For the first time since 2007, Ghana is rolling out a nationwide training to give a enhance to the leadership and technical abilities of mid-level and operational level immunization officers. With funding from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and technical give a enhance to from the World Well being Organization (WHO) and companions, the Ghana Well being Carrier (GHS) has developed and adopted updated training materials for the Mid-Stage Management (MLM) and Immunization in Alter to (IIP) modules, two globally known modules for building capacity of immunization officers.
As Ghana continues to introduce easy vaccines, shut fairness gaps, and reply to evolving public properly being desires, equipping immunization crew with standardized information, real looking abilities, and leadership competencies is extra severe than ever. This training is a properly timed response to give a enhance to capacity at nationwide, regional, and district ranges and make certain constant, fine quality supply of immunization products and services during the nation.
These modules, tailored from WHO world standards, are designed to handle gaps in immunization provider management and introduce real looking innovations and simplest practices at all ranges of Ghana’s properly being device.
To kick off the nationwide rollout, GHS convened a five-day facilitators’ training workshop from 30 June to 4 July 2025. The workshop introduced together facilitators drawn from the GHS, WHO, partner organizations and independent experts. These facilitators will, in flip, give a enhance to regional and district-level trainings in the coming weeks, ensuring that the information and abilities cascade effectively to the frontlines of immunization supply.
“This training couldn’t be extra properly timed. We’re in a moment where nationwide and world priorities are aligned spherical improving the standard of immunization products and services, tackling zero-dose children, addressing fairness gaps and integrating easy vaccines. This training equips facilitators with the information, instruments, and interactive how to train others effectively and sustainably”, Fred Osei-Sarpong, WHO Ghana Expanded Programme on Immunization Officer.
Contributors on the workshop were introduced to a kind of learning methods including neighborhood discussions, simulations, and role-playing; instruments that can support them adapt to assorted learner desires when training frontline crew during Ghana.
Addressing individuals, the Director of Public Well being of the Ghana Well being Carrier, Dr. Franklin Asiedu-Bekoe, underscored the importance of the training, highlighting the necessary investment made and the major role of immunization in public properly being.
“We can no longer afford to treat this training as business as ordinary. Main resources contain been dedicated to give a enhance to the capacity of our properly being workforce and we must make it depend. Immunization remains one of the most necessary label-effective public properly being interventions—we owe it to each baby, each neighborhood, to remark with excellence”.
The training also featured presence from the WHO Country Intention of job. Officers from assorted technical programmes including EPI, EPR, Surveillance and Risk Communication actively supported the facilitation and coordination of the training. Their expertise enriched discussions and helped align the training sigh with WHO steering and world simplest practices.
As Ghana prepares for the nationwide rollout of the MLM and IIP trainings, this facilitators’ workshop marks a necessary milestone. With stronger coordination between govt, WHO, and companions, and renewed center of attention on building human resource capacity, the nation is absolute best positioned to shut immunization gaps and make certain no baby is left behind.
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Abdul-Lahie Abdul-Rahim Naa
Communications Officer
WHO Ghana Country Intention of job
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