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Health Promotion Officers across the country have been urged to remain proactive in detecting and responding to rumours, misinformation and disinformation within their communities to safeguard public trust and strengthen Ghana's public health response.
In efforts to strengthen Ghana’s preparedness and response capacities for public health emergencies in line with the International Health Regulations (2005), using a One Health approach, the Service, in partnership with the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR), has conducted a two-day national functional simulation exercise on pandemic influenza preparedness and response.
The Ghana Health Service, in collaboration with LCB Worldwide, and with support from the Korle Klottey Municipal Assembly has carried out a fumigation and disinfection exercise at the Tema Station Bus Terminal, Market and selected GHS facilities as part of activities marking the second day of the National Sanitation Day campaign.
Ghana is strengthening its capacity to detect, analyse and respond to rumours, misinformation and public concerns through a structured behavioural intelligence system that supports evidence-based public health decision-making. In this regard, the Ghana Health Service, through its Health Promotion Division, has collaborated with the ECOWAS Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control (ECOWAS RCSDC), to convene a three-day technical workshop to train health promotion officers and key One Health stakeholders on the National Behavioural Intelligence and Infodemic Management (BIIM) System towards its operationalization in Ghana.
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea has called for urgent and coordinated action to address the country's critical shortage of physician anaesthesiologists, describing anaesthesia as the backbone of modern medicine and safe surgery.
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.
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