Policy Documents

An on-the-job training guide from GHS and JICA that gives health workers at Health Centres and CHPS facilities hands-on practice in Life-Course Approach services such as community assessment, school health, antenatal and postnatal care, adult health screening, and community action planning, with registers and assessment tools in its annexes.

A national roadmap from GHS and JICA for scaling up Life-Course Approach health services through CHPS and primary health care in Ghana, covering current service gaps, goals, strategy and proposed interventions, with a focus on health promotion, disease prevention and early detection of non-communicable diseases.

This manual from GHS and JICA trains Community Health Officers to deliver Life-Course Approach health services at the CHPS level, covering every stage of life from maternal and child health to school, adolescent, adult and aged health, along with home visits and the COVID-19 response.

This is a Ghana Health Service Quarterly Immunisation Bulletin, reporting national, regional, and district-level vaccination coverage for select antigens (including PENTA, IPV, MR, MenA, HPV, and malaria vaccines), alongside cold chain/stock status, training activities, and next-quarter priorities.

This is a Ghana Health Service Quarterly Immunisation Bulletin, reporting national, regional, and district-level vaccination coverage for select antigens (including PENTA, IPV, MR, MenA, HPV, and malaria vaccines), alongside cold chain/stock status, training activities, and next-quarter priorities.

In Ghana, the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) was first implemented in 1978 and has been a significant part of primary health care. Since then, the EPI has made incredible strides, including an increase in immunization coverage rates among the population, especially infants and women, that has significantly decreased morbidity and mortality from diseases that are preventable by vaccination.

The HIV epidemic continues to pose a threat not only to the well-being of employees, their families and the communities in which they live, but also to the sustainability of industries. It has negative impacts on productivity, healthcare and labour costs and fuels stigma and discrimination against workers who are living with or affected by HIV and AIDS.

Equity is at the heart of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and a cross-cutting issue across all the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which carry a central promise to “leave no one behind”

Ghana’s roadmap to achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is grounded in the need for every person in Ghana to access high-quality health services.

This manual establishes Ghana's national standards and protocols for delivering geriatric healthcare, adapting the WHO's Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE) approach to guide screening, assessment, and management of common conditions affecting older adults across all levels of the Ghana Health Service.