6.19.5  Public-­‐Private  Partnership     The   government   is   promoting   public-­‐private   partnership   in   many   sectors   of   the   economy   (education,   health,   sanitation,   water,   electricity   etc).   The   Pro-­‐Vita   Hospital   Nursing   Training   programme   and   the   contribution   of   private   educational   institutions   in   general   are   worthy   of   note  in  the  educational  sector.     6.20  Motivation  for  Health  Professionals     The   health   training   institutions   have   also   been   expanded,   bringing   about   an   increase   in   the   newly   trained   health   workers   from   550   in   2003   to   over   2000   in   2007.   Government   has   introduced   both   monetary   and   non-­‐monetary   incentives   to   motivate   health   professionals   to   stay   in   the   country.   These   include   improvement   in   the   salary   structures   and   car   incentive   packages   for   heath   workers.   The   government   has   also   introduced   and   maintained   the   deprived   area  incentive  of  an  additional  30%  of  a  health  workers  salary.   Majority  of  Respondents  (70.2  percent)  indicated  an  improvement  in  their  access  to  health  care   (Figure  40).       The   improvement   in   access   to   and   quality   of   health   services   was   attributed   to   the   NHIS   and   arrangement  by  district  assemblies  and  private  road  transport  operators  to  transport  pregnant   women  free  of  charge  to  hospitals.     142