Rebecca Akufo-Addo cuts grass for the new health center

Health News Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Source: dailyguidenetwork.com

2019-05-21

First Lady of the Republic of Ghana H.E. Ms. Rebecca Akufo-Addo announced today on May 21, 2019 the construction of a fully equipped 16-bed health center in Kwame Anum, in Ga South Municipality.

Built with funding from the Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation, the center would serve more than 82,000 people in Kofi Anum, Ashalaja and other surrounding communities.

It would complement the services provided by the Obom Health Center, Obom's only health facility in the sub-district.

Ms. Akufo-Addo, founder of the Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation, addressed dignitaries at the ceremony, stating that her organization was firmly convinced that access to quality care was a right fundamental human being, and that she was so pbadionate when it came to bringing health care to the door. Ghanaians.

She said that "part of what we do" is "to provide health facilities to communities in urgent need, and the Obom sub-district is one of the most of these communities ".

She urged organizations and institutions to support the quest for a universal primary health status.

The First Lady stated that "for everyone to have reasonable access to quality health care, regardless of their place of residence, each community deserves to benefit from a range of preventive and curative health care services provided by providers. qualified. "

Ms. Akufo-Addo expressed optimism that the new facility, once completed by the end of the year, would have sufficient staff to provide the necessary essential services and that seconded health workers would work tirelessly to provide the desired quality of care.

This, she said, would go a long way toward relieving the Obom health center while bringing quality health care closer and making it accessible to the public.

On behalf of the Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation, Ms. Akufo-Addo thanked Ga-South's political leaders, traditional leaders and opinion leaders for their support in the project's success and asked that They continue to protect workers and equipment on the site. to complete the project on time, in the interest of all.

She took the opportunity to encourage sleep under treated mosquito nets to prevent malaria, and advised pregnant women to go to antenatal clinics, get tested for HIV, and get pregnant. exclusively badfeed their babies for at least six months to improve their health.

Kwame Anum's chief, Nii Kwame Anum, expressing his deep gratitude to Ms. Akufo-Addo and the Infanta Malaria Prevention Foundation for choosing their community for setting up the health center, described her as a timely relief from the rapid rate of population increase in the South Ga district and the resulting pressure on social infrastructure.