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MP Lydia Seyram Alhbadan, MP for Ayawaso West Wuogon, calls for increased efforts to ensure universal access to health for all. She made her first statement on the floor of the house
Below the statement:
Thank you Rt. The Hon. Speaker to give me the opportunity to make a statement on the occasion of the celebration of World Health Day; a global health awareness day celebrated every year on April 7th.
In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) held the first world badembly where it decided, on April 7, to celebrate the founding of WHO and to use this day to draw the world's attention to a topic of paramount importance to global health. The theme of this year's celebration is "Universal Health Care", a topic that discusses and advocates for easy access to health care at an acceptable distance from the citizen's home, at an affordable and tolerable cost.
Rt. The Hon. Mr. President, Ghana has made tremendous progress in achieving UHC since the creation of the 4th Republic. In the 1990s, the concept of "community-based health planning services" (CHPS) was launched as a pilot project to ensure that basic care is provided to the citizen where he is domiciled.
Prior to the CHPS project, the health center was the health care delivery system located close to the citizen. Some health centers served a population of more than 50,000 and were within a one-hour drive in some cases.
This made health care inaccessible in most cases and was a challenge even in cases where the facility was reached due to the number of patients that needed to be seen.
The CHPS center hosts an average of 5,000 people and is the most decentralized form of health in the country. There are currently more than 6,000 CHPS facilities in Ghana. The concept has made health care in terms of almost universal physical facilities. The challenge of Ghana's quest for universal health care now lies in the staffing of these health facilities and in the mechanisms enabling CHPS centers to function fully and efficiently as service delivery centers. .
The recent adoption of 53,681 health workers, the majority of whom are nurses, has been instrumental in addressing recruitment issues. (Source:[GHS 16,502 (2017), 11,018 (2018), 26,161 (2019)]
The World Bank, in partnership with the Ministry of Health, the Ghana Health Service and the National Health Insurance Authority, is developing an agreement that would allow every Ghanaian to receive health care at the CHPS level with or without financial means.
This president is the last piece of the CSU puzzle that would make health care in Ghana truly universal and make truth the mantra of the Ghana Health Service: "Your health, our concern".
Rt. The Hon. Speaker, access to quality and affordable care is a right and not a privilege. Access is a way to create a strong, productive, responsive, and creative workforce, well placed to create a vibrant, resilient and progressive society. Mr President, CSU is not only a matter of citizens' health, it is in fact a question of the strength of the country, reflected in the health of its citizens, rooted in the quality of their thinking.
The continuation of UHC for all Ghanaians by 2020 by the Ministry of Health with the blessing of President Nana Akufo-Addo is achievable, feasible and achievable. The re-launching of this lawsuit is right in this debate in this chamber. I salute all the brave workers who live daily to promote healthy living, save the sick and care for the weak.
Rt. The Hon. President, thank you again, I am grateful to you.
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