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World Health Organization (WHO), Ghana
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Ghana intensifies efforts towards malaria elimination

The most recent boost for Ghana’s malaria efforts was the launch of the National Malaria Strategic Elimination Plan 2024–2028, a blueprint to accelerate progress towards malaria elimination

Charity Damoah, 36, lost count of the number of times she was admitted to hospital with malaria while growing up in Sunyani, in Ghana’s Bono region. But things are different now for her two-year-old son John. Unlike the many other Ghanaians who had lived daily with the threat of the…

World Health Organization (WHO), Ghana
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Ghana: Fostering community readiness to respond to public health emergencies in Ghana

The community readiness simulation exercise was aimed at enabling stakeholders to identify strengths, gaps and reflect on priorities that will help strengthen communities’ readiness

The COVID-19 pandemic underscored the importance of communities as foundational bedrock for dealing with public health emergencies. Countries need to regularly assess their operational readiness of preparedness activities, especially at the community level to detect and respond to outbreaks of epidemic and pandemic potential more effectively. In Ghana, a three…

World Health Organization (WHO), Ghana
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Ghana: Promoting Healthcare through Faith-based Organizations

New Jerusalem Prayer Garden have contributed immensely to healthcare delivery and the early detection of health conditions or diseases of interest

Community engagement and participation play a significant role in the health system delivery. Community actors are uniquely positioned to drive demand for health services and champion community ownership of public health interventions, especially at the primary level of health care. In the Twifo-Hemang-Lower-Denkyira-District (THLDD), activities of Maame Sofo Sarah Pamful,…

World Health Organization (WHO), Ghana
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Scaling up the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in Ghana

The Government of Ghana, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners, is stepping up efforts to promote the uptake of free PrEP

In 2020, the death of his best friend, Tawiah, reminded Nii Ayittey about the real dangers of AIDS. So when he heard of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) as an effective HIV prevention method, Ayittey did not hesitate to enrol in a PrEP programme. Now a champion, Ayittey has dedicated his life…

World Health Organization (WHO), Ghana
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Strengthening the fight against HIV in Ghana

The efforts have led to HIV testing and treatment services in Ghana being free in all government health facilities and some selected private health facilities

Samuel Kofi*, 19, from Takoradi in Ghana’s western region discovered he was HIV positive in November 2022. A situation that left him in shock and in complete denial as he thought death was staring him in the face. “I did not suspect I had HIV when I went to do…

World Health Organization (WHO), Ghana
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Ghana reinforces antimicrobial stewardship

Despite the high prevalence, awareness of antimicrobial resistance among people is still very low

The death of his mother six years ago was a rude awakening for Saviour Yevutsey. “What started as a simple cough led to a diagnosis of pneumonia,” he recalls. “After several medicines were administered without any improvement, my mother was referred to another district hospital and later to the teaching…

World Health Organization (WHO), Ghana
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World Health Organization (WHO) and Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) collaborate to support the fight against antimicrobial resistance in Ghana

The project seeks to optimize the use of antimicrobial medicines by providing practical guidance, capacity building and support to selected healthcare facilities in the northern region to implement antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) interventions in hospitals and laboratories

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Ghana have signed an agreement to pilot a new project that will strengthen ongoing efforts to protect against the dangers of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Ghana. The new project titled - Partnership for Health Security in Ghana under…

World Health Organization (WHO), Ghana
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Teacher’s mental health support gives pupil new reason to hope

Ghana, with support from WHO and other partners, conducted the Global School-based Student Health Survey conducted in Sekondi-Takoradi in 2022

When Cynthia Adjei* had an episode of an acute mental health condition in her junior high school in 2021, she was greeted with derision. This led to a deep depression that threatened her future education as she couldn’t bear to face her fellow pupils. “I never wanted to go back…

World Health Organization (WHO), Ghana
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Tackling high risk of mental health disorders among survivors of Appiatse tragedy

WHO, with support from the United Kingdom Department of Health and Social Care, provided technical and financial support for the training of 25 psychiatrists, nurses and psychologists

A tragic explosion that levelled the entire village of Appiatse in Ghana’s Western region in January 2022, taking the life of Grace Essien’s* husband, literally halted life as they knew it for her and their three children. Traumatized and grieving, the 30-year-old recalls feeling like her world had ended. “That…

World Health Organization (WHO), Ghana
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Expanding and improving mental health care services in Ghana

Among its efforts to improve mental health service delivery, the government of Ghana developed the country’s National Mental Health Policy 2019–2030

Diana Adom*, 54, was diagnosed with schizophrenia eight years ago, a mental health condition that devastated her life before she finally got the care she needed, including the medication that set her on the path to recovery. “I was hearing voices of people telling me hurtful things. I became hostile…