Dr. James Duah, the Deputy Executive Director of the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), has pleaded with the healthcare sector to keep the COVID-19 pandemic in mind at all times.
Because "cases are still being recorded at the district level," he urged Ghanaians to keep up with the COVID-19 protocol.
"We saw positive instances being reported as we were returning from the field." Dr. Duah stated in an interview on the CHAG's COVID-19 response and institutional capacity-building (CRIB) program that among them were serious instances in the Central Region.
Project CRIB
In 40 areas where CHAG institutions are the designated district hospitals, the program is assisting in reducing the effects of COVID-19.
Since July 2020, CHAG has been enhancing the government's COVID-19 response in 40 districts with funding from the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO).
The CRIB project aimed to monitor and assess COVID-19's effects on the provision of healthcare services, build institutional capacity to support the continuation of basic healthcare services, and share lessons learned about putting COVID-19 response measures into action.
The 33-month initiative, which was initiated in 2020, also aimed to enhance the nation's healthcare systems to continue the provision of basic medical services and mobilize all resources for effective COVID-19 reaction activities.
For a variety of purposes, including ICU beds and PPE, the initiative gave the recipient hospitals direct funds totaling more than GH6.0 million. Equipment, such as monitors and ventilators, PPE, ICU beds, and other supplies, was given to the facilities.
The remaining months sought to increase vaccination rates and the caliber of health services provided to vulnerable groups, including women, girls, children, and people with disabilities (PWD), in four chosen regions, as opposed to the first two years' focus on 39 districts in 15 of the 16 regions, where CHAG facilities are the designated district hospitals.
Capacity-building
Dr. Duah briefed the Daily Graphic on the study and noted that the CRIB initiative to develop health facilities to provide vital services included personnel training and logistics equipment.
He said that a training course on case management, screening and triaging, COVID-19 testing, and contact lenses had helped 6,998 members of the medical team in total.
The Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), the Ghana Health Service (GHS), and quasi-government hospitals in 39 districts, where the CHAG undertook the CRIB project, were among those taught, according to Dr. Duah.
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