Projects
Our organisation strives to improve health care for those living in hard to reach communities. Malaria killed over 21,000 individuals in 2019. Despite the introduction of preventive measures and remedies, the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases has increased in the country. As of 2020, there were 350,000 HIV-positive individuals, compared to 340,000 confirmed cases in the previous year. The communicable diseases prevalent in Ghana are malaria, HIV/AIDs, diarrhoea and tuberculosis while increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases include cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, chronic respiratory disease and others.
Health care is very variable throughout Ghana. Urban centres are well served, and contain most hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies in the country. Rural areas often have no modern health care and that’s where we channel our efforts and social cause. Patients in these areas either rely on traditional African medicine, or travel great distances for health care of which some of them lose their lives enroute. Our health care projects and programs increase awareness and provide health support to rural citizens in the country.
- Health Advocacy Program
- Donation of Health Supplies
- Mental Health Campaign
- Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation Campaign
- World Health Day
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
IMDID Ghana’s goal is to support the achievement of SDG 3, which seeks to prevent unnecessary suffering from preventable diseases and premature mortality, by focusing on key targets that improve the health of Ghana’s population as a whole. Priority areas include regions with the highest disease burden and populations and regions that have been neglected in the country.
