Ghana Infectious Disease Centre (GIDC) is a centre built to improve themedical diagnostic and research capacity ofGhana with regard toinfectious diseases. The facility was built due to the emergence of theCOVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. Establishing the centre was facilitated by theGhana COVID-19 Private Sector Fund in collaboration with theGhana Armed Forces at the Ga East Municipal Hospital inAccra.[1][2][3] The old Shai Osudoku District Hospital was also renovated into one of the infectious diseases centres in the Shai Osudoku District in Dodowa. This shares a boundary with the Shai Osudoku District Health Directorate. The president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akuffo Addo, inspected the centre on 30 October 2020[4]
Ghana Infectious Disease Centre was commissioned by Vice-presidentMahamudu Bawumia on 24 July 2020. He stated a sum of US$7.5 million was used to launch the centre.[5] It was established as Ghana's leadingnational public health institute.[citation needed]
According to Mahamudu Bawumia, "The world-class 100-bed facility was constructed by a team of 536 men and women working 24 hours a day. Persons who worked tirelessly to build the centre in a bid to support government’s fight and management ofCOVID-19 in Ghana."[1]
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