Well being amenities stay protected regardless of COVID-19 presence

Well being authorities within the Ashanti Area have mentioned well being amenities stay the most secure locations for the therapy of every kind of diseases, regardless of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The authorities have famous that some members of the general public are nonetheless reluctant in accessing healthcare at designated amenities for worry of contracting COVID-19.

The Ghana Well being Service as a part of efforts to handle the event has tasked Well being Promotion Officers to accentuate training on the protection of well being amenities to boost entry to healthcare regardless of the presence of the pandemic.

A communication specialist with the United Nations Youngsters’s Fund (UNICEF), Charity Nikoi who spoke at a three-day coaching for Well being Promotion Officers and representatives of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in well being in Kumasi mentioned members are anticipated to encourage neighborhood members to hunt medical consideration at designated well being amenities.

She mentioned Well being Promotion Officers have a key position to play in making certain that sufferers, particularly pregnant ladies and nursing moms, attend antenatal and little one welfare clinics.

She noticed that “When COVID got here we realized that our immunization and antenatal providers went down, so we wish to construct the resilience of communities to consider and to know that even within the face of pandemics, they need to nonetheless believe and entry our amenities”.

Deputy Regional Director of Well being Providers in Cost of Public Well being within the Ashanti Area, Dr. Michael Rockson Adjei additionally urged members to right the faulty impression created about COVID-19 vaccines by conspiracy theorists after they go to the communities.

He indicated that vaccines had been developed to battle illness and never administered to trace the motion of individuals as claimed by some folks.

The coaching which was put collectively by the Ghana Well being Service (GHS) with assist from UNICEF and its companions centered on Maternal, New child, and Little one Well being and Vitamin (MNCHN) communication throughout emergencies.

It aimed toward constructing the capacities of members to know the essential position of social and neighborhood mobilization to social and behavior change and to know tips on how to plan and execute neighborhood mobilization to assist the implementation of MNCHN.