Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs As of May 31 st , 7,881 cases of coronavirus have been identified in Ghana (5,507 cases in Greater Accra region), and 36 people have died as a result of the COVID-19 disease. Ghana accounts for the second highest number of confirmed cases of coronavirus in the West and Central Africa region, and the 4 th highest number of cases across the WHO Africa region (South Africa, Algeria and Nigeria precede Ghana). As of 21 May 2020, from 2,109 cases disaggregated by age, 125 children were identified with COVID-19. Two deaths of children have been recorded - a nine- year-old with no documented comorbidity and a 10-year-old with HIV/TB coinfection. UNICEF continues to be concerned about the large number of children who don’t have access to basic services, including routine immunization, education, social welfare and protection. UNICEF, alongside the UN Country Team, continues to support the Government of Ghana in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic through the distribution of critical supplies and equipment to government institutions, by strengthening Ghana’s capacity to contain the spread of the virus and supporting social sectors in ensuring the continued delivery of services to children and their families, particularly the most vulnerable. Situation in Numbers 7,881 COVID-19 confirmed cases 36 deaths 9.2 million children affected by COVID-19 school closures GHANA: COVID-19 Situation Report – #4 16 th – 31 st May 2020
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Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs
As of May 31st, 7,881 cases of coronavirus have been
identified in Ghana (5,507 cases in Greater Accra
region), and 36 people have died as a result of the
COVID-19 disease.
Ghana accounts for the second highest number of
confirmed cases of coronavirus in the West and Central
Africa region, and the 4th highest number of cases
across the WHO Africa region (South Africa, Algeria
and Nigeria precede Ghana).
As of 21 May 2020, from 2,109 cases disaggregated by age, 125 children were
identified with COVID-19. Two deaths of children have been recorded - a nine-
year-old with no documented comorbidity and a 10-year-old with HIV/TB
coinfection.
UNICEF continues to be concerned about the large number of children who don’t
have access to basic services, including routine immunization, education, social
welfare and protection.
UNICEF, alongside the UN Country Team, continues to support the Government
of Ghana in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic through the distribution of
critical supplies and equipment to government institutions, by strengthening
Ghana’s capacity to contain the spread of the virus and supporting social sectors
in ensuring the continued delivery of services to children and their families,
particularly the most vulnerable.
Situation in Numbers
7,881 COVID-19 confirmed cases
36 deaths
9.2 million children affected
by COVID-19
school closures
GHANA: COVID-19 Situation Report – #4
16th – 31st May 2020
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UNICEF’s COVID-19 response
Health
UNICEF continues to support the strengthening of
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) practices across
Ghana. Over 600 Veronica Buckets have been
distributed to health facilities in five regions: Upper East,
Savannah, Northern, North-East and Ashanti. IPC
training is underway wth 500 health care providers
targeted across five regions. The Tamale Public Health
Reference Laboratory – which UNICEF is supporting to
extend testing capacity - has processed more than
5,000 tests for COVID-19 in the past three weeks.
UNICEF Ghana has hosted the virtual meeting of the
National Newborn Sub-Committee to review the
progress of the newborn program. The main objective
was to assess the scale of disruption of essential
newborn services and share experiences on how
operational challenges were overcome. Over 40 care
providers from across the 16 regions participated in this
virtual horizonal exchange. UNICEF has been
collaborating closely with the Ghana Health Services
(GHS) and WHO to assess the appropriate timing for re-
initiation of immunization campaigns.
UNICEF staff initiated observational research in several
health facitliies in the Northern Region, to assess the
level of disruptipon to routine Maternal Newborn, Child
Health and Nutrition services as a result of the
pandemic. Key actors are assessing the bottlenecks
and developing strategies to mitigate them, jointly with
regional partners.
Nutrition
UNICEF continued to play a critical role in supporting
the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to adapt national
nutrition protocols and messages to the COVID-19
context. For example, child protection components
have been integrated in the recently-developed food
and nutrition guidelines for Isolation Centres for COVID-
19 patients. In addition, UNICEF is supporting GHS to
translate key nutrition messages targeting the general
public general through TV spots, radio spots, posters
and flyers.
UNICEF and JICA are supporting the GHS in
transforming training modules for health workers into
online and on-the-job training versions adapted to the
COVID-19 context. These modules help ensure
continued service provision in line with the Nurturing
Care Framework and using the Mother and Child Health
Record Book. UNICEF is also working with WHO,
USAID and the World Bank to support GHS in
completing a joint statement calling for continuity of
routine health and nutrition services through health
systems strengthening.
As part of the UN Country Team efforts and as Chair of
the SUN - Development Partner Group, UNICEF
coordinated an assessment of the impact of COVID-19
on the nutrition status in Ghana, including identified
actions required to mitigate the negative impacts.
Water Sanitation & Hygiene
With UNICEF support, about 77,000 people have been
benefiting from the provision of handwashing facilities
• Ghanaian Times - UNICEF Donates Sanitary Items, PPE to Needy Institutions https://www.ghanaiantimes.com.gh/unicef-donates-sanitary-items-ppe-to-needy-institutions/
• Business Ghana - COVID-19: UNICEF supports DOVVSU https://www.businessghana.com/site/news/general/213290/COVID-19-UNICEF-supports-DOVVSU
• Rainbow Radio - UNICEF-GHANA DONATES PPEs AND OTHER ITEMS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL WELFARE https://www.rainbowradioonline.com/unicef-ghana-donates-ppes-and-other-items-to-the-department-of-social-welfare/
• Market Watch - UNICEF Donates Sanitary Items, PPE to Needy Institutions https://www.marketwatch.com/press-release/unicef-donates-sanitary-items-ppe-to-needy-institutions-2020-05-25?mod=mw_more_headlines&tesla=y
• Modern Ghana - UNICEF Donates PPE To Social Welfare Department https://www.modernghana.com/news/1004156/unicef-donates-ppe-to-social-welfare-department.html