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The Church of the Province of West Africa (CPWA) is made up of Ghana, Togo, Sierra Leone and Cameroon. Population is estimated at about 35.6 million people 70% of which are Christians.
The CPWA-Health Ministry is responsible for securing wholeness of people by safeguarding and improving the health of the general community through the design, implementation and evaluation of promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services.
The CPWA Health Ministry has a holistic concept of health and works in partnership with other stakeholders to improve the health of people in communities.
Five strategic pillars of the Health Ministry are:
- Preventive and primary health care;
- Human capacity building;
- Community development;
- Young people and women;
- Peace building, partnership and democratic participation.
Intervention Include
- Prevent diseases education and childhood immunization;
- Promotion of healthy practices and healthy lifestyles;
- Treatment of diseases (including mass treatment - outreach) and rehabilitate persons with disease;
- Promoting general socio-economic development;
- Strategic orientations of CPWAs Health Ministry.
Key health concerns are HIV/AIDS, Malaria and tuberculosis. In Ghana, malaria contributes to 44.5% of out - patient department (OPD) cases, 32.9% of in-patients and 22% of all deaths in children under 5 years.
Current interventions in the management of malaria include: appropriate case management, use of insecticide treated nets (ITNs), intermittent, preventive treatment in pregnancy, appropriate home-based care and appropriate environmental management.
In Ghana, it is estimated that there are 400,000 PLWHA and about 70,000 requiring ART. The HIV/AIDS sero-prevalence rate is 2.7%. Current interventions include the ABC, safe blood transfusion, VCT services, PMTCT services, infection control, and management of STDs.
Tuberculosis in Ghana: It is estimated that there are 40,000 new cases yearly with an annual incidence of 211 per 100,000 people. 60%-70% of cases are within economically productive group. The intervention is health education and awareness creation through information, education and communication (IEC) and accurate diagnosis and Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) Short course.
Future Plans of CPWA Health Ministry
- Five strategic pillars of the Health Ministry;
- Preventive, Primary Health Care to deprived people and those in hard-to-reach areas;
- Community Development for young people and women;
- Peace Building, Partnership and good governance;
- Increasing Access to health services and treatment;
- Investing in human resource capacity, quality assurance systems and improving programme efficiency and quality service;
- Avoid duplication through collaboration and Sharing of information and resources;
- Judicious use of scarce resources and Accountability;
- Use of comparative strength and advantage to network with other partners in resource mobilization and capacity building.
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