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ColdChain

1.8 Organization of the Thesis
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW 2.1 Introduction

1.7 Scope of the Study
This study focused on assessing cold chain delivery in the Ghanaian health sector and its impact on service delivery. This study involved healthcare professionals who have lines of influence in cold chain management or are working on a cold chain site. Geographically, the study’s scope was limited to the Ashanti region of Ghana. This region was selected because it has the highest number of health facilities compared to the other regions, representing out of 2857 identified health facilities in Ghana, according to Statista (2021).
1.8 Organization of the Thesis
The research has been categorized into five main chapters as follows:
Chapter one deals with the introduction covering the background of the study, statement of the problem, aim and objectives, research questions, the scope of the study, the methodology to be adopted, the significance of the study, as well as the organization of the study.
Chapter two provides a review of previous studies to assess the current cold chain system in
Ghanaian healthcare sector.
Chapter three shows the methodology to be used in this research to achieve its stated objectives. It gives a profile of the selected area to be studied and describes the sources of data and methods of data collection and analysis.
Chapter four presents and discusses the results from the analysis of the data.
The last chapter which is chapter five provides a brief of the entire research, the findings and conclusion of the study as well as recommendations for the way forward.
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CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
This chapter discusses relevant literature on cold chain main the general, global and
Ghanaian healthcare sector. It began with an overview of the global healthcare sector, trailed by healthcare in their Ghanaian context. It then discussed the cold chain delivery system in the general healthcare and Ghanaian context, identifying some cold chain practices. It also examines some challenges faced in the cold chain delivery system in the Ghanaian healthcare sector. It further identifies some of the various impacts the cold chain delivery system has on healthcare service delivery. This chapter then ended by identifying some measures to improve cold chain delivery system in the Ghanaian healthcare sector.

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