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. The first of these workshop took place from 21st to 22nd October 2025.
The workshop aimed to familiarise clinicians with the IDSR strategy, especially the use of case definitions and broad signals to detect ,report, and respond promptly to priority diseases, conditions and public health threats.
Speaking on behalf of the Director of Public Health, the Deputy Director Surveillance, Dr. Dennis Odai Laryea, explained that the engagement was part of efforts to strengthen the country’s surveillance system through closer collaboration with clinicians, especially those from private health facilities.
“The reason for being here is to get ourselves oriented so that when we see these diseases, we are equipped to take the necessary steps to manage patients appropriately” he said.
Participants were taken through presentations on identifying and recording cases of priority diseases, conditions, and events; understanding diseases under surveillance; and learning proper reporting procedures for priority diseases.
The workshop forms part of ongoing initiatives by the Service to build the capacity of its workforce, and equip them with the requisite skills in order to effectively discharge its mandate of pandemic preparedness and response.