The Performing Director Normal of the Ghana Well being Service (GHS), Professionalfessor Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, has referred to as for an integration of all divisions of the Service to boost its operations and progress.
In line with him, the dearth of integration of the divisions of the GHS to allow them to work in shut collaboration over the previous years had slowed its progress.
He stated that the mixing of the varied divisions of the GHS to boost its operations and progress may very well be achieved by means of collective collaboration and the inclusion of workers participation.
Prof. Akoriyea made the decision on the annual efficiency evaluation of the GHS held on the Well being Promotion Division in Accra yesterday.
The aim of the performance evaluation was to evaluate the efficiency of the GHS final 12 months to establish the progress that was made, the challenges confronted, and likewise profess options to the challenges.
Talking on the occasion, Prof. Akoriyea stated the scenario the place a number of the divisions had been under-resourced as in comparison with others was not encouraging.
He, subsequently, urged the Director of the Coverage, Planning, Monitoring and Analysis division to make sure that assets had been pulled for the good thing about all the employees of the varied divisions and guarantee their integration.
Moreover, Prof. Akoriyea charged the administrators of the various divisions to advertise inclusive participation of employees and likewise be sure that they ship companies successfully.
“My consideration has been drawn to the truth that a few of you the administrators, deputy administrators and programme managers of the varied divisions typically ignore the GHS workers who’ve been employed to work with you and reasonably give the job to volunteers,” he acknowledged.
“I’m additionally effectively knowledgeable that there are drivers who’ve by no means gone on a trek whereas they’re different drivers who’re all the time on trek. That isn’t a superb factor, and we have to change. We have to do issues the place each GHS employee participates actively to boost its operations and progress,” Prof. Akoriyea added.
The Ag Director Normal additionally promised to make sure the equal allocation of assets to the varied divisions, particularly the analysis and improvement division to be able to improve their analysis work.
Furthermore, he stated that the research centres throughout the nation, the Ghana School of Physicians and Surgeons and the Navrongo College would now be affiliated to the GHS to allow workers who conduct analysis to turn into affiliate professors and never consultants.
Prof. Akoriyea promised to supervise the rebounding of the GHS and prioritise the welfare of workers of the Service.
There have been displays by the administrators of the varied divisions of the GHS through the evaluation to evaluate their performance final 12 months.
A few of the divisions that had been current on the efficiency evaluation had been the Well being Promotion Division, the Human Resupply Division, the Institutional Care Division, Household Well being Division, Analysis and Development Division, Public Well being Division, Coverage, Planning, Monitoring, and Analysis Division and the Workplace of the Director Normal of the GHS.
BY BENJAMIN ARCTON-TETTEY