Dr. Braimah Baba Abubakari addressing participants at the 2024 Annual Sector Performance Review Meeting in Nalerigu
Dr. Braimah Baba Abubakari, the North East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), has expressed worry over the continuous shutdown of health facilities in the region due to conflict situations.
“Several health facilities in the region had to be shut down for several months due to conflicts in those communities,” he disclosed.
According to him, the shutdown of these facilities negatively impacts health delivery in the affected areas in the region.
Addressing participants at the 2024 Annual Sector Performance Review Meeting, Dr. Abubakari revealed that Wenchiki Health Centre in the Chereponi District, Gbegbani CHPS in the Yunyoo District, and Bimbangu and Ngaama CHPS in the Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri District were all shutdown due to conflict-related issues.
However, the Wenchiki Health Centre in the Chereponi District, Gbegbani CHPS in the Yunyoo District have since been reopened while Bimbangu and Ngaama CHPS in the Bunkpurugu-Nakpanduri District are still closed due to the conflict in the areas.
He appealed to the North East Regional Security Council to ensure that there is peace in the region, to enhance healthcare delivery.
The North East Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service also called on chiefs and opinion leaders in the region to resolve their disagreements peacefully to ensure that more professional workers continue to stay in their various communities and deliver healthcare services to their people.
FROM Eric Kombat, Nalerigu