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Primary healthcare workers using WHO-PEN module to educate a woman about breast cancer before screening her at the Sunyani Municipal Hospital

Beating noncommunicable diseases through primary healthcare

In Ghana, NCDs account for 43% all-cause mortality, with major NCDs…
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Tackling gender inequalities in health: a key to achieving universal health coverage in Ghana

Tackling gender inequalities in health: a key to achieving universal health coverage in Ghana

In Ghana, gender equality and equity are important commitments in…
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Transforming women health leadership for improved health outcomes

Transforming women health leadership for improved health outcomes

To strengthen the capacity of women leaders in the health sector to…
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WHO convenes Africa regional policy dialogue on investment and protection of health workforce

WHO convenes Africa regional policy dialogue on investment and protection of health workforce

WHO convenes regional policy dialogue to draw on lessons learned to…
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Stakeholders urged to take action to improve the distribution of doctors in Ghana

Stakeholders urged to take action to improve the distribution of doctors in Ghana

The World Health Organization (WHO) Representative to Ghana, Dr…
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Technical Officers of WHO and the Ghana Health Service moving to the Communicable Diseases Unit at the Apinto Government hospital

Beating Marburg virus outbreak: Ghana’s journey to victory

An outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) was declared in Ghana on 7…
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Accra, Ghana - Six months old Sefadzi Akorli from Adaklu in the Volta Region is among millions of Ghanaian children receiving the vaccine against polio variant type 2 this month.

Ghana targets over 7 million in polio vaccination drive

Accra – Six-month-old Sefadzi Akorli from Adaklu in Ghana’s Volta…
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Redefining mental healthcare in Ghana

Redefining mental healthcare in Ghana

Ghana launched the Director General’s Special Initiative for Mental…
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Improving access to mental health services in Ghana

Improving access to mental health services in Ghana

A traumatic motor accident marked a turning point for Mariama Issifu…
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Participants at the EPinA meeting

Forging stakeholder collaboration for improved healthcare for persons living with epilepsy and other neurological disorders

Neurological disorders are a significant contributor to the global…
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