The Manhyia government hospital in Kumasi, on Tuesday took delivery of stocks of childhood vaccines dispatched by the Ghana Health Service after some weeks of shortages.
The Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service have received the first consignment of Measles vaccines, Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG) vaccines and Oral Polio Vaccines.
Government has paid $6.4 million to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) for the supply of three key childhood vaccines, Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, the Minister for Health, has ...
Mr Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, Minister for Health, has assured Parliament that steps are underway to ensure that vaccines are procured for children in the next few weeks.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Wednesday said the shortage of childhood vaccines, if prolonged, will affect negatively Ghana’s Childhood Immunisation Programme.
Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, the Health Minister, is scheduled to brief Parliament on Thursday, March 7, on steps being taken to address the shortage of childhood vaccines in the country.
SEND Ghana has asked the government to take immediate steps to purchase childhood vaccines currently unavailable in the country.
Vaccines are powerful public health tools, but they’re only as good as their reach. And traditionally, people with means who live closer to cities access them more easily than others.
Some mothers of newborn babies at the Tema General Hospital have called for the immediate supply of childhood vaccines to the hospital to help protect their babies.
Mr Evans Zineyele, Hohoe Municipal Disease Control Officer, has disclosed that his outfit continue to wage relentless public education to demystify misconceptions surrounding Covid-19 vaccines.
