By: Regina Agana Akanteba
The Minister of Health, Kwaku Agyemang Manu, says government is not relenting in its efforts at ensuring quality healthcare delivery in the country. Government is therefore investing in the training of more nurses and midwives.
Mr. Agyeman-Manu, said the national health policy has been revised to increase access to quality essential healthcare for all by 2030.
The Minister, whose speech was read by the Director of Nursing and Midwifery, Dr. Barnabas Yeboah at the 10th Anniversary of the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives, in Accra, said government is implementing policies towards efficient healthcare services.
”Let me reiterate that government through its agenda 111 project is advancing steadily and we will soon inaugurate some of the completed health facilities. This is part of government’s efforts to bring the provision of health service to the door step of Ghanaians and way towards attaining. Let me also add that Ghana remains committed to ensuring the prevention and control of non-communical diseases and that is why the country has developed the National Health policy and strategy to provide policy guidance and strategies to prevent NCDs in Ghana. The Ministry has also reviewed the national health policy for 2022-2025 and the UHC road map 2020-2030. The purpose of these policies and plans is to increase access to quality essential healthcare and population-based services for all by 2030.”
The 10th anniversary of Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives also coincided with the launch of a Research and Scholarship Fund, to support needy but brilliant members of the college, as well as sponsor research-based activities of the College.
President of Ghana College of the Nurses and Midwives, Professor Victoria Bam, said 10 years of training healthcare practitioners, is a milestone worth celebrating.
She called for financial support towards building a permanent place for the College.
“This means a lot to us because it’s an occasion to make the college more visible. And going forward, we have a lot of things that the college would want to do to be able to contribute to addressing the health needs of the citizenry in Ghana. So, for us as a college, what we have in mind going forward is to build the capacity. “
The Rector of Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives, Hannah Oparebea Acquah, says as part of the College’s 10-year strategic plan, there will be capacity building for Faculty, expanding programmes, and running 25 membership and 12 associate membership programmes.
She said the College plans to decentralize training programmes, including all Teaching and Regional Hospitals across the country. She called for support from corporate bodies to enable the College to achieve its agenda.
The theme for the 10th anniversary was “A decade of Nursing and Midwifery Specialist Education in Ghana: innovative and High impact interventions towards universal health coverage “.
