Health & Digital Innovation | Ghana
Project for Digital Solutions for Health, Nutrition, and Medical Services
Harnessing digital technology and innovative health solutions to strengthen Ghana's health systems, tackle the double burden of disease, and improve health outcomes for vulnerable communities.
Ghana's health system faces a dual challenge: the persistent burden of communicable diseases such as malaria — closely linked to malnutrition and anaemia — alongside a growing prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). While digital tools such as eTracker and DHIMS2 have already been deployed in the country, inadequate infrastructure, weak data management systems, and limited human resource capacity have prevented their full potential from being realised at scale. At the same time, community-level health promotion remains underdeveloped, leaving vulnerable populations without adequate access to early detection, diagnosis, and treatment. The Project for Digital Solutions for Health, Nutrition, and Medical Services addresses these gaps through a multi-stakeholder, co-creation approach — deploying cutting-edge health technology, strengthening health data systems, and empowering communities to take charge of their own health outcomes.
Digitising Ghana's Health System for Better Outcomes
From tablet-based electronic trackers scaled across the country to AI-enhanced health data monitoring systems, this project is transforming the way Ghana collects, analyses, and uses health data. Working alongside the Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service, and private sector partners, UNDP and the Government of Japan are co-creating innovative digital tools for NCD screening, piloting cutting-edge diagnostics for malaria, malnutrition, and anaemia, and strengthening the human resource information systems that underpin Ghana's health workforce — building a smarter, more resilient health system from the ground up.