As part of its July 2025 stakeholder engagement activities, the Centre for Health System Strengthening (CfHSS) paid a working visit to the Clinical Engineering Department (CED) of the Ghana Health Service. The CfHSS team, led by Executive Director Dr. […]
As part of a three-day stakeholder engagement held from July 15–17, 2025, the Centre for Health System Strengthening (CfHSS) paid a courtesy call on Dr. Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The visit […]
The Ghana Health Service has been a key collaborator with CfHSS in implementing program-based and scientific activities, playing a vital role in areas such as personnel training and laboratory capacity building. On October 17, 2024, CfHSS paid a courtesy […]
On October 16, 2024, CfHSS had the honor of meeting with our key funder, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to review previous project achievements, discuss ongoing ones and explore new opportunities for collaboration. The meeting […]
The Center for Health System Stregthening, launched a pilot sample referral system (SRS) in two regions of Ghana (Northern and Greater Accra), mapping healthcare facilities and establishing mini and main hubs for efficient sample transport. Despite successes, challenges arose […]
CfHSS team with the Regional Health Director, Dr. Godfred Kwabena Sarpong The Western North Region (WNR) has 6 of its 9 districts equipped with the GeneXpert MTB/RIF analyzer (Figure 1). Previously used for TB testing, the analyzers have been […]
HIV Viral Load (VL) and Early Infant Diagnosis (EID) of HIV testing are beneficial in improving the health and wellbeing of patients. However, their coverage is low in Sub-Saharan countries like Ghana, even though some successes have been reported. […]
Malaria remains a significant public health challenge in resource-limited settings, including countries like Ghana. Despite notable progress in recent years, malaria continues to pose a substantial burden on healthcare systems and communities, with devastating consequences for individuals and economies […]
Meningitis is one of the deadly diseases that occurs when the tissues surrounding the brain and spinal cord is inflammed. The disease is usually fatal often requiring immediate medical care. Globally, it is estimated that over 1.2 million cases […]
CfHSS, the Bruker Team and GIDL in pictures We are excited to share the highlights of our recent training program, which aimed to enhance viral load testing capabilities in Ghana. Over two intensive days, we achieved significant progress and […]
