{"id":152723,"date":"2015-09-18T08:06:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-18T08:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=152723"},"modified":"2015-09-18T14:59:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-18T14:59:48","slug":"govt-invests-over-1-billion-in-health-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/govt-invests-over-1-billion-in-health-infrastructure\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov’t invests over $1 billion in health infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"
President John Dramani Mahama, on Wednesday, inaugurated the National Medical Outreach Services at the Western Naval Command in Sekondi, announcing that government has invested more than one billion dollars to improve health facilities over the past five years.<\/p>\n
He said this has improved healthcare delivery to the citizenry and increased the average life expectancy of Ghanaians from 47 years as at the time of the country\u2019s independence to 63 years at the moment.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”yxepXNAaw24trPEE44SBiaKk5O4lrIdz”]He noted that currently, the development of countries globally are no more measured based on the size of their economies, natural resources or gross domestic product but their Human Development Index.<\/p>\n
This, he said takes into consideration critical services such as access to healthcare services, clean water, electricity, rate of maternal and infant mortality and general welfare of the people.<\/p>\n
The outreach services christened, \u201cOnuado\u201d (brotherly love) is aimed at sending healthcare services to the doorsteps of the citizenry, especially those at the deprived communities in order to bridge the equity gap in healthcare delivery.<\/p>\n
The programme is being co-ordinated by the Ghana Health Service, and would provide interactive health education in communities to promote healthy life styles and prevent diseases.<\/p>\n
President Mahama indicated that eight vans has been secured as part of the first phase of the programme, which would offer treatment for general medical conditions, dental services, ophthalmology (eye services) as well as ear, throat and nose services in 43 districts across the country.<\/p>\n
He said government over the years has made strides in the healthcare delivery and expanded district, regional and national health facilities including, teaching hospitals, military hospitals, polyclinics and community-based health planning system compounds in all the 10 regions.<\/p>\n