Following a national consensus to scale up the Community Health Workers (CHW) concept to all corners of Ghana, seven districts of the Ashanti region were selected to serve as a demonstration site for the programme, among them the district of Bosome Freho. Despite its limited resources and the associated challenges Bosome Freho has soared above… [ More ]
This past June the Campaign held its first conference on ICT for Health in Accra, Ghana. Gathering experts in ICT and development from the US and Ghana the 3-day conference sought to answer how Ghana could develop an integrated ICT program to improve its health services. The report from this conference is now available for… [ More ]
During the 1mCHW Campaign’s ICT for Health conference in June 2016, The Millennium Promise Alliance (MP) and Kuapa Kokoo Farmers Union (KKFU) signed a partnership agreement to improve the health and wellbeing of cocoa farmers in six regions of Ghana. In her speech at the conference the KKFU’s President, Madam Fatima Ali, spoke of the… [ More ]
From June 27 – 29, experts in ICT and development from the US and Ghana gathered at the University of Ghana’s campus in Accra for the Campaign’s first conference on ICT for Health. The three days revolved around one primary question: how to develop an integrated ICT platform for improved health services in Ghana? The… [ More ]
In early 2016, Ghana Health Services (GHS) requested the One Million Community Health Workers (1mCHW) Campaign to assist in promoting awareness of trending health issues in Ghana. In May 2016, diverse health posters were displayed on the walls of the GHS Headquarters along the road between the office and a commercial business area at a… [ More ]
