The Koko and Wallaba Health Posts in Region One were on Wednesday recommissioned.
During brief remarks, the Minister of Health, Dr Frank Anthony stated that the Ministry is working towards improving services across the Region by upgrading all health facilities to better serve residents within those communities.
“We also want to train more persons so we can have the required personnel to provide the services. We have several training programmes which we are currently running and we hope that persons in these villages with the necessary qualifications can be trained”, the Minister said, according to a release from the Ministry of Health.
Among the programmes being offered are the Community Health Worker Training and the Nursing Assistant Training Programme. The Minister also highlighted that telemedicine will also be one of the services that will be rolled out across the Region.
Family and Primary Health Care Director, Dr Ertensia Hamilton, said that the Ministry wishes for the services being provided to be accessed by everyone, including the male population.
“We are hoping that the men will see these health facilities as one where they can visit and access services”, the Director said. Dr Hamilton also disclosed that the School Health Screening Programme will soon be rolled out in both communities.
“By the end of this year, we should be having a group of children who are healthy, because of the investments we will be making in primary health care and the school health screening”, she said.
