The Ghana Health Service (GHS)is in the process of establishing two health re­search centres in the country inorder to advance innovations towards improved service delivery and health outcomes. The centres, to be instituted in the Savannah and Western North Regions, would focus on studies relevant to the disease profiles with­in those areas, to shape policy and strategies towards safeguarding the health and wellbeing of citizens. They would complement the three health research institutions; Navrongo, Dodowa and Kintampo health centres, currently sited in the three ecological zones of the country to undertake complex policy related research. Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, the Director-General of the GHS, made the disclosure at the opening of this year's Health Research Dissemina­tion Forum on the theme; 'Driving participation, innovation and excel­lence in the Network of Practice; the role of health research.' He said the assessments on the proposed sites had been conducted and work would soon start to devel­op them into full-blown research centres. The Director-General pointed out the significant contributions of the Research and Development Division (RDD) towards quality and accessible healthcare delivery in Ghana. "Following Ghana's commitment to manufacture vaccines locally to reduce the burden of disease, I see the infrastructure developed at the Kintampo, Navrongo and Dodowa, useful for the immediate evaluation of the safety of the new vaccines in the country.