Adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in Ghana: a stakeholder analysis of actors' influence over policy formulation and implementation.

One in five adolescents (10-19) live in sub-Saharan Africa. Despite the availability of policies targeted at this age group, policy formulation, implementation, and gains in adolescent health continue to be underwhelming. Actors or stakeholders are architects of policy, bringing their ideological values, interests, power, and positions to policy formulation and implementation and thus influencing the policy process.