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The GHSI Pilot

Six screening events across the Greater Accra region, at major transport hubs and church-based community health fairs, with 12-month follow-up through December 2027.

1,000+
screenings targeted
6
screening sites
12
months of follow-up
5
follow-up touchpoints

From Planning to Impact

GHSI's pilot will operate across six screening sites in the Greater Accra region, including major transport hubs and church-based community health fairs. The pilot launches December 2026, with 12-month patient follow-up through a purpose-built digital tracking system.

Exact locations across Greater Accra will be announced closer to launch.

Three Lorry Park Screenings

Community-based blood pressure screening events at major transport hubs where trotro drivers and market women converge, the heart of the transport hub ecosystem.

Three Church-Based Health Fairs

Hypertension resource fairs at church communities, leveraging trusted parish networks and existing congregational gatherings to reach additional populations.

12-Month Closed-Loop Follow-Up

Every participant identified with elevated blood pressure will be tracked at Days 14, 30, 90, 180, and 365, measuring who connects to care and whose outcomes improve.

LORRY STATION • ACCRA
the heart of the transport hub ecosystem

Pilot Timeline

1
Foundation
Partnerships, regulatory clearances, team recruitment
2
Training
ToT curriculum delivery, volunteer training, data system setup
3
Dry Run
Practice screening events, workflow testing
4
Screening
December 2026: six events across Greater Accra
5
Follow-Up
12-month tracking cycle through December 2027
6
Evaluate
Data analysis, outcomes reporting, scale planning

What Comes After the Pilot

The December 2026 pilot is not a one-time event. It is the structured test of GHSI's closed-loop follow-up model across six Greater Accra sites, with 12 months of follow-up at days 14, 30, 90, 180, and 365.

What the pilot proves is whether the model holds. What comes after is what the model enables.

Post-pilot, GHSI's focus shifts from running screening events to embedding the follow-up model into partner-led programs aligned with Ghana's Free Primary Healthcare Programme. Screening is the entry point. The mission is everything that happens after a person learns their blood pressure is high.

We are building toward three things:

  • A licensable closed-loop follow-up curriculum that trained partners can deliver, so the model travels without GHSI staff on every site.
  • Embedded continuity-of-care support within FPHC-aligned community and institutional networks.
  • Longitudinal outcome data (retention, control, and loss-to-follow-up at 30, 90, 180, and 365 days) that informs national hypertension policy.

GHSI's long-term value is not how many people we screen. It is how many stay alive on treatment because the system held.