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By Christopher Arko
Accra, April 8
GNA – Ms. Lydia Seyram Alhbadan,
Member of Parliament Ayawaso West Wuogon delivered her young daughter
declaration to Parliament since its swearing-in on February 5, 2019.
However, minority MPs in Parliament
declined to comment on the statement to stick to their decision not to
recognize her as the winner of the by-election.
The statement
was in commemoration of World Health Day, a global day of health awareness
which is celebrated on April 7 of each year. This year's theme
The celebration is: "Universal Health Care".
Ms. Alhbadan to
his statement acknowledged that Ghana has made tremendous progress in achieving the goals
Universal Health Care (CSU) since the creation of the 4th Republic.
She says
the introduction of "Community Health Planning Services" (CHPS) into the
The 1990s brought basic health care closer to citizens.
She explained
before the CHPS project, the health centers that served more than 50,000 of the
the population was at a driving distance.
Ms. Alhbadan
therefore called for the citation of health facilities in areas of the same
acceptable distance.
She says
Ghanaians should not be forced to travel long distances to access basic services.
Health Services, adding that the CHPS will bring health care to the door of
people.
She said with
more than 6,000 CHPS facilities supporting an average of 5,000 people in the
country makes it one of the most decentralized forms of health in the world.
nation.
Ms. Alhbadan
He also stated that the challenge Ghana posed in its quest for
health care is in the staffing of these health facilities and the machine to
enable CHPS centers to function fully and be highly effective as a service
delivery centers.
according to
recent authorization for the employment of 53,681 health workers, the majority of whom
who are nurses would contribute significantly to staffing management
challenges.
She said
that the government is working with the World Bank, the Ghana Health Service
and the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to remove funding
burden for those who can not afford the services at CHPS.
After Ms
Alhbadan finished his presentation, the president, Professor Aaron Mike
Oquaye invited the parliamentary minority to comment on this statement.
However, Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka,
Chief Whip of Minorities Rejects Presidential Invitation to Minority Caucus
to make their contribution to the declaration.
"Mr. Speaker,
you can pbad, "he replied.
The National
Democratic Congress (NDC) says it claims justice for its supporters
who were badaulted on January 31, 2019, Ayawaso West Wuogon
by-election.
The party
taken out of the polls after saying the atmosphere of violence and
the intimidation was irreconcilable.
GNA
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