A five-year national plan to guide Ghana's response to vaccine preventable disease (VPD) outbreaks has been launched in Accra.
The "Mass Vaccination Plan for VPD Outbreaks", seeks to among others consolidate all efforts needed to contain an outbreak, clearly defining the roles and responsibilities of all stakeholders for effective response.
Ultimately, it aims at reducing morbidity, mortality, and disability associated with VPDs by providing high-quality immunisation services to protect lives.
The Director of Public Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, launched the plan which coincided with the end of the COVID-19 International Vaccine Implementation and Evaluation (CIVIE) project, a four-year programme, which supported countries to effectively introduce, deploy, manage and evaluate COVID-19 vaccines.