Ghana

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Total population (2012)25,545,939
Birth cohort (2012)781,737
Surviving Infants (surviving to 1 year per year, 2012)747,254
Infant mortality rate (deaths < 1 year per 1000 births, 2012)44.11/1000
Child mortality rate (deaths < 5 years per 1000 births, 2012)63.84/1000
World Bank Index, IDA (2012)3.88
Gross Nation Income (per capita US$, 2010)1,230
Co-financing status (2012)Intermediate
No. of districts/territories (2009)170
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GAVI support for Ghana

Type of support

Approvals

2001-2016 (US$)
(31 Dec 2011)

Commitments

2001-2016 (US$)
(31 Dec 2011)

Disbursements

2001-2012 (US$)
(31 Dec 2011)

% Disbursed

(31 Dec 2011)
200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Civil Society Organisation support (CSO)$382,500$382,500$450,409118%
Health System Strengthening (HSS)$7,160,375$9,670,000$7,160,375100%
Immunisation Services Support (ISS)$4,968,300$5,449,300$4,927,80099%
Injection Safety Support (INS)$855,300$855,300$855,300100%
Measles (NVS)$512,000$1,357,000
Meningitis A - campaign (NVS)$2,441,500$2,441,500
Operational Support$900,000$900,000
Penta (NVS)$84,580,440$107,870,440$76,009,78790%
Pneumo (NVS)$25,706,100$59,466,107$10,221,86540%
Rotavirus (NVS)$6,556,000$17,490,500
Vaccine Introduction Grant$1,015,000$1,015,000$1,015,000100%
Yellow Fever (NVS)$7,537,707$10,427,207$6,983,98993%
Total$142,615,221$217,324,853$107,624,526

Red line on table indicates duration of support based on commitments.
Commitments: Multi-year programme budgets endorsed in principle by the GAVI Board. These become financial commitments upon approval each year for the following calendar year.
Approvals: Total Approved for funding (IRC Reviewed)

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Ghana DTP3 / immunisation coverage

DTP3 - WHO/UNICEF estimates (2010)94%
DTP3 - Official country estimates (2010)94%
M:F sex ratio at birth (2012)1.06%
Household survey: DTP3 coverage for male (2008)88.80%
Household survey: DTP3 coverage for female (2008)88.80%
Household survey: Last DTP3 survey (2008)89%
% districts achieving > 80% DTP3 coverage (2010)21%
% districts achieving < 50% DTP3 coverage (2010)0%
MCV WHO/UNICEF estimates (2010)93%
Polio WHO/UNICEF estimates (2010)94%

Breakdown of support

CSO, HSS & ISS supportVaccine support
13% 87%
$14,408,884 $93,215,641

Data refers to disbursed values, date as per above chart

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News and updates relating to Ghana

04 May 2012

The Ghanaian Vaccine Panel

Praise from Washington for Ghana vaccine rollout

Ghanaian Immunization Panel on Thursday night addressed Ghana’s successful rollout of two vaccines simultaneously last week.

01 May 2012

Highlights from Ghana's vaccines launch on 26 April 2012

 On 26 April 2012, during World Immunization Week, mothers and babies, doctors and nurses, tribal elders and supporters from all over the world, came together in Independence Square, Accra, to celebrate the launch of two new vaccines to help protect children against two of the leading child killers – pneumonia and diarrhoea.

30 April 2012

Ghana field visit

LDS Church rallies support for historic vaccine rollouts in Ghana

true 340 340 float_right Accra, Ghana, 26 April 2012 – Thousands of volunteers from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) rallied support for GAVI’s historic immunisation drive in Ghana, with the church arranging for 1.5 million SMS text messages to be sent notify

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