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General news for Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Source: Class FM
2021-03-17
The Minister of Foreign Affairs (second from left) with the CRS delegation
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration, Ms Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, is urging NGOs around the world to partner with the government of Ghana to provide good health care to citizens with the premise of the overarching goal of building a nation beyond help.
The minister made the remarks when she received a delegation from Catholic Relief Services (CRS) that included West Africa Regional Director Jennifer Overton on Wednesday, March 17, 2021, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration.
The purpose of the courtesy call was to provide highlights of the organization’s work in Ghana over the past 63 years, as well as share CRS’s five-year strategic plan.
Since 1958, CRS Ghana has established itself as a Ghanaian development partner with a special focus on working to address poverty with a holistic approach, including projects that improve child and maternal health; increase access to safe water and sanitation.
In her comments, the minister praised CRS’s gesture and took the time to outline some projects that the government of Ghana is implementing in an attempt to improve people’s lives.
Being a government that is focused on the post-COVID-19 economic recovery, the minister explained that some emblematic projects started by President Akufo-Addo in his first term, are being reviewed with the aim of ensuring a healthy population.
“All of these things, along with the CHPS compounds that are spread across the country, as well as the government’s investment in what we call Agenda 111, which ensures that every district, municipality in Ghana has a hospital and we constantly advance, Se it is progressing a lot and very soon we should see that these health facilities are finished, equipped and the necessary human resources are put in place, “he said.
For her part, Ms Jennifer Overton reassured the minister of an ongoing partnership with Ghana to improve health care delivery across the country.
To address the gaps and challenges associated with the COVID-19 response, CRS, in collaboration with the Catholic Diocesan Health Directorates in the Oti, North, Northeast, and Southeast regions, is implementing the COVID-Emergency Response Fund Project. 19 (COERF). .
As an intervention that supports Catholic-owned healthcare facilities and their catchment communities, the initiative seeks to fill identified gaps by supporting partners to help implement interventions to protect frontline healthcare workers, disrupt potential community outreach of the virus and provide safety nets for the most vulnerable households.
