AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoYellow Fever: Ghana Health Service has launched a five-day vaccination campaign targeting about 245,000 people aged nine months to 60 in three Upper West districts to curb an outbreak. Handwashing: World Vision Ghana renewed calls for access to soap and clean water, noting handwashing can reduce diarrhoeal disease and respiratory infections. Lead Exposure: WHO says lead poisoning causes an estimated 3.5 million deaths a year and is preventable; Ghana is among six sub-Saharan African countries receiving support to strengthen testing and monitoring. Rural Hypertension Care: A new US$3.3 million NIH grant will fund a Ghana-led trial bringing blood-pressure care closer to patients in rural communities. Speech and Language Care: Ghana’s speech therapists’ association is urging government to recruit more specialists, saying shortages and high private-care costs leave many children without timely support.
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