Government clears all 443 containers with essential drugs at Tema port

Government has finally cleared all 443 containers of essential drugs that had been stuck at the Tema Port since May 2023.

Ernest Ortsin, the Acting Chair of the Country Coordinating Mechanism of the Global Fund, disclosed this to GHOne News.

This action followed the Minority in Parliament giving the government a 24-hour ultimatum to clear all essential commodities donated by the Global Fund.

On June 14 of this year, the Minister of Health promised that the government would clear all the over 120 remaining stuck containers from the port within two weeks.

According to the Global Fund, the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) provided clearance for all the commodities to be removed from the Tema Port.

The only challenge was that the Central Medical Stores, which received the commodities, could offload eight trucks/containers a day.

However, they were forced to stretch to their maximum capacity limit of receiving 16 containers daily.

Meanwhile, 47 containers have already been received by Imperial Health Sciences, a warehousing and logistics management company, which has distributed them to various health facilities.