Annual Programme of Work 2009 - Ministry of Health

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• 5 additional Alcohol Anonymous and 2 additional Narcotic Anonymous Self Help groups established • 50 bed equipped detoxification and rehabilitation ward open • Close collaboration established with 12 traditional healing centres • 2 laboratories upgraded at Accra and Ankaful Hospital • 3 occupational therapists engaged for the 3 psychiatric hospitals • Mental health law passed by parliament Collaborators Ministry of Health, Ghana Health Service, Narcotics Control Board, AIDS Commission, Min. of Education, Ghana Medical Association, Medical and Dental Council, Nurses and Midwifes Council, Pharmacy Council, NGOs, Traditional Leaders 6.3. NATIONAL AMBULANCE SERVICE The National Ambulance Service (NAS) was formed as an agency of the Ministry of Health with responsibility of providing pre-hospital emergency care for victims of road traffic accidents, domestic accidents and other medical emergencies. The NAS strives to provide the best quality of preventive and emergency care, operating and strategically locating well equipped ambulances, and collaborating with national and international colleagues in health care and emergency services, The policy thrust for 2009 is to assist in actualizing the sector’s goal of improving maternal and neonatal health, by providing timely ,quality , efficient and effective pre-hospital emergency care to victims of accidents and the critically ill especially obstetric and neonatal cases. Priority Activities: • Adhere to planned preventive maintenance schedules • Expand ambulance coverage by establishing 10 additional stations: • Recruit and train150 additional ambulance crew • Renovate 4 existing ambulance stations • Procurement 25 new ambulances for replacement • Collaborate with National and International colleagues in health care and emergency services Expected Results • Increased number of ambulance crew from 230 to 380 • 10 new ambulance stations opened Collaborators Ghana National Fire Service, Teaching & Specialized Hospitals, Regional/ District Hospitals, CHIPS centres, Private Hospitals and Maternity Homes, College of physicians and surgeons 32
6.4. REGULATION 6.4.1. FOOD AND DRUGS BOARD The Food and Drugs Board was established by the Food and Drugs Law, 1992 (PNDCL 305B) to regulate the manufacturing exportation, and distribution of food, drugs, cosmetics medical devices and household chemicals in Ghana. This law has since been amended by the Food and Drugs (Amendment) Act 523, 1996 to provide for the fortification of salt to alleviate nutritional deficiencies and to bring the provision of the law in conformity with the 1992 constitution of the public of Ghana. In pursuance of the Board’s agenda of decentralization to provide service to the whole country the Board established two (2) new zonal offices at Sunyani and Tamale and a border post at Aflao in 2008. The Board also linked its software activities at the Kotoka International Airport and the Tema seaport onto the GCNet and collaborated with a number of institutions to improve services. Regulating food and drugs remains a key challenge to the Board. The policy thrust for 2009 focuses on the promotion of consumer participation in food safety interventions, supporting food processors at key levels in the food supply chain to upgrade knowledge and improve upon quality of food offered for sale and strengthening of collaboration with other agencies to minimize influx of sub-standard products into the Ghanaian market. Priority Activities • Develop relevant regulations to ensure food and drug safety • Enhance public awareness on food and drugs safety • Train identified food processors at the schools, street joints, chop bars and local restaurants • Enforce regulatory mandates through increased involvement of the metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies • Promote local production and increase access to supplies and logistics including food, pharmaceutical and traditional medicines • Improve and strengthen systems for continuous monitoring and assurance of quality, efficacy and safety of food and medicines including traditional medicines • Implement the administrative guidelines for issuing compulsory licensing, parallel importation and Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) flexibilities particularly with regard to certain foods and antiretroviral drugs • Finalize the framework and manual for pharmaco-vigilance Expected Results • Food processors trained to apply basic principles in ensuring food safety • Quality of food offered to consumers improved • Consumer knowledge and appreciation of food and drug safety issues improved • Effectiveness of enforcement of regulatory mandates improved. • Framework and manual for pharmaco-vigilance developed 33
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