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The Deputy Director - Clinical Services Development Department supports the Director of the Institutional Care Division in planning, coordinating, and enhancing the delivery of quality clinical services across all levels of the Ghana Health Service.

Social and Behavior Change (SBC) strategies for SMC campaigns, focusing on communication approaches, audience engagement, rumor management, key messaging, and monitoring to improve uptake and community participation in malaria prevention.

Integrated Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) and Point Mass Distribution (PMD) campaign processes, covering planning, registration, dosing, distribution, supervision, and post-campaign activities for effective malaria prevention in Ghana.

Training on supply chain management for SMC campaigns covering commodity flow, storage, distribution, tracking tools, supervision, and reverse logistics to ensure accountability and effective delivery of medicines and supplies.

An integrated framework combining Mass Drug Administration (MDA) for Neglected Tropical Diseases and Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) to optimise planning, delivery, and impact across Ghana’s endemic regions.

This guideline provides a practical framework for health managers and stakeholders to plan, coordinate, and implement Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) for children aged 3–59 months in Ghana’s high-transmission regions.

Guidance on SMC drug dosing, administration procedures, caregiver responsibilities, and management of adverse drug reactions for seasonal malaria chemoprevention in children aged 3–59 months.

2024 SMC Cycle 1 registration and dosing coverage trends across Ghana’s regions, comparing performance between 2023 and 2024 at national, regional, and district levels.

A structured overview of documentation, reporting, and health data use in malaria case management in Ghana, highlighting data flow, key indicators, and their role in decision-making towards malaria elimination.

Early recognition and systematic management of critically ill patients using the ABCDE approach to prevent deterioration and cardiac arrest.

The role of pharmacovigilance (PV) in improving patient safety and clinical outcomes through the detection, assessment, and prevention of adverse drug reactions (ADRs), with a focus on antimalarial medicines in Ghana.

Malaria case management in Ghana, highlighting current national guidelines for classification, diagnosis, and treatment of uncomplicated and severe malaria, including management in pregnancy, treatment failure, and chemopreventive strategies.

The recognition and management of severe malaria and its major complications, including shock, hypoglycaemia, coma, anaemia, and organ dysfunction in line with national treatment guidelines.

Mass casualty incident management, triage systems, and early warning scores (EWS, MEWS, and PEWS) used to identify, prioritize, and respond to patient deterioration in emergency and clinical settings.

Shock and intravenous fluid management, focusing on classification, pathophysiology, and evidence-based fluid resuscitation strategies for effective treatment of shock in emergency care.

Guidance on the preparation and administration of injectable artesunate, including proper reconstitution techniques and dosing for the effective management of severe malaria.

An overview of Ghana’s malaria elimination strategy, highlighting key interventions, progress, challenges, and coordinated efforts required to achieve nationwide malaria reduction and eventual elimination by 2028.

Essential knowledge and practical skills in Basic Life Support (BLS), including CPR, AED use, and emergency response techniques to effectively manage cardiac and respiratory arrest situations.

A clinical training session focused on the systematic evaluation of fever, emphasizing accurate malaria testing practices and the identification and management of common alternative causes of febrile illness in Ghana.

An ACT to amend the Ghana Health Service and Teaching Hospitals Act, 1996 (Act 525) to provide for a new membership for the governing bodies of teaching hospitals and for related matters.