Inadequate CHPS impeding Ghana's universal health coverage – MPs

Health News Monday, April 8, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-04-08

Kade MP Kwabena Ohemeng Tinyase is advocating for more community-based health planning (CHPS) community-based compounds to help make health care accessible to all.

He argues that most rural communities do not have these CHPS compounds, which complicates the task of pregnant women, especially safe deliveries.

The legislator addressed parliament to mark World Health Day 2019 on "Universal Health Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere."
He therefore wants the government to give priority to supporting CHPS compounds to improve the delivery of primary health care in the country.

"There is a lot to do in terms of accessibility. In my rural communities, every day, we demand more CHPS compounds. It is very difficult for most of our maternal mothers to have early access to health care in CHPS complexes. And to the extent that we try to ensure that every individual gets health opportunities wherever he is, the effort of decentralizing through these compounds is the best we have. I therefore support the idea that we may need to develop a pragmatic program to ensure that we will have more grbadroots, accessible to people. "

Point by Ayawaso West, MP

At the same time, Lydia Seyram, Member of Parliament for Ayawaso West Wuogon and Member of Parliament's Health Committee, also attributed the difficulties in providing universal health care to staff shortages in CHPS centers across the country. the country.

"The CHPS facility has an average of 5,000 people and is the most decentralized form of health in the country. We have more than 6,000 CHPS facilities in Ghana. The concept makes health care in terms of almost universal physical facilities. The challenge in achieving universal health care now lies in the staffing of these facilities and in the mechanisms that allow CHPS centers to be functional and highly effective service delivery centers. "

We will work with MS to achieve universal health coverage – Pharmaceutical Society

The Ghana Pharmaceutical Company (PSGH) is willing to partner with the Ministry of Health to provide primary health care nationwide.

In a statement on the occasion of World Health Day 2019, the company said that a partnership with the Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization would contribute to the achievement of the universal health coverage in Ghana.

"As we celebrate World Health Day 2019, the General Hospital for Public Health would like to draw the attention of all stakeholders in the health sector and the general public to the fact that pharmacists are ready to work in partnership with WHO and the Ministry of Health to support in primary health care for achieving universal health coverage in Ghana. "

The group also noted that the pharmacy council is currently working with all pharmacy training institutions to improve the qualifications required to practice in the country.

In their view, this would enable pharmacists to offer improved and expanded health services.

"Thanks to these developments, the knowledge, skills and competencies of the country's pharmacists would be strengthened to enable them to offer improved and expanded health services to improve access and improve their health." to ensure universal health coverage through primary health care, the statement added.