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Ghana is set to host the 3rd China-West Africa Medical & Health Industry and AI Diagnosis & Project Co-operation Summit and Expo 2026, from 19th to 21st August 2026, at the Ghana International Mall in Accra.
The Service, in collaboration with the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), has launched the Nurture App at the Weija Gbawe Municipal Hospital to strengthen midwifery, neonatal and paediatric nursing practice through digital innovation. The initiative, which included a training session for health workers, forms part of efforts to improve the early identification and management of high-risk maternal and newborn cases through the use of technology.
Following the official closure of the Free Primary Healthcare stakeholders' meeting by the President of the Republic, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, and the Chair of the GHS Council, Prof. Fred Newton Binka, met with the Volta Regional Director of Health Services, his senior management team, staff of the Ho Municipal Hospital, and district directors who attended the event.
The Director-General of the Service, Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has announced that schools, churches and mosques across the country have been mapped within Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) zones to serve as centres for monthly health education under the Government's flagship Free Primary Healthcare (FPHC) Initiative.
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) has commenced a four-day validation workshop to review and update Ghana's Medical Records Strategy and Operational Guidelines to reflect emerging developments in digital health, data governance, interoperability, cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (AI).
The Ghana Health Service (GHS), in close partnership with UNICEF Ghana, has convened a high-level regional meeting focused on strengthening adolescent sexual and reproductive health (ASRH) services through the national scale-up of the Safety Net Programme.
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.
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