Ghana
In Ghana EQUIP currently provides site-based Technical Assistance in collaboration with local implementing partners as a direct support mechanism to 10 high volume sites located in Greater Accra. When EQUIP first entered the country support was provided to 20 high-volume sites in the five regions of Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, Eastern and Greater Accra, as well as the Western Regions. EQUIP consortium partner MaTCH has established offices in Ghana and rapidly scaled up Testing and Counselling services in the country. EQUIP confirms there has since been a 45% improvement on the number of persons tested.
Continue readingOur Consortium Partners
- MatCH
Our Supporting Partners
- MaTCH and NHLS (Wits Pathology)
Population
- 28 Million
GDP in 2016
- $42.69 Billion USD
HIV Statistics
More about the work we do in Ghana
Challenges in-country have been a low yield rate, severe linkage gaps, and high pre-ART caseloads because of the lack of reliable data at facility and national level. EQUIP’s intervention supports turning around these programs with intensive training of facility staff attending to file audits and monitoring and evaluation to strengthen support systems. In Ghana the main programme focus areas include Technical Assistance in the areas of rapid Test & Start support and differentiated models of ART delivery with a focus on multi-month scripting and dispensing at facility and community level.
Additional direct facility support includes index case testing, high yield testing at outpatient care, inpatient care, antenatal services; nutrition support, TB and STI clinic support as well as rapid scale-up of viral load monitoring and demonstration projects in Ghana. As the program evolves so too does EQUIP’s support levels.
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