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Figure 4.2    Organizational Chart of the GHS 
 
Minister of MOH
Teaching Hospitals Boards
Statutory Boards & Subvention Organizations
MOH
GHS/ Council
Director General
  Director General's Secretariat
- Public Relations Section
- Secretary to the Council
- Regional Coordinating Section
Institutional
Care
Public
Health
Regional
Health
Directorate
Health
Administration
& Support
Services
Stores,
Supplies &
Drug
Manageme
Finance
Internal
Audit
Human
Resources
Development
Standards &
Protocols
Quality
Assurance,
Monitoring
Inspectorate
Unit
Institutional
Information
Unit
Specialized
Services
Unit
Mental
Health Unit
Disease
Control Unit
Health
Promotion
Unit
Reproductive &
Children's
Health Unit
Nutrition Unit
Surveillance
Unit
EPI
NACP
NMCP
NTCP
Health
Laboratory
Service
Policy, Planning
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Policy Unit
Planning &
Budget Unit
Information
Monitoring &
Evaluation
Research Unit
NPHRL
 
Prepared by the investigation team 
 
All of the laboratories under the jurisdiction of the MOH are supervised by the 
Institutional Care Division of the GHS.    However, the NPHRL, the foremost public 
health reference laboratory under the jurisdiction of the MOH, is supervised by both 
the Institutional Care Division and the Public Health Division of the GHS.     
The first screening for tests and examinations is undertaken at the hospital and clinics 
and the results are sent to the NPHRL.  As the reference laboratory, the NPHRL 
retests the samples if necessary.  However, tests for polio, yellow fever, TB, and 
Buruli ulcer are conducted at the NMIMR.    The CD4 counts and viral load analysis 
for HIV/AIDS are also carried out by the NMIMR as the country’s foremost public 
research laboratory.    The NMIMR also retests, identifies, and diagnoses samples that 
the NPHRL is unable to handle.