Tuberculosis in Ghana started way back in the pre-independence era when the then colonial government recognized the need to combat the disease due to the threat it posed to the larger society. In July 1954, the Ghana Society for the Prevention of Tuberculosis was established to support and supplement government’s efforts at combating the disease. In the early 1960's, the Government of Ghana sponsored nurses to train in Israel in the area of TB Management (they were then known as TB nurses). It also came to light that, during that same period, Mobile X-Ray Vans were used to carry out mass screening for TB. More Details
National Buruli Ulcer Control Programme
The first few cases of Buruli ulcer in Ghana were described around 1971 in the Greater Accra region. The foci were along the Densu River and its tributaries. Later in 1989 additional cases were described in the Asante Akim North district of Ashanti region by van der Werf. More Details
Expanded Programme on Immunization in Ghana (EPI) is to protect all children and pregnant women living in Ghana against vaccine preventable
diseases. Diseases being vaccinated against include: tuberculosis , poliomyelitis, diphtheria, neonatal tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, haemophilus influenza type B, measles and yellow fever. More Details
