Improving health care access for all Ghanaians
CRIB
CHAG’s flagship programme on COVID-19, CRIB which sought to support government’s efforts on COVID-19 response; build capacity of CHAG institutions to continuously provide basic and essential services; and share new knowledge on the novel COVID-19 virus through research, entered its second year of implementation in 2021. The project, funded by FCDO, was implemented in 15 out of the 16 regions and in 40 districts where CHAG facilities are the designated district hospitals.
The project made significant contributions to the national efforts in the 40 implementing districts. Critical needs related to COVID-19 for communities in the 40 districts in 2021 were addressed through the project. These needs include fears and anxiety, informational needs on COVID-19, COVID testing, Case Management, vaccine hesitancy, among others.
The Project addressed information needs, fears, and anxiety through radio education on COVID-19 routinely in all the 40 districts on monthly basis and organized press briefings to same communities. In many ways, through the radio education sessions, press briefings, community durbars, and citizens update, residents were offered the opportunity to engage and ask questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Towards the end of 2021 CHAG partnered the GHS to expand vaccine uptake in selected regions with low vaccine uptake. To support the exercise, 940 Samsung computer tablets funded by FCDO were donated to GHS to be given to five regions: Upper West, Bono East, Bono, Central and Western North.
FCDO funds supported the establishment of three (3) fully functional High Dependency Units (HDUs) in three facilities in three zones. The HDUs contributed to managing very severe COVID-19 cases in rural areas without referring them to National Treatment Centers. Additionally, forty (40) isolation units were created in the implementing facilities to allow suspected cases to be isolated whilst waiting for their laboratory results.
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