The Ghana Thoracic Society (GTS) was formed in September 2014 (and registered as an association/limited liability company) by a mixed group of healthcare professionals with an interest in respiratory disease training, management, advocacy and research.
The founding members are made up of doctors, pharmacists, nurses and a respiratory therapist who believe that by coming together as health professionals with an interest in respiratory disease the impact of scientific discoveries, research and our individual contributions could be magnified and projected in ways that could improve patient care far beyond our individual practice.
Membership is open to all health care and allied health professionals with an interest in lung disease, who are involved in patient care, teaching or research. There are a very limited number of Ghanaian doctors specialising in pulmonology or cardiothoracic surgery who are members.
Our vision is to have educated and empowered patients and health care providers for early detection and best management of respiratory disorders through a network of clinics, hospitals and pharmacys all over Ghana
To promote lung health in Ghana through education, advocacy and research, to provide optimum care to all patients with acute and chronic respiratory diseases, provided by knowledgeable and well trained healthcare professionals with a wide range of competencies in respiratory medicine.
The principal objective of the Society is to promote education, training, research, advocacy, prevention of disease and use of guidelines for optimal care, and to build capacity nationally for the promotion of lung health in Ghana.
Focusing continuous professional development programs on building capacity in the knowledge of respiratory diseases and diagnostic pathways
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