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By Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey, RNG
Accra, April
09, RNG – Health Minister Kwaku Agyeman Manu says measures are underway
taken to make the Universal Health Care (UHC) package accessible through the
countries by 2030 to improve the quality of care.
The UHC package
should be a set of health services that meet the health and
aspirations of all Ghanaians, regardless of their age, gender and
status.
It would also be
recognize the different health needs of all people at different stages, ensure
that there is access to curative and preventive services, which support
Common diseases.
The Minister
whose speech was read on his behalf at a press conference in Accra to mark the
observation of World Health Day 2019 (WHD), said the package would present to
evidence-based, high-impact public interventions to promote emergency care,
mental and physical health.
The government
had also started developing a road map for UHC to ensure that Ghanaians
quick access to quality health services, regardless of their ability to pay
at the point of use.
"To reach the
purpose of the CSU; Ghana has identified primary health care as one of the main
implementation strategies for the UHC roadmap in Ghana, "he said.
Key Strategies
envisaged for the implementation of the CSU roadmap, including the increase of the
enrollment in the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and retention of members
and Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS)
fully functional throughout the country.
The others are;
the redesign of the service delivery system to meet the health needs of the population,
increase financial resources in the health sector, as well as the private sector
public sector, engagement of civil society and conservation of human resources for health.
The Minister
the UHC must become a movement and not a buzzword, "it must be a
reality "and promised the government to commit to providing the necessary resources
direction.
Dr. Owen
Kaluwa, representative of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Ghana, welcomed
the country to implement meaningful health interventions.
He stressed
the need for Ghana to strengthen the CHPS system, saying that "Ghana needs to
deliberately define and leverage its existing systems and put all actors on the
board of directors because improving the delivery of health care does not depend on the health sector
only".
Dr. Anastasia
Yirienkyi, Acting Director of Traditional and Alternative Care at the Ministry
Public Health (MS), said that the center was working for more than 100
hospitals have incorporated traditional health care into their services by 2021.
Explain the
inclusion of traditional health care in general health care in Ghana it
currently says there were only 33 selected hospitals offering
medical care across the country.
GNA
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