This document provides direction to health care facilities in Ghana to comply with the requirement of the Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Act, 2016 (Act 917) and the revised national policy to ensure safe management of health care waste. It applies to all health institutions including public, private, quasi-governmental, non-governmental, faith-based and traditional practitioners that operate in the country at all levels of the health care system: Tertiary/Teaching/Specialist Hospitals, Regional Hospitals, District Hospitals and Sub-district Health Institutions (i.e., Health Centres/Clinics and Community Clinics).

The main goal of this policy is to provide direction for effective, efficient and safe management of health care waste through the adoption of best available techniques and best environmental practices to prevent injuries, infections and other hazards; protect and promote public health and the environment for sustainable development.

The president imposed restrictions and addressed the nation on the effect of the restrictions that had been put in place to curtail the spread of COVID19 in Ghana. He announced additional restrictions to contain and halt the spread of the virus within Ghana, especially in Accra, Tema, Kasoa and Kumasi, which have been identified by the Ghana Health Service as hotspots of the infections in March 2020.

This revised edition is designed to strengthen the healthcare delivery system to be resilent and to encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyles. It outlines five objectives and the strategies to achieve them.

This document details the declaration of Covid-19 as public health emaergency; testing and quarantine directives; and preventive measures.

This document is the third edition of the National Medicines Policy. The overall goal of the policy is to ensure universal, equitable and sustainable access to priority, efficacious and safe medicines and other health technologies of acceptable quality for all people living in Ghana and promote their responsible use by healthcare providers and consumers.

This policy instrument documents Ghana’s emergency preparedness to coronavirus pandemic through its communications sector.

This instrument outlines the various forms of restrictions to combat Covid-19 in Ghana, as of March 23, 2020.

An Act to provide for the imposition of restrictions in accordance with paragraphs(c), (d) and (e) of clause (4) of article 21 of the Constitution, and for related matters.

The purpose of this framework is to establish a mechanism to determine and estimate the potential environmental and social impacts of activities under this project. The aim is to support decisionmaking and provide guidelines for implementation process associated with sub-project activities.

These restrictions were issued by the government to combat the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Imposition of Restrictions (Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic) Instrument, 2020 (E.I. 64) imposes restrictions on public gatherings and travel to Ghana.

These restrictions were issued by the government to combat the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Imposition of Restrictions (Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic) Instrument, 2020 (E.I. 64) imposes restrictions on public gatherings and travel to Ghana.

These restrictions were issued by the government to combat the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The Imposition of Restrictions (Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic) Instrument, 2020 (E.I. 64) imposes restrictions on public gatherings and travel to Ghana.

Rules on keeping food, drugs and other goods safe for consumption. One would also find among the rules, the duties of inspector at a checkpoint, and the convictions of a person who obstructs an inspector.

An Act to regulate the safe and healthy sale of food, drugs and other related matters.

The Breastfeeding Promotion Regulation prohibits the sale, promotion and distribution of free samples of designated products to health care personnel and health care facilities. The document defines designated products as: “infant and follow-up formula, feeding bottle, teat, pacifiers, and any product that is marketed as suitable for feeding infants up to six months of age”. The regulation also prohibits manufacturers of designated products from sponsoring the attendance of health personnels to a conference. Manufacturers of non-designated products, however, can distribute educational materials on feeding infants and the young once the materials have been screened and approved by the Food and Drugs Board.

A policy that seeks to care for the mother and child from prenatal care through pregnancy up until neonatal and early childhood care. The aim is to reduce the under-five child mortality rate to 40/1000 live births by 2015.

Presents the steps required to control non communicable diseases (NCDs) in Ghana. The steps include: making healthcare affordable for all social classes, providing the resources to detect NCDs early, and integrating them into primary care.

The act establishes the Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine with the functions to conduct research related to improvement of plant medicine, ensure purity of drugs from plant extract, and establish botanical gardens for medicinal plants, among others.

The act establishes a council responsible for regulating the practice of traditional medicine in Ghana, including licensing, establishment of standards of practice, code of ethics, and sale.