Health News of Wednesday, 29 January 2020Source: ghananewsagency.orgCSOs advocates for Gender Equality and Social InclusionSome reps of Civil Society OrganisationsRepresentatives of Civil Society Organisations (CSO) and the media, on Tuesday, met in Accra to advocate state institutions to be more accountable in meeting Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) commitments in Universal Health Coverage (UHC). The meeting was organized by the Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights (ARHR), a Ghanaian Non-governmental Organisation, with sponsorship from the STAR-Ghana Foundation. She said lack of disability friendly services including privacy for adolescent sexual and reproductive health services, as well as proximity of health facilities to PWDs. “The Community health Worker Manual and the Patient’s Rights Charter, is to allow client to hold healthcare service providers accountable for any lapses in punctuality, conduct or care,” she added. They further identified the issue of negative and unprofessional attitudes often exhibited by some healthcare professionals towards patients including PWDs.

Source: GhanaWeb January 28, 2020 20:48 UTC