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GHANA HEALTH SERVICE CONDUCTS AN INTRA-ACTION REVIEW (IAR) ON MPOX OUTBREAK RESPONSE BANNER

GHANA HEALTH SERVICE CONDUCTS AN INTRA-ACTION REVIEW (IAR) ON MPOX OUTBREAK RESPONSE

The Ghana Health Service, in conjunction with all One Health stakeholders, has completed a two-day Intra-Action Review of the country's response to the ongoing Mpox outbreak. Approximately a year after a series of confirmed Mpox cases sent health teams racing into action, the review sought to account for and evaluate the current response. The meeting brought together animal, environmental and security agencies, as well as regional and district-level health staff, senior management and international development partners to assess the effectiveness of the national response and determine the measures required to bring the outbreak to a conclusive end.

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GHS LAUNCHES STRATEGIC PHEOC DOCUMENTS AND NATIONAL BANNER

GHS LAUNCHES STRATEGIC PHEOC DOCUMENTS AND NATIONAL ROADMAP TO STRENGTHEN EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

The Ghana Health Service has launched a suite of strategic documents and a national roadmap to guide the establishment, governance and phased operationalization of Public Health Emergency Operations Centres (PHEOCs) across the country, in a move aimed at strengthening Ghana’s capacity to prepare for, coordinate and respond to public health emergencies. The launch, held at the Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa Conference Centre of the new GHS Headquarters in Pantang, brought together stakeholders from the health and non-health sectors to advance a well-coordinated and effective national public health emergency management system.

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GHANA HEALTH SERVICE STRENGTHENS LEGAL CAPACITY OF IT'S LEGAL OFFICERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

The Ghana Health Service has intensified efforts to strengthen legal support and preventive mechanisms within the health sector as part of measures to address the increasing incidence and impact of medicolegal cases on healthcare delivery in Ghana. This was highlighted at the opening of the Structured Legal Education Programme for Legal Officers in Health, organised to enhance the knowledge, skills and capacity of Legal Officers to effectively manage legal risks and provide timely legal guidance to health managers and healthcare providers.

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GHANA HEALTH SERVICE OPENS 2026 RESEARCH BANNER

GHANA HEALTH SERVICE OPENS 2026 RESEARCH DISSEMINATION FORUM TO ADVANCE FREE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has officially opened the 2026 Annual Research Dissemination Forum under the theme, "Free Primary Health Care as a Catalyst for Universal Health Coverage: Perspectives from Researchers."

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GHANA HEALTH SERVICE PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTRE STRENGTHENS MULTISECTORAL COLLABORATION FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS

Ghana's preparedness to respond to public health emergencies is increasingly shaped by how effectively institutions work together before a crisis occurs. In line with this, and following a simulation exercise held on Friday for key stakeholders, Ghana Health Service, through the National Public Health Emergency Operations Centre, brought together institutional heads and senior officials from key agencies and organizations involved in public health emergency preparedness and response for an engagement at the National Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC).

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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 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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