Health News of Saturday, 18 September 2021Source: GNAMadam Stephanie Sullivan, the United States (US) Ambassador to Ghana, Friday said as part of the US’ support for Ghana’s public health system and COVID-19 response, it had established a Public Health Emergency Operations Centre (PHEOC) in the Ashanti Region. Madam Sullivan toured the new Centre in Kumasi, in the company of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Mr Simon Osei-Mensah, and the Ghana Health Service Director General, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye. It said as seen throughout the pandemic, a command and control centre that included relevant health system stakeholders was essential for the effective coordination of COVID-19 response strategies. The statement said a PHEOC served as the central command centre and brought together important stakeholders and experts for coordinated responses to public health events and threats like COVID-19, polio, and Ebola. It said the Ashanti, Northern and Western regional PHEOCs were the result of collaboration between the Ghana Health Service, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, the Korean International Cooperation Agency, and the CDC.

Source: GhanaWeb September 17, 2021 21:11 UTC