UK donates vehicles, motorbikes to MOH

The United Kingdom has donated vehicles and motorcycles costing 9.9 billion cedis to the Ministry of Health (MOH) in support of Ghana's health delivery system.

They comprise 45 pick-ups, 100 motorbikes, 10 salon cars, five buses and two trucks. They would be used in support of health care activities in rural and hard-to-reach areas.

The donation forms part of a 250-billion-cedi budget agreed with development partners under the ministry's five-year programme for the provision of essential equipment and services.

Mr. Rod Pullen, British High Commissioner, said effective transport resources are essential for the health services. "One aspect of the British government's involvement in the health sector has, therefore, been to assist in the development by the ministry of an effective policy for transport, adopting a strategic approach, especially towards vehicle procurement and maintenance," he said.

Professor Kwaku Danso-Boafo, Minister of Health said MOH is committed to its policy of decentralisation to make good quality health care accessible to all.

The British government, through its Department for International Development (DFID) has spent about 18.2 billion cedis on vehicles for MOH since 1998.