : A Look At Partnerships

Authors(3) :-Edwina Naa Amerley Amarteifio, Xu Yuanwang, Abredu Pearl

Non-Governmental Organizations are global actors in today’s world and play a vital role in the provision of goods and services in varied contexts. They have made and continue to make important contributions in serving marginalized, poor people and people in con?ict and war areas at the local, national, and international levels. This research aims to mainly address one of the most important key issues of Health Non-Governmental Organizations running in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana It discusses the partnerships of Non-Governmental Organizations, in any forms, varieties of its work, encounters in the conduct of their work. Its main aim is to establish if partnerships influences performance of Non-Governmental Organizations. Questionnaires were used to collect data from 40 Non-Governmental Agencies in the Greater Accra Region Quantitative assessment of data and descriptive statistics was performed. From the study, all respondents believed they qualified for partnerships of any kind are absolutely sure they are a partnership potential for or to others. Results also show a maximum of respondents (83.5%) strongly believe that partnerships influence performance,. 84.5% also established that having partnerships makes it easier to reach more people in need.

Authors and Affiliations

Edwina Naa Amerley Amarteifio
School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
Xu Yuanwang
School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China
Abredu Pearl
School of Management, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, 212013, China

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 7 | Issue 4 | July-August 2020
Date of Publication : 2020-07-14
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 91-101
Manuscript Number : IJSRSET20746
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

Cite This Article :

Edwina Naa Amerley Amarteifio, Xu Yuanwang, Abredu Pearl, " Contributions of Healthcare Ngos In Ghana : A Look At Partnerships, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 7, Issue 4, pp.91-101, July-August-2020. Available at doi : https://doi.org/10.32628/IJSRSET20746      Journal URL : https://res.ijsrset.com/IJSRSET20746

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