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Empowering Frontline Health Workers through Remote training to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy in Ghana

For health care workers, it can be a challenge finding the time to absorb new lessons given the long and strenuous hours as well as remote locations that they work. UNICEF, in collaboration with Ghana Health Service and digital communications company Viamo, introduced micro remote training that provides audio cour...

Debunking COVID-19 myths with Ghana’s influencers

With more than 15 million internet users in Ghana, social media platforms are buzzing with opinions, theories and lively debate. And in Ghana, the online rumour mill has played a powerful role in discouraging people in Ghana from take the COVID-19 vaccine. As part of efforts to curtail these and to address the mi...

26 January 2022

UNICEF Launches First Ever U-Report Challenge to Boost Covid-19 Vaccine Uptake in Africa

Ghana/Dakar/Nairobi, 26 January 2022 – A week after COVAX delivered its billionth dose in Rwanda, UNICEF launches the first ever U-Report Challenge calling on all 13.3 million U-Reporters in Africa to help get vaccines to the unvaccinated. Through improving access and confidence in COVID-19 vaccines, the #GiveitAS...

Ghana, Japan, and UNICEF boost the COVID-19 vaccination drive with 30 new ultra-cold chain equipment for storage of vaccines

ACCRA, 6 July 2021 – The Government of Japan has contributed nearly US$1 million to procure ultra-cold chain equipment, designed to store COVID-19 vaccines at very low temperatures, as part of an ongoing strategic partnership with the Government of Ghana to shore up COVID-19 vaccinations and population immunity in...

Canada contributes US$ 8 million to support lifesaving services for girls and women in Ghana following COVID-19 pandemic

ACCRA, 17 June 2021 – Canada has contributed US$ 8 million as part of a strategic partnership with the Government of Ghana and UNICEF to strengthen lifesaving health, nutrition and sanitation services for children and women, especially among vulnerable groups, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme ...

350,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Ghana

Accra – 7 th May 2021: Today, Ghana welcomed the arrival of 350,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX Facility (CEPI, GAVI, UNICEF, WHO), with logistical support from UNICEF. These AstraZeneca vaccine doses, which were developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII), form part of the larger 1.7 mill...

Protecting communities through effective leadership

KUMASI, Ashanti Region, 8 March 2021 – The usually calm, peaceful ambience of the Manhyia Hospital in Kumasi on a Sunday morning at was replaced by the hustle and bustle of people eagerly awaiting in line. The COVID-19 vaccine was available to health workers and older people at the Manhyia Hospital, and approxima...

Overcoming the COVID-19 pandemic, one mural at a time

“People who have two feet are struggling, how much more those of us with one foot?” Was Kwaku Asante Afful’s response to the question: “How has COVID-19 impacted you, and persons living with disabilities in Sefwi Wiawso?” Kwaku is a 45-year-old polio survivor, farmer and artist. He lives in the Municipal district ...

Primary and Secondary Effects of COVID-19 on Women and Children in Ghana (Issue 2)

The analysis presented in this report used the second wave of data (collected in September 2020) from a longitudinal national representative phone survey. The sample size for the analysis consisted of 5,032 children aged 0-17 years (49.1% females) living in 1,873 respondent households, representing all 16 region...

Addressing misinformation and rumours about vaccines in your community

We’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (15/02/2020) A lot of rumours have been circulating in relation to the new COVID-19 vaccines, both in Ghana and around the world. Such rumours can engender fear, ambivalence and can set back the progre...

How to communicate effectively about the COVID-19 vaccine

With the introduction of the COVID-19 vaccine in Ghana, we may encounter family members or friends who are hesitant to use this form of prevention against the disease. Vaccine hesitancy is cited as one of the top ten threats to global public health according to the World Health Organization. What are some of the c...

Information on the COVID-19 Vaccine

FAQs on the COVID-19 Vaccine, Why should I take COVID19 vaccine ? , COVID-19 is easily transmitted and can lead to serious illness and death, even for people who are young and healthy. By taking the COVID-19 vaccine you also protect your friends and family., How dangerous is the COVID-19 disease? , Although for so...