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The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, yesterday, paid a working visit to the Mother and Child Hospital in Kasoa, Central Region, following reports of an unfortunate maternal death at the facility earlier this week.
The Service in collaboration with Partners have conducted a high-level outreach and sensitization exercise in the Ledzokuku Municipality of the Greater Accra Region to promote the uptake of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among schoolgirls, as part of efforts to prevent cervical cancer.
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The Ghana Health Service (GHS) Headquarters has held its 2025 Annual Performance Review Meeting (APRM) at its new head office in Pantang
The Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, in his remarks at the 2025 Annual Performance Review Meeting (APRM), called on staff across all levels of the Service to align efforts towards the effective implementation of the Free Primary Healthcare (FPHC) initiative, emphasizing the need for urgency, coordination, and strategic resource use.
Ghana has recorded a significant decline in malaria deaths, dropping from 3,259 in 2011 to 52 in 2025, representing a 98 percent reduction, the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has announced.
The acting Regional Director of Health Services for Greater Accra, Dr. Robert Amesiya, has emphasized the critical role of the media in advancing responsible health promotion, addressing public health information gaps, and improving health outcomes through accurate and actionable communication.
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The Ghana Health Service through the National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP) has held a press briefing in Accra as part of activities marking this year’s World Malaria Day.
The Ghana Health Service, in collaboration with the Ministry of Health and JHPIEGO, has held a media exchange programme in Tamale to highlight the critical role of information, collaboration, and trust in strengthening health systems.
The United Nations, its agencies, and other partners for the 2026 World Health Day health walk in Accra. The exercise, organized under the theme “A Walk in Solidarity: Global Action for Universal Health Coverage,” forms part of activities earmarked for this year’s World Health Day.
A three-member delegation from the Gates Foundation, following a successful two-day Wastewater and Environmental Surveillance (WES) Conference in Accra, has paid a courtesy call on the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Samuel Kaba Akoriyea.
Ghana Health Service (GHS), in collaboration with the Ministry of Health (MoH) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), through AYA initiative, has successfully conducted a national Training of Trainers (ToT) under the AYA Integrated Healthcare Initiative, aimed at strengthening the country’s response to non-communicable diseases (NCDs).
The Service, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has organized a two-day training workshop on Event-Based Surveillance (EBS) at Points of Entry for Port Health staff nationwide
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