Ghana Health Service

PerkinElmer Donation Helps Significantly Expand Capacity for Sickle Cell Disease Screening in Ghana

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Thursday, October 13, 2022
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The PerkinElmer-provided MigeleTM Gel Electrophoresis Systems will support Ghanas need for reliable, fast, and cost-efficient SCD screening.

Key Points: 
  • The PerkinElmer-provided MigeleTM Gel Electrophoresis Systems will support Ghanas need for reliable, fast, and cost-efficient SCD screening.
  • With the governments desire to enact a country-wide screening program, the PerkinElmer solutions flexible and scalable design can meet growing high-capacity requirements as screening coverage and sample volumes increase.
  • We would like to congratulate Ghana Health Services and the Sickle Cell Foundation for the milestones gained so far, in advancing the diagnosis and care of patients with the disease in the country.
  • We hope that this donation will facilitate development of Ghanas SCD screening program and will therefore improve the lives of children in the region.

Ghana Public Health Sector Enables Efficient COVID-19 Response Readiness with GhiLMIS

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Tuesday, August 31, 2021
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This has had significant positive impacts on operations in the shortest period of time which enabled, and continues to enable, COVID-19 response readiness.

Key Points: 
  • This has had significant positive impacts on operations in the shortest period of time which enabled, and continues to enable, COVID-19 response readiness.
  • "As a fully deployed digitized, country wide network, GhiLMIS has enabled the Ghana MoH to react quickly and fully support COVID-19 pandemic response measures.
  • "The interruptions caused by the pandemic created a critical need to ensure that the Ghana's public health supply chain are activated," said Philip Lule, GhilMIS implementation lead and CEO for Systems for Development (S4D).
  • Leading global organizations have joined One Network transforming industries like Retail, Food Service, Consumer Goods, Automotive, Healthcare, Public Sector, Telecom, Defense, and Logistics.

KT Corp. Unveils Global Epidemic Prevention Platform in Ghana

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Sunday, August 18, 2019
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SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- KT Corp. (KRX: 030200; NYSE: KT) said its Global Epidemic Prevention Platform (GEPP) started service in Ghana on 14th, the first such endeavor outside of Korea.

Key Points: 
  • SEOUL, South Korea, Aug. 18, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- KT Corp. (KRX: 030200; NYSE: KT) said its Global Epidemic Prevention Platform (GEPP) started service in Ghana on 14th, the first such endeavor outside of Korea.
  • KT, the leading Korean telecommunication provider, announced that the landmark platform, GEPP Ghana, was officially launched after a ceremony held at Accra City Hotel in the Ghanaian capital.
  • The project, in conjunction with the Ghana Health Service (GHS), is the first public-private partnership between Korea and the West African country.
  • The platform is the result of a joint effort by KT and the Ghanaian government to advance Ghana's health information system using information and communications technology (ICT).

KT Partners with Ghana Gov't for Epidemic Preparedness

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Thursday, November 22, 2018
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Attendees at the signing ceremony in Accra, Ghana, included Yoon Jong-Jin, KT's senior executive vice president in charge of public relations and Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, director-general of Ghana Health Service (GHS).

Key Points: 
  • Attendees at the signing ceremony in Accra, Ghana, included Yoon Jong-Jin, KT's senior executive vice president in charge of public relations and Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, director-general of Ghana Health Service (GHS).
  • Other key figures are Kim Sung-Soo, Ambassador of Korean Embassy of Ghana, Michael Melchior, Country Director of U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Ghana, Dr. Owen Laws Kaluwa, Ghana Country Representative of the World Health Organization (WHO), Fiachra McAsey, Deputy Representative of UNICEF Ghana, and Mr. Yukyum Kim, Country Director of KOICA Ghana.
  • In 2014-16, the region suffered the most widespread Ebola virus epidemic in recorded history, while there is no confirmed Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) case in Ghana to date, according to the WHO.
  • KT dispatched volunteer IT workers to Laos together with the KOFIH and KT Group Hope Sharing Foundation, the company's social contribution organization, from November 11-17.