Without precedent for the historical backdrop of experience growing up vaccination in Ghana, upsetting news from the Ministry of Health demonstrated that critical live saving antibody, quite Measles Rubella and the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) are hard to find.
A stressing improvement that is probably going to crash the huge additions made throughout the long term that has put Ghana on the worldwide stage as one of the top achievers in immunization organization and inclusion.
Whiles recognizing the Ghana Health Service, the Ministry of Health and its accomplices, for example, UNICEF-Ghana, Worldwide Antibody Partnership for guaranteeing smooth execution of the Extended Program on Inoculation (EPI), RISE-Ghana notes with grave concern the new turn of events and wish to bring to the earnest consideration of partners to the accompanying worries:
1. The Government of Ghana/Ministry of Finance ought to promptly set-up a committed record for incomes building from the Coronavirus duty to act as a secret stash in accordance with the asset pooling capability under the wellbeing reinforcing frameworks approach.
2. Enact solid organizations between Common Society, Government, Confidential Area and Improvement accomplices to carry out a gamble correspondence and instruction program to keep up with immunization certainty and moderate the likely trepidation and frenzy.
3. Whiles it is invigorating that, the much-anticipated and novel Public Immunization Foundation Bill has been endorsed by parliament anticipating Official consent, we wish to stress that, the GHANA Youngster Can hardly Pause and we can't bear to a lose a solitary kid because of this ongoing lack of much-required immunizations.
4. As the main country on the planet to sign on the United Nations Show of the Privileges of the Youngster (UNCR), Ghana should make great her moral and legitimate commitment to maintain and advance "the wellbeing of the kid" in all viewpoints and particularly during this troublesome seasons of worldwide antibody stress.
5. The call for general wellbeing rainy day account supported by Common Society gatherings, for example, SEND-Ghana ought to be given the earnest and most elevated level political will it merits.
6. Finally, the latest thing ought to be a reminder for a public talk on dire recommendations for Ghana to, in the expressions of his Excellency President Akuffo Addo "we can deliver our own immunizations locally".
7. We recognize the courageous wellbeing labor force and partners for their supported obligation to keeping up with the increases throughout the long term.
Much obliged to you.
Yours genuinely
Awal Ahmed Kariama
Executive Director f for Rise Ghana