Vaccine programme inaugurated to cover 68 underserved communities

The Ghana Health Service (GHS), in collaboration with Gavi and Zipline, has inaugurated a new vaccine access programme for 2024 to 2026 aimed at serving hard-to-reach areas across the country.

According to Ghana Health Journal, Over 15 million doses of vaccines have been delivered, impacting more than 17 million Ghanaians since 2019, and the expansion initiative will see 68 new underserved areas being covered.

Speaking to journalists on behalf of the Director General of the Ghana Health Service at Zipline’s Omenako Center in Suhum, the Director of Public Health, Frank Asiedu Bekoe, commended Zipline’s transformative role in addressing healthcare accessibility challenges in hard-to-reach areas.

“The Ministry of Health and Zipline has been in this partnership since 2019. It was mainly to address the issues of access, and so Zipline came in to address that gap, and this has been going on for the past five years.

“So for some time now, we have been working together purposely to address this issue of hard-to-reach areas and other emergencies.”

The Country Lead, Sales and Partnership for Zipline Ghana, Daniel Kwaku Merki, noted the importance of collaborating with all stakeholders to utilise data gathered to address challenges holistically.

“In terms of interventions in Ghana, Zipline has been operating in the country since 2019. We did a lot of vaccine deliveries starting from the COVID-19 era but also continuing, as you can see with today’s programme.

“In terms of vaccines, so far we have delivered more than 15 million doses of vaccines and we have had a tremendous impact in also extending our services to hard-to-reach areas and areas that were really hard to be served beforehand.”

Last Updated on March 31, 2025 by samboad