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GHANA PUTS ITS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM TO THE TEST IN COORDEX I BANNER

GHANA PUTS ITS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM TO THE TEST IN COORDEX I

The Ghana Health Service through the National Public Health Emergency Operation Centre (PHEOC) yesterday held COORDEX I, the National Public Health Emergency Coordination and Operational Response Functional Exercise (Simulation), bringing together government institutions, health sector agencies, One Health partners, emergency management bodies, security services, NADMO, academia, and development partners to test the country's ability to coordinate and respond to a public health emergency. In all, there were representations from about 30 institutions (health and non-health sectors).

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GIZ-AYA INITIATIVE SUPPORTS

GIZ-AYA INITIATIVE SUPPORTS GHANA HEALTH SERVICE’S NATIONAL NCD PROGRAMME WITH ICT EQUIPMENT

The AYA Integrated Healthcare Initiative, implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), has donated information and communication technology (ICT) equipment to the National Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Programme of the Ghana Health Service to support the Programme’s expanding operations and service delivery efforts.

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GHANA HEALTH SERVICE AND PARTNERS TRAIN COMMUNITY BANNER

GHANA HEALTH SERVICE AND PARTNERS TRAIN COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSES AND FRONTLINE NURSES TO ACCELERATE THE ELIMINATION OF NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Dr. Joseph Kwadwo Larbi Opare, Program Manager for Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) at the Ghana Health Service has emphasized the important role of frontline health workers in improving early detection, referral, and management of NTDs across Ghana during a training programme for Community Health Officers and frontline nurses organized by the Service in partnership with World Vision Ghana.

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GHANA HEALTH SERVICE PUBLIC HEALTH BANNER

GHANA HEALTH SERVICE PUBLIC HEALTH OPERATIONS CENTRE (PHEOC) CONVENES WORKSHOP TO VALIDATE NATIONAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE SOPS

The Ghana Health Service, through the National Public Health Emergency Operation Centre (PHEOC), in collaboration with the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), WHO Ghana and other partners have opened a workshop to validate and finalize two key national documents guiding the country's public health emergency response: the National Public Health Emergency Operations Centre Standard Operating Procedures (PHEOC SOPs) and the National Public Health Workforce Surge Standard Operating Procedures (WS-SOPs).

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GHANA HEALTH SERVICE INAUGURATES BANNER

GHANA HEALTH SERVICE INAUGURATES NATIONAL COMMITTEE TO STRENGTHEN MATERNAL, INFANT AND YOUNG CHILD NUTRITION

The Ghana Health Service has inaugurated the National Infant and Young Child Nutrition Committee (NIYCNC), a new multi sectoral body established to provide strategic leadership, policy guidance and coordination to improve infant and young child nutrition across the country.

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2026 SBC SUMMIT BANNER

2026 SBC SUMMIT OPENS WITH CALL FOR EVIDENCE-BASED BEHAVIOUR CHANGE INTERVENTIONS TO STRENGTHEN PRIMARY HEALTHCARE

The 2026 Social and Behaviour Change (SBC) Evidence Summit organised by the Health Promotion Division opened in Accra with a call for stronger use of evidence, research and reliable data to drive sustainable health and wellbeing in Ghana.

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GHS RECEIVES 205 LAPTOPS TO STRENGTHEN SURVEILLANCE, LABORATORY SERVICES AND HEALTH WORKFORCE

GHS RECEIVES 205 LAPTOPS TO STRENGTHEN SURVEILLANCE, LABORATORY SERVICES AND HEALTH WORKFORCE

The Service has received 205 laptop computers from the World Health Organization (WHO), with funding support from the Pandemic Fund, to strengthen Ghana's capacity for disease surveillance, laboratory services and health workforce development as part of efforts to strengthen the country's health security.

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GHANA JOINS ECOWAS MEMBER STATES TO ENHANCE RISK COMMUNICATION BANNER

GHANA JOINS ECOWAS MEMBER STATES TO ENHANCE RISK COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

Ghana joined the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control at a 3-day regional workshop on capacity building for Risk Communication and Community Engagement this week in Abuja, Nigeria.

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GHS INAUGURATES PRIMARY HEALTHCARE STRENGTHENING TECHNICAL WORKING BANNER

GHS INAUGURATES PRIMARY HEALTHCARE STRENGTHENING TECHNICAL WORKING COMMITTEE TO DRIVE COORDINATED PROGRESS TOWARDS UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has formally inaugurated the Primary Healthcare Strengthening Technical Working Committee (PHCSTC), a new coordinating platform established by the directive of the Director-General to harmonize and accelerate the country's flagship primary health care (PHC) initiatives.

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GHANA HEALTH SERVICE AND INTERNATIONAL BANNER

GHANA HEALTH SERVICE AND INTERNATIONAL SICKLE CELL CENTRE SIGN FIVE-YEAR MOU TO STRENGTHEN GHANA'S RESPONSE TO SICKLE CELL DISEASE

The Ghana Health Service and the International Sickle Cell Centre (ISCC) have signed a five-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen Ghana's national response to sickle cell disease (SCD) through coordinated action in education, screening, comprehensive care, research, policy and health systems strengthening.

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GHANA HEALTH SERVICE, PARTNERS SHOWCASE THREE YEARS OF GAINS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROJECT

GHANA HEALTH SERVICE, PARTNERS SHOWCASE THREE YEARS OF GAINS IN PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROJECT

The Ghana Health Service, in collaboration with development partners, has highlighted significant improvements in primary health care delivery following the successful implementation of the three-year Primary Health Care Performance Management (PHC-PM) Project in the North Tongu District and Akwapim South Municipality.

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MINISTRY OF HEALTH, GHS AND GIZ, THROUGH AYA, STRENGTHEN NCD CARE WITH NATIONWIDE EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION AND TRAINING

MINISTRY OF HEALTH, GHS AND GIZ, THROUGH AYA, STRENGTHEN NCD CARE WITH NATIONWIDE EQUIPMENT CALIBRATION AND TRAINING

The Ministry of Health (MoH), the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, through the AYA Integrated Healthcare Initiative, have completed an important exercise to calibrate and install medical equipment and train 170 health workers across five regions, strengthening Ghana's response to non-communicable diseases (NCDs).

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