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GHS Condoles with Family of Late Former First Lady Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings

The Director-General of the Service , Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, led a delegation comprising some Directors of the Service to the residence of Her Excellency Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, former First Lady of the Republic of Ghana.

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Ghana Health Service Holds Maiden Breast Health Fair to Promote Early Detection and Equity in Cancer Care

The Service, through its Non-Communicable Diseases Programme, has held its maiden Breast Health Fair in partnership with its development partners. The event, held at Jamestown in Accra, drew hundreds of residents from nearby communities, marking a significant step in the Service’s effort to promote early detection and equitable access to breast health services.

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Ghana Health Service Opens 2025 Senior Nursing and Midwifery Conference

The Ghana Health Service has officially opened the 2025 Senior Nursing and Midwifery Conference, a three-day event bringing together senior nursing and midwifery officers from across the country to deliberate on strategies for strengthening health service delivery.

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3rd African Neurophysiological Society Conference Opens in Accra to Advance Neurological Care in Africa

The 3rd African Neurophysiological Society (ANS) Conference has opened in Accra, bringing together leading experts, researchers, and practitioners from across Africa and beyond to strengthen collaboration and innovation in neurological care

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hana Health Service Partners with Medtronic Labs and Novo Nordisk to Strengthen Diabetes Care and Prevention

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is one of the fastest-growing health challenges in Ghana and around the world

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Ghana Health Service Strengthens Disease Surveillance with Training Workshop on IDSR and Mpox for Clinicians

As part of a series of workshops to build the capacity of clinicians and other frontline health staff to detect and report priority diseases, the Disease Surveillance Department of the Service has organised a two-day workshop on Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) and Mpox for staff drawn from public, quasi and private health facilities in the Greater Accra region

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Director-General’s Working Visit to the Central Medical Stores: Strengthening Ghana’s Health Supply Chain and Logistics Efficiency

The Director-General of the Service , Dr Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has paid a working visit to the Central Medical Stores (CMS) in Tema to familiarise himself with the facility’s operations, engage directly with staff, and identify existing challenges with a view to finding ways to resolve them.

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Sanford Health Clinic Introduces First Mammogram Service in Madina to Boost Early Detection and Fight Breast Cancer in Ghana

Ghana records about 4,500 new breast cancer cases each year, with nearly half of those diagnosed losing their lives. Alarmingly, 60 to 70 percent of cases are detected at advanced stages, and only 4.5 percent of Ghanaian women have ever undergone a mammogram.

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Ghana Health Service Strengthens Postgraduate Medical Training Through Collaboration with Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons

The Director-General of the Service , Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has met with Ghana Health Service specialists , senior specialists, and consultants across various disciplines within the Greater Accra region to discuss ways to strengthen postgraduate medical training within the Service in collaboration with Ghana College of physicians and Surgeons

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Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, Director- General of the Service, joined the Anaesthesia Unit of the Greater Accra Regional Hospital, Ridge, to mark this year’s World Anaesthesia Day.

Dr. Akoriyea commended the team for their dedication and the progress made over the years in anaesthetic care

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Ghana Health Service (GHS) ICT Department Honoured for Excellence in Digital Health Innovation

The award recognises leadership in advancing digital transformation and data-driven healthcare delivery across Ghana’s health sector.

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Ghana Health Service Organizes Rapid Response Training to Strengthen Emergency Preparedness

As part of ongoing efforts to strengthen and enhance public health emergency preparedness and response in line with the International Health Regulations (IHR, 2005), the Service, through the Disease Surveillance Department of the Public Health Division and with support from the US CDC, AFENET, and KOICA, has organized a two-day Rapid Response Team(RRT) Training for national and selected regional teams.

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