COVID-19 Situation Report #19 – June 2021 1 June – 30 June 2021

Situation in Numbers (as of 30 June 2021)

95,914 confirmed cases 93,444 recoveries 796 deaths 1,674 active cases

Over 9.2 million children benefitting from schools re- opening

US$ 17.7 million funding gap

Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs

Ghana’s COVID-19 cases rose by 1,903 bringing the total of confirmed cases to 95,914 with the total death toll at 796. The increase came during the month of June as Africa saw a fast-surging third wave, with cases projected to overtake the peak of the second wave that the continent witnessed at the start of 2021.

The COVID-19 upsurge comes as the vaccine supply crunch persists. On 19 June, H.E. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his capacity as Chairman of the Economic Community of West African States, urged West African countries to consider the local production of COVID-19 vaccines.

Ghana has administered a total of 1,232,876 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines (852,047 for the first dose and 380,829 for the second dose). As of end June, only 4.8 per cent of the targeted population in the country had been Map of Ghana with the concentration of vaccinated, and 471,218 required a second dose. confirmed cases of COVID-19.

The World Bank approved Ghana’s COVID-19 Emergency Preparedness and Response Project Second Additional Financing worth US$200 million, in collaboration with the COVAX Facility COVID-19 vaccine acquisition programme. This will strengthen the resilience of Ghana’s health systems to better prepare for future pandemics and to secure the continuation of essential health and nutrition services, including routine childhood immunization.

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UNICEF's COVID-19 response in Ghana

In close cooperation with the UN Country Team, UNICEF in Ghana continues to support the Government's overall response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other critical humanitarian risks across the sectors below. The priority is to support a cross-sectoral approach to mitigate COVID-19’s impact on Ghanaians' health, nutrition, development and protection of children, adolescents, and their families.

Health

Interventions are ongoing to improve lifesaving health, nutrition and sanitation services for children and women, especially among vulnerable groups. UNICEF is building the capacity of health care workers and supporting the provision of essential health and nutrition services.

In June, the High Commission of Canada, UNICEF and the visited the Ejisu Hospital in the to discuss progress and gaps in relation to health, nutrition, water and sanitation. As part of a COVID-19 Response Programme supported by the Government of Canada, four additional diagnostic labs will be set up in the Ashanti Region, and 15 health facilities will be equipped with oxygen therapy service. The programme will also train 2,000 community health nurses on an integrated E-tracker system, and 2,500 health care workers on maternal, neonatal and child health, infant and young child feeding and preventative care. Additionally, this support will enable the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to set up neonatal intensive care units to provide specialized care for newborns.

Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana, H.E. A pregnant woman speaks to nurses on 17 A mother of a newborn baby on 17 Kati Csaba, Dr. Emmanuel Tinkorang, Ashanti June at Ejisu Hospital as part of her antenatal June in Ejisu Hospital practices Regional Director of Health and the UNICEF visit. ©UNICEF/UN320491/ACQUAH Team celebrate joint efforts at the Ejisu Hospital. kangaroo care, to improve bonding and healthy growth. ©UNICEF/UN732211/ACQUAH ©UNICEF/UN439921/ACQUAH

Ghana is waiting for additional vaccines to roll out subsequent phases of the National Deployment and Vaccination Plan, including AstraZeneca doses. Other approved vaccines requiring ultra-cold chain storage, such as the Pfizer vaccine, will also be welcome to reach the targeted population. AstraZeneca vaccines will be deployed to 14 regions, while Sputnik V vaccines will be sent to Ashanti and Greater Accra Regions. As part of the COVAX facility (CEPI, GAVI, UNICEF, WHO), UNICEF will continue to provide support in relation to the procurement and shipment of the doses, as well as the vaccination campaign.

UNICEF has engaged a consultant to support the installation of remote temperature monitoring devices in 17 walk-in cold rooms at national and regional levels and trained over 20 cold chain engineers and managers to troubleshoot, operate, and maintain the devices. UNICEF is also supporting the Ghana Health Service and Ministry of health to procure 30 ultra-cold chain equipment for the National Cold Room and selected Regional Health Directorates and Hospitals, with funding support from Japan. The team on the ground is closely following up Cold chain equipment being deployed in with UNICEF’s Supply Division on the procurement and shipment. Ghana ©UNICEF/UN216739/KOKOROKO

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A training was conducted for 16 regional teams of the GHS on Sputnik V vaccine storage, handling, administration, and waste disposal to ensure effective vaccination of enumerators and census officers of the Ghana 2021 Population and Housing Census. The objective is to protect enumerators, census officers and the public from the COVID-19 virus.

Nutrition

UNICEF continued to provide financial and technical support to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ghana Education Service (GES) by consolidating all food, nutrition and health actions provided through schools in the context of COVID-19. June’s results include updated national guidelines to improve the nutrition of school-age children and adolescents. In addition, UNICEF supported the orientation of 130 staff from 16 regions on the revised school-age and adolescent Adolescent students answer a teacher’s nutrition guidelines, as well as the development of regional specific question in a classroom. Guidelines to improve their nutrition were released this workplans to scale up school-age and adolescent nutrition in 800 month. ©UNICEF/UN120377/BUTA schools across the country.

As the lead for the Scaling-Up Nutrition Development Partners (SUN- DP), UNICEF continued to support the Government to strengthen nutrition coordination. Together with partners, UNICEF updated the inter-agency nutrition preparedness and response plan. Additionally, the National Development Commission, USAID, and UNICEF organized a learning event to improve multi-sectoral coordination in Ghana. The event brought over 100 participants from government ministries, departments, and agencies, development A mother practices good infant and young partners, academia, civil society organizations (CSOs), the private child feeding with age-appropriate nutritious sector, and the media. food. ©UNICEF/UN299112/ACQUAH Preliminary findings were extracted from UNICEF’s study Landscape Analysis of Nutrition Enabling Environment in Ghana and USAID’s Nutrition Mapping: Report on Multi-Sectoral Planning and Coordination for Nutrition in Ghana. The experiences of Japan also shaped the discussions in their efforts to strengthen multi-sectoral nutrition funding, coordination, leadership, and governance. The event’s outcomes will guide the Government and partners to increase direct government investments in nutrition funding and to strengthen multi-sectoral coordination in Ghana. Twenty Ghanaian children aged 10-19 years represented different parts of the country as part of a global initiative to ensure children and adolescents’ participation in improving food systems for them. A U-report poll generated 2,731 responses (girls: 834; boys: 1,010) with 44 percent confirming their desire to eat healthy food with 62 per cent saying, however, that it was unaffordable. Their views will be shared alongside those of children from 19 other countries across the world in the upcoming September UN Food Systems Summit in

Rome. Over 2,700 girls and boys took part in a Ghana U-Report poll on what food means to them during a youth consultation in June. ©UNICEF/2021

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Water Sanitation and Hygiene

In the Northern Region of Ghana, UNICEF and the Community Water and Sanitation (WASH) Agency have completed the rehabilitation of a small-town water system in Kpatinga. This rehabilitation will serve an estimated 108 households and improve the water supply for 6,500 people.

Infrastructure and access to clean water in ten schools and ten healthcare facilities in the Central, Northern and Volta Regions UNICEF WASH Officer Paa Kwesi Woode and a has also been improved. They are helping to reduce the risk of partner inspect a water container and hand washing station on 24 June 2021 in Nsawam, Eastern COVID-19 infection. An estimated 2,000 children and 1,000 Region. ©UNICEF/UN720019/ADATSI outpatients in the Northern Region have been reached per day thanks to these interventions. Handwashing stations have also been distributed to 38 schools, reaching an estimated 7,600 children. Twenty lorry stations and 27 markets will improve handwashing stations for the public’s use.

Over the reporting period, the WASH team facilitated a meeting between six rural or community banks in Accra and , and the Association of Rural Banks’ Apex Bank to discuss the Basic Sanitation Fund, supported by the Netherlands. This meeting was a step towards enrolling additional banks onto the scheme to extend sanitation credit facilities to communities benefitting from an ongoing Urban WASH Programme supported by the Government of Denmark.

A COVID-19 capacity building Programme of 59 environmental health officers on risk communication, sanitary burials and enhanced inspections have yielded positive benefits in the Eastern Region over the first half of the year.

Supported by the Government of Japan, over 24,476 people were reached with messages on COVID-19 preventative care in the New Juaben North, New Juaben South, Nsawam Adoagyiri, Kwahu West and Birim North districts. WASH infrastructure support in five Clean hands save lives. Children demonstrate how to properly wash their hands to prevent healthcare facilities within the Eastern Region also continues to COVID-19 spread. Handwashing facilities are available with support from Japan. provide improved infection prevention and control measures for ©UNICEF/UN145236/ADATSI 5,000 patients a week.

Child Protection

UNICEF-supported programme reached 18,386 people (girls: 6,530; boys: 5,818; women 3,381: and men 2,657) across the country with community-based psychosocial support activities, COVID-19 prevention, adolescent and child protection issues, and messaging on prevention of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) through government partners, CSOs, and faith-based organizations. Cumulatively, over 33,000 people have been reached with community- based protection interventions since January 2021. Community facilitators talk about gender roles, sexual and gender-based violence in Using Child Protection Community Facilitation toolkits, community Asokwa, Ashanti Region ©DSW&CD/GYEBI facilitators engaged audiences on gender roles, teenage pregnancy, sexual and gender-based violence, and child labour. During the same period, faith-based organizations such as the Glory Assemblies of God Church and Sakumono, were trained on using the child protection toolkits. 4

On 25 June 2021, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP), with support from UNICEF, USAID and UKAID, launched the Social Welfare Information Management System (SWIMS) for Ghana. SWIMS uses Primero X, an open-source software developed by UNICEF, which serves as a digital tool to document and report on the provision of social welfare services. SWIMS is based on standard national data collection forms, workflows, referral pathways and standard operating procedures.

As of June, SWIMS went live in 60 districts, with over 300 users and 2,000 cases entered. The offices trained included 54 social service providers from Residential Homes for Children, CSOs, and Social Welfare Units in institutions such as Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit (DOVVSU), Hospitals, Prisons and Shelters. Topics ranged from case management, information management systems, and child online protection.

The MoGCSP and UNICEF launched SWIMS The Directory of Social Services powered by Primero X – a powerful open (http://directory.mogcsp.gov.gh/) is the first of its kind web-based portal that provides A training on SWIMS -a powerful source software for case management open-source software on case ©UNICEF/UN432009/BUTA information on legally registered social welfare service providers in all 260 districts in Ghana. management conducted in June. ©UNICEF/2021/BANSAL It was also launched in June, ©UNICEF/2021

UNICEF-supported case management services for children without parental care provided alternative care arrangements for 38 children (girls: 22; boys: 16) while 30 children (girls: 17; boys: 13) were reunified with their biological families across eight districts. This takes the total number of children without parental care who were either reunited or had their cases followed up or were placed in appropriate alternative care to 1,140 (girls: 557; boys: 583) in close to 60 districts since the start of the year.

Over 3,438 girls, boys and women (female: 2,080; male: 1,358) benefitted directly from gender-based violence risk mitigation, prevention or response interventions through integrated social services delivery at the decentralized level. Cumulatively, 10,613 people (girls: 3,530; boys: 2,760; and women 4,323) have been reached since January with SGBV-related mitigation measures and services through social workers in close to 60 districts.

The Judicial Service of Ghana and UNICEF are assessing the quality of the services related to sexual violence and abuse cases provided by the child-friendly gender-based violence courts. A focus group discussion was conducted with five former and serving judges of these courts. The group noted the lack of compensation, stigmatization and societal pressure as significant factors influencing the attrition of cases in these courts. They stressed the importance of introducing victim-witness support programmes in more units across police stations in Ghana.

The National Cyber Security Centre in collaboration with UNICEF Ghana organized a two-day workshop on the Child Online Protection (COP) provisions in the newly passed 2020 Cybersecurity Act 1038 in Accra. The objective of the workshop was to equip stakeholders with the required knowledge and understanding on the provisions in the Act, enabling its effective implementation. The workshop was attended by

5 representatives from the Judiciary, Office of the Attorney-General and the Ministry of Justice, MoGCSP, UNICEF, the Criminal Investigations Department of the Ghana Police Service, GES, Department of Social Welfare, and CSOs, among others.

The Ghanaians Against Child Abuse (GACA) campaign continues to engage the online community with COVID-19 and child protection related issues, with 89,531 people reached through social media platforms in June 2021. This represents an increase of about 7.5 per cent from the previous month. Conversations on the GACA home page and social media handles focused on child labour, child trafficking, online child safety, child marriage and birth registration. Ghanaians against child abuse Instagram account continues to spread awareness of the role of a loving father who uses positive parenting ©GACA/2021

Education

On 15 June, the Government, H.E. the Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana, UNICEF and partners launched the Early Childhood Education Policy Framework and inaugurated its first Steering Committee. The policy will ensure that the 1.8 million 4 and 5-year old girls and boys in Ghana get the best start in life in kindergarten. UNICEF provided technical assistance during the policy’s formulation. It covers effective planning and management, curriculum development and implementation, pre-service and in-service teacher training, families and The Second Lady of the Republic of Ghana, H.E. Samira Bawumia, joined the launch of the Early community engagement, child-friendly safe environment and Childhood Education Policy Framework on 15 June monitoring, and regulation and quality assurance. The launch 2021. ©UNICEF/UN620199/ADATSI aimed to increase public awareness of the importance of early childhood education and encourage citizens to demand these services. Ultimately, empowered citizens will strengthen the sub-sector, building a strong foundation for all four and five-years-old, especially during this pandemic and any subsequent emergencies.

UNICEF collaborated with the Ministry of Education and the GES to strengthen Ghana’s distance learning programme for all students across the country. The support has ensured the recording and final editing of 1,050 radio programme scripts for students at kindergarten to junior high schools.

The promotion of an ongoing home-based learning ‘Community Library Project’ using mobile vans supported by Mastercard is ongoing, led by the Ghana Library Authority. So far, about 915 young children from the Eastern and Central Regions who are in and out of school have been registered to improve their reading skills.

Two students hold up Children look avidly at their activity a book provided by worksheet that they the Community are learning from as Mobile Library Project part of a series of in Larabanga, Radio lessons. Savannah Region. ©UNICEF/UN620199/ ©UNICEF/UN291021/ ADATSI ADATSI

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To bridge the equity gap, UNICEF has progressed with mainstreaming the Universal Design for Learning Principles into governments structures. Through the process, the National Teaching Council has been supported to engage the colleges of education and the universities to mainstream these principles into the pre-service teacher trainee’s programme. The process will also improve the linkages between pre-service and in-service training programmes, and will ensure that equal opportunities are offered to all children including those with special needs and learning disabilities. UNICEF Education Officer Chris Nkrumah addresses teacher trainees at the Presbyterian Colleague of Education in June. UNICEF through GES has formed 347 different teams represented by ©UNICEF/UN620199/ADATSI 10,410 members in 347 circuits (30 members from each circuit) from 47 districts in the six new regions. The teams will organize campaigns in schools and communities for the Safe School programme implementation, promote the back-to-school campaign, prevent adolescent pregnancies, and help with re-entry. They will also offer psychosocial support to students who are in or out of school.

Stakeholders finalized a code of conduct to guide learners’ behavior across the northern, middle, and southern zones of Ghana. The process engaged over 90 students, teachers, head teachers, education A 16-year-old girl and her baby pose in June with her headmistress Lucy Issah who administrators, CSOs, opinion leaders and others. Inputs are being helped her return to school after giving birth. consolidated for the finalization to benefit pre-tertiary learners in ©UNICEF/UN621001/ADATSI Ghana. The real-time monitoring and reporting application for the Safe School Programme has been field-tested in the Upper West Akim district. Over 20 education officials who tested the application include ICT teachers, school inspection and supervision officers, community participation and planning officers.

Through its convening role, UNICEF has engaged the Minister for Education and his team on a digital Learning package and emphasized the urgent need to embrace the package and initiate its connectivity. The Minister has assured UNICEF of their commitment to implement the package when it has been completed.

The UNICEF West and Central Africa Regional Office has reviewed the Education in Emergency contingency plan for Ghana. The review will inform the planning of an upcoming training for education functionaries in 47 districts from six new regions.

Risk Communication & Community Engagement

Efforts to maintain demand in COVID-19 and polio vaccinations continued during the reporting period through research facilitation, message development and capacity building of the GHS. A manual for health workers and social mobilizers on vaccine confidence has been finalized and will be used in an upcoming national and regional training of trainers.

Another breakthrough in innovative behaviour science resulted in a new capacity-building partnership with the Duke University and Center for Advanced Hindsight. Among the first activity will be a An End Polio Now poster is displayed in Accra in June to encourage families to vaccinate their study of drivers of behaviours and a message testing on COVID-19 children. ©UNICEF/UN832901/ NURZHYNSKA vaccination. Additionally, UNICEF is designing a study on knowledge, attitude, and practices around polio vaccination. 7

The team has conducted a session on behaviour science and new approaches in Communication for Development for 80 CSOs, and government representatives. This was followed by the creation of a communication network. Members will receive regular updates on new knowledge and evidence around behaviour insights. Ghana’s experience was presented at UN Behaviour Science Week following the launch of the UN Secretary-General Behaviour Science Note and Report in June.

The team continued to support a Misinformation Task Force operation in Ghana. Under the supervision of the Health Promotion Division, the Task Force has identified potential misinformation risks and ways to address them daily using an online monitoring dashboard.

In addition, UNICEF facilitated two trainings on misinformation management and vaccine confidence in Accra and Kumasi for the GHS and media representatives. Key presentations were delivered at the Global Polio Workshop and a World Bank Conference on Vaccine Participants huddle to discuss a social behaviour Hesitancy. They centered on Ghana’s lessons learnt and experience change strategy in Kumasi, 18 June 2021. on establishing this joint Task Force. ©UNICEF/2021/AL-HASAN

A training for over 40 regional education and health officers across the country was held jointly with the Family Health Division, as part of a programme to spread knowledge on reproductive adolescents’ health. The first cohort will cascade their knowledge down to other officers. A manual on how to communicate well on reproductive health was also developed.

Work has started to develop a National Child and Maternal Health and Nutrition Social Behaviour Change Communication Strategy jointly with the GHS. This included research on demand generation of child and maternal health services with a focus on behaviour barriers and insights. An Early Childhood Development Campaign has started in June with the launch of a national training of trainers for key stakeholders. A communication package was also disseminated in a bid to reach parents, communities, A series of posters were developed as part of a communication package on healthy maternal and child behaviours. ©UNICEF/2021 and decision-makers so they commit to practice positive parenting.

The Agoo mobile platform continued to provide critical information, including maternal health, financial literacy, adolescents’ health issues, prevention of gender-based violence, child abuse and COVID-19. A total of 130,748 calls were received from 12,146 callers in June, which corresponds to the monthly average number of callers this year.

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External Communication

UNICEF took part at an EU-organized event to mark this year’s World Day Against Child Labour on 11 June with the launch of a new global UNICEF-ILO study. It reported for the first time in 20 years that progress has stalled, reversing the previous downward trends. Ten singers inspired decision makers and all actors to do more to end child labour.

On the Day of the African Child, 16 June, the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection, UNICEF and partners supported an Children and young speakers discuss issues close to their hearts on the Day of the African Child on 16 event with adolescents leading the discussions. UNICEF highlighted June. ©UNICEF/UN271890/ADATSI progress and gaps and advocated for the implementation of young people’s innovative solutions. A UNICEF video message was posted on social media channels.

To highlight the contribution of health workers at the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Communications team launched a photo- series on its social media platforms. The series focuses on doctors and nurses caring for COVID-19 patients in critical condition and the impact that this made on all aspects of their lives. The first short story was disseminated on 24 June and has since reached over 1.6 million people.

Funding Overview and Partnerships

UNICEF Humanitarian Action for Children Appeal in Ghana presents a funding gap of US$ 17.7 million. As of 30 June, US$ 9.9 million has been raised. The team continues to coordinate closely with the UN Country Team in Ghana.UNICEF's strategy in Ghana involves protecting children and their families from exposure to COVID-19, minimizing mortality and supporting the continuity of services across all social sectors, while ensuring preparedness for potential humanitarian crises.

In June, the Government of Canada launched a US$ 8 million COVID-19 Response Programme as part of a strategic partnership with the Government of Ghana and UNICEF. The Canadian High Commissioner to Ghana, H.E. Kati Csaba, announced the Programme’s start at the Ejisu Government Hospital.

Thanks to a new contribution from the Government of Japan, UNICEF is supporting the COVID-19 vaccination plan deployment in Ghana, including through the procurement of ultra-cold chain equipment.

Expressing its sincere gratitude to all its supporters, UNICEF calls for additional funds to fill the continuing gaps in ensuring a comprehensive and effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, for vulnerable children, young people, and families in Ghana.

For more information, please contact:

Anne-Claire Dufay Fiachra McAsey Eulette Ewart UNICEF Representative, UNICEF Deputy Representative, UNICEF Communication Manager, Ghana Ghana Ghana Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 9

Annex A - Summary of Programme Results - Ghana UNICEF and IPs Response

Sector 2021 target Total results*

Nutrition Children aged 6 to 59 months with severe acute malnutrition 16,424 1,003 admitted for treatment Primary caregivers of children aged 0 to 23 months receiving 350,000 141,531 infant and young child feeding counselling Adolescent girls receiving iron and folic acid or multiple 1,000,000 1,380,636 micronutrient supplements

Health Children and women accessing primary health care in UNICEF 500,000 1,760,576 -supported facilities (women) 394,045 (Children) 2,154,621 (Total) People who received diagnostic and treatment services for 30,000 146,005 COVID-19 Water Sanitation and Hygiene People accessing a sufficient quantity of safe water for drinking, 30,000 6,500 cooking and personal hygiene Children accessing appropriate water, sanitation and hygiene 40,000 28,056 facilities and hygiene services in learning facilities and safe spaces People reached with critical water, sanitation and hygiene 50,000 7,200 supplies (including hygiene items) and services

People reached with key hygiene messages, services and/or 340,000 155,629 supplies, including handwashing with soap

Child Protection Children and caregivers accessing mental health and 120,000 10,049 (Girls) psychosocial support 8,746 (Boys) 8,436 (Women) 6,160 (Men) 33,391 (Total) Women, girls and boys accessing gender-based violence risk 120,000 3530 (Girls) mitigation, prevention or response interventions 2760 (Boys) 4323 (Women) 10613 (Total) People with access to safe channels to report sexual 3,500 213 exploitation and abuse Unaccompanied and separated children reunified with their 3,500 557 (girls) primary caregiver or provided with family-based care/alternative 583 (boys) care services 1140 (total)

Education Children accessing formal or non-formal education, including 1,383,576 677,952 [girls] early learning 705,624 [boys] 1,383,576 [Total] Schools implementing safe school protocols (infection 10,545 10,545 prevention and control) 10

Social Protection Households reached with cash transfers through an existing 256,500 375,000 government system where UNICEF provided technical households assistance and funding under LEAP + 60.000 people under emergency mobile transfers

Communication for Development / Communication / AAP People participating in engagement actions for social and 1,000,000 332,152 behavioural change People reached through messaging on key health behaviours, 6,000,000 9,000,000 available social services and response to COVID-19 People who shared their concerns and asked 200,000 4,312 questions/clarifications to address their needs through established feedback mechanisms

Annex B - Funding Gaps – Ghana

HAC fund Available HAC Sector Funding Gaps requirements funds 2021 Health $1,900,000 $1,542,740 ($357,260) Nutrition $2,372,597 $387,120 ($1,985,477) Child protection, GBViE and $1,175,000 $479,799 ($695,201) PSEA Education $5,780,805 $2,340,588 ($3,440,217) WASH $8,140,000 $3,729,501 ($4,410,499) Social Protection and Cash $5,030,000 $19,184 ($5,010,816) transfers C4D, Community $2,550,000 $710,820 ($1,839,180) engagement and AAP Total $26,948,402 $9,209,751 ($17,738,651)

Annex C - External Links: https://www.myjoyonline.com/canada-commits-8-million-to-ghanas-covid-19-response-project-in-ashanti-region/ https://www.modernghana.com/news/1088696/canada-contributes-us8-million-for-lifesaving.html https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Coronavirus-Canada-contributes-8m-to-Ghana-1289947 https://3news.com/covid-19-canada-contributes-8m-to-ghana/ https://citinewsroom.com/2021/06/canada-contributes-us8-million-to-support-lifesaving-services-for-females-in-ghana/ https://www.gna.org.gh/1.20942223 https://www.modernghana.com/news/1089837/new-studies-more-investment-and-coordination-need.html https://www.myjoyonline.com/gender-ministry-launches-tools-for-effective-integrated-social-services-delivery/ https://www.businessghana.com/site/news/general/240922/NDPC-calls-for-more-investment-and-coordination-to-end- childhood-malnutrition https://www.gna.org.gh/1.20992377 https://www.myjoyonline.com/conduct-proper-investigations-for-effective-prosecution-of-child-online-offences-director-of- public-prosecutions/ https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Conduct-proper-investigations-for-effective-prosecution-of-child- offences-Investigators-urged-1294783

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