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The Director-General of the Service, Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has called on Ghanaians to intensify efforts to prevent cholera, warning that the disease, like malaria and typoid has become a recurring public health challenge during the rainy season.
The Service has held a press briefing on the School-Based Insecticide-Treated Net (ITN) Distribution and the 2026 Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) Campaign, reaffirming its commitment to protecting children and communities from malaria.
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has reaffirmed the Service's commitment to strengthening healthcare delivery within Ghana's correctional facilities, describing prison health as a critical component of the country's public health system.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has welcomed a high-level delegation from the Republic of Chad as part of a study visit aimed at learning from Ghana's experience in health service delivery and the implementation of universal health coverage.
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea has reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) services through the Free Primary Healthcare (FPHC) initiative, while calling for stronger institutional collaboration and community engagement to address adolescent pregnancy and related challenges.
Government, health experts, development partners, researchers, caregivers, persons living with sickle cell disease and faith-based organisations have renewed their commitment to strengthening sickle cell prevention, diagnosis, treatment and advocacy in Ghana at the 3rd Annual Sickle Cell Disease Conference.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS), in partnership with the Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS), has officially launched the Resilient and Empowered African Community Health (REACH) project to significantly boost community health systems across the country.
Following the unfortunate theft of a newborn baby at Salaga Municipal Hospital in the Savannah Region, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea paid a working visit to the municipality to engage key stakeholders, assess the situation, and reassure the affected family and community of the Service's commitment to finding the missing child.
The Service has officially launched its 2026 Integrated Mass Drug Administration (MDA) Campaign, a major public health intervention aimed at eliminating three debilitating Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), Onchocerciasis (River Blindness), Lymphatic Filariasis (Elephantiasis), and Schistosomiasis (Bilharzia).
The Service has received a donation of medical equipment, data management devices, and essential medications to strengthen the management of hypertension and diabetes and improve access to primary healthcare services across four (4) districts in the Bono East and Ahafo Regions
The Minister for Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has reaffirmed Government’s commitment to bringing quality healthcare closer to communities through the implementation of the Free Primary Healthcare (FPHC) initiative, during a working visit to the Volta Region where he officially launched the programme.
Ghana has highlighted significant progress in strengthening its health security systems and pandemic preparedness efforts at an international conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, demonstrating the country's growing capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to public health threats.
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