CHPS COMPOUND INAUGURATED AT GUO (PAGE 25)

A GH¢25,000 Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound has been inaugurated at Guo in the Lawra District in the Upper West Region.
In his inaugural address, the District Chief Executive (DCE), Mr Samson Abu, stated that the CHPS concept sought to make basic health information and services accessible to every member of the community.
“It will also reduce the reported cases of common ailments such as diarrhoea and malaria diseases and also serve as a safe-value for the prevention of epidemic situation in our communities”, he added.
Mr Abu said for the facility to achieve its ultimate purpose of rendering quality and sustainable growth and development to the people of Guo and its environs, they had to cultivate the habit of willingly availing themselves to the facility whenever the need arose.
According to him, it was only through that attitude that the facility would serve its intended purpose.
Mr Abu, therefore, appealed to the chiefs and opinion leaders in the Guo community to inculcate the culture of patronising the health facility into the people.
“Let me also appeal to the chief and elders of Guo to support and give their maximum co-operation to the health staff posted to the community”, he advised the people.
Touching on HIV/AIDS, the DCE expressed concern about the high prevalence rate of 10.9 per cent in the district, which he described as a serious threat to the survival, growth and development of the people in the area.
Mr Abu, therefore, appealed to the people to stick to the ABC methods of abstinence, faithfulness and the use of condoms to stay alive.