Access barriers to healthcare services among the Fulani population in Ghana: a qualitative study in the Sissala East Municipality
This study reveals that the main barrier to healthcare access among the Fulani is affordability and gender-specific roles. However, they are also utilizing innovative mobile technologies to assist in seeking healthcare against the potential barrier of their nomadic lifestyle. Community engagement and policy measures to improve the coverage of the national health insurance scheme are required to improve healthcare access among the Fulani vulnerable population.
Authors
- Benjamin Obukowho Emikpe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2458-6504)
- Richard Abeiku Bonney (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9352-9928)
- John Amuasi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8640-2662)
- Daniel Opoku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6562-1583)
- Ruth Waitzberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6358-5059)
- Ebenezer Dassah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6178-801X)
- Kofi Akohene Mensah
Institutions
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Technische Universität Berlin (DE)
- Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Health Services Research
- Published
- 2025-05-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12839-x
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.49
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology