As part of efforts to improve health care delivery in rural communities in the country, the Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur has launched a national policy to guide healthcare delivery at the community level.
He did this on Tuesday at Loho in the Nadowli-Kaleo District of the Upper West Region.
Mr. Arthur used the opportunity to launch the Community Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compound Policy and inaugurated 64 CHPS Compounds in the Region.
The projects were constructed by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) all over the 11 districts in the Region.
Government and JICA funded the projects which cost 989 million Japanese Yuan.
Speaking on behalf of President John Dramani Mahama, the Vice President said bringing basic health care to the doorstep of Ghanaians, especially those in undeserved and hard-to-reach communities, was a key priority of Government and a critical strategy in its effort to change lives and transform Ghana.
He said that was because government recognised that inequality in access to health care and therefore prioritized efforts aimed at bridging such equity gaps across Ghana.
The objective, Vice President Amissah Arthur said was to ensure that majority of Ghanaians obtained health services without suffering any difficulties, including geographical and financial access, an integral part of the Health Sector Medium Term Development Plan 2014 to 2017.
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By: citifmonline.com