The Daffiama-Bussie-Issa district is celebrating the opening of a new, ultra-modern CHPS Compound, donated by the Japanese Embassy in Ghana. The facility brings essential health services much closer to thousands of residents in and around Kenkellen.
I will be grateful if the embassy could organise some exchange programs for the staff who are sacrificing to stay here, especially in the rainy season
This facility is a game-changer, especially for the Fulbe settlers who previously had to travel several miles to Kojokperi for health care.
The district is currently home to over 38,000 people, but is served by just one medical doctor. This new CHPS compound is a significant step in closing that healthcare gap.
Cletus Augustine, Community Rep, speaking on behalf of the community, lauded the people of Japan and their partners for turning a long-standing need into a reality. He said that the facility would provide health care for his relations in the area.
“This compound would bring Essential Health care to our closer to our mothers, Children, the elderly and the entire community. It would reduce suffering and save lives,” he added.
The new facility is built to a new design standard set by the Ghana Health Service for CHP compounds. It has
This compound would bring Essential Health care to our closer to our mothers, Children, the elderly and the entire community. It would reduce suffering and save lives
The District Health director, Madam Genevieve Yiripar explained that the edifice is a real intention of bringing quality health care to the people, as it is a well-equipped edifice to provide health services and called on the Embassy to organise exchange programs for the staff serving in the area.
“I will be grateful if the embassy could organise some exchange programs for the staff who are sacrificing to stay here, especially in the rainy season”
Daffiama-Bussie-Issa district currently has 27 functional CHPS Compounds, but seven operational areas are still without infrastructure, which also demands interventions
Hon. James Wor, the District Chief Executive for the district, said quality health care has been a challenge for the community and is glad it has been solved and called on the embassy to continue to intervene growth of the area.
He thanked the people of Japan for improving the lives of the people of Kenkellen and the surrounding communities for
‘Let me, at this juncture, add my voice in appreciating and thanking the Japanese embassy. Your intervention is very timely”. he added
Let me, at this juncture, add my voice in appreciating and thanking the Japanese embassy. Your intervention is very timely
The deputy Head of Mission for the Japanese Embassy in Ghana, Naoki Mitori, said Ghana is the African country most Japanese people know about among the 54 African countries. He bragged that Ghana’s premium quality cocoa beans are being used for the production of a popular Chocolate brand known as Ghana, which is very common in shops and supermarkets in Japan.
Naoki Motori also gave a brief history of Ghana and the Republic of Japan in the health sector, dating back to a time when Hideyo Noguchi, a renowned bacteriologist, conducted significant research on syphilis and yellow fever in Ghana and West Africa. Noguchi’s work led to a deeper understanding of these diseases, and he is honoured in Japan for his contributions to medical science around the world.
This CHP’s compound consists of an outpatient department, consulting rooms, delivery rooms, treatment room, recovery room, washrooms and supply of medical equipment and furniture
He, however, gave a detailed description of the facility for the people of Kenkellen and its area.
“This CHP’s compound consists of an outpatient department, consulting rooms, delivery rooms, treatment room, recovery room, washrooms and supply of medical equipment and furniture”, he said. It also consists of four bedrooms for nurses’ accommodation with a washroom, a kitchen and a mechanised borehole for the facility.
The project is a US$69,847 grant from the people of Japan to provide non-refundable financial assistance for small-scale development projects that directly benefit people at the community level, known as the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects.
