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By
Linda Naa Deide Aryeetey / Priscilla N. Nyamekye, RNG
Accra, April 26th, GNA –
The Ministry of Health and its development partners signed an agreement on Friday
Aide Mémoire in Accra to show its commitment to improving health
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
With the singing of
the entities have agreed to work together to maximize efforts to
that all Ghanaians, regardless of their location or social clbad, have access to
primary health care (PHC) without any barriers.
The memory reflects
all the discussions and conclusions came to the health summit that just ended in
Accra, it should serve as a guide for, implement and achieve the objectives
objectives and recommendations.
The health summit is
organized annually by the Ministry of Health, its agencies and development agencies.
partners to review and evaluate national health interventions and develop
new strategies to improve the delivery of health care.
This year's summit
on Health Financing, How to Accelerate Efforts to Achieve Goals
the SDGs, and was on the theme; "Ghana's movement towards universal health
Coverage (UHC) ".
Ms. Ozawa Maki, a
senior representative of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), who
signed on behalf of development partners commended Ghana for organizing a
successful and productive summit.
She said that JICA
Seeking strong commitments from other partners and the ministry
help improve health services in all regions of the country.
Mr. Kwaku Ageman-Manu,
the Minister of Health who also signed on behalf of the Ministry and its partners
thanked the development partners for their continued commitment to the course
from the Ministry of Health over the years.
He observed that the
timing of the signing of the memorandum did not fit well with the departmental budget
cycle and posed implementation challenges for the department by saying, "I am
convinced that with your support and our collective efforts, we can offer
most of the provisions of the aide-mémoire ".
He stated that the
The Ministry of Health intended to review the concept of primary health care
community, sub-districts at the district level to
ensure functionality.
The Ministry,
according to him worked tirelessly to finalize Ghana's universal health program
Care Map (UHC) at the time to guide collective efforts to achieve the goal of PHC
on time
"We will continue and
take advantage of broader commitments with other departments so that we can
working collectively to improve the health of our population, "he said.
Mr. Manu stated that
Ministry will have from next year another sector play an important role in
annual health summit to make multisectoral collaboration a reality.
GNA
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