Ghana strengthens national ownership of vaccine decisions

Ghana is strengthening how it decides which vaccines to introduce, replace, reschedule or defer as the country works to protect immunization gains and build a more sustainable national programme.The Expanded Programme on Immunization has contributed significantly to reducing illness, disability and deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases. However, the growing number of available vaccines, changing disease patterns, rising programme costs and reductions in external financing have made vaccine policy decisions more complex.