MESSAGE FROM THE COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE

I welcome you to the UNFPA Ghana 2025 Annual Report, titled “From Promise to Performance: Partnership in Action.” This report reflects on the significant results we have achieved together through partnerships grounded in mutual respect and dignity. As we conclude the third year of implementing the Government of Ghana/UNFPA 8th Country Programme (2023–2027), we are proud to report that UNFPA Ghana has achieved 87% of its fiveyear output targets. This report demonstrates our contribution to saving and protecting lives, expanding opportunities for women, girls, and young people, and strengthening national systems. We use evidence to ensure that dignity, choice, rights, and access to reproductive health are within reach for all. Our collaborative impact is clear across all spheres of our mandate. In Sexual and Reproductive Health, meeting 40% of the national need for family planning contraceptives provided an estimated 700,000 couple-years of protection. 

The Partnership to End Fistula in Ghana (PEFIG) programme achieved remarkable results, supporting the construction of a fistula shelter at Yendi District Hospital by one of our partners and repairing 200 obstetric fistula cases. This restores dignity and health to survivors and represents a 300% increase from the approximately 60 cases typically repaired before PEFIG.

We continue to strengthen the midwifery programme through the Midwifery Centres of Excellence and Practice (MEPCEP) at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Furthermore, the Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) initiative is now coordinated through a dedicated desk at the Ministry of Health, utilizing integrated MPDSR guidelines to strengthen national efforts. Our “One Paramountcy at a Time” campaign successfully mobilized traditional and religious leaders alongside public servants across three paramountcies and 93 communities. This collaboration secured commitments to end child marriage, embedding accountability within customary governance and extending our reach where formal policies face implementation challenges.