Dr. Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, Director General, Ghana Health Service (GHS), has urged mothers and caregivers to prioritise the wellbeing of children. Dr Kuma-Aboagye said being conscious of the progress of their babies and adhering to the nutritional needs, vaccinations as well as the growth rate of their children were key, as it would ensure total protection and safeguard their future.
The Director General advised the mothers and caregivers when the GHS and partners toured the child Welfare Clinics at the Abokobi and Agbogba health and outreach Centres in the Ga East Municipality. The monitoring formed part of activities to commemorate the African Vaccination Week, Child health promotion week and COVID-19 campaign week. The first point visited was at Abokobi Health centre and Child Welfare Clinc (CWC) and later visited the Agbogba outreach centre, being operated within a Church premises, offering services such as immunization, weighing, education and counselling on nutrition and family planning, Covid-19 vaccination, and Births registration.
The Director General, who interacted with the health workers at the facilities, commended their efforts, encouraging them to improve their services. He emphasised the need to intensify education and counselling on vaccination, nutrition, and family planning services to caregivers. “It is important to check the growth rate of their children, checking to see if the child is doing well or not, educating them on the type of food to eat and whe.
