Health News of Monday, 1 June 2020Source: GNAGovernment committed to building 88 districts hospitals - Akufo-Addoplay videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoGovernment is committed to the implementation of ‘Agenda 88’ - the building within a year, a fully-equipped, functional district hospital for 88 districts without such facilities. Additionally, it would build a fully-equipped, functional regional hospital for each of the new regions. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, who announced this on Sunday, explained that Agenda 88 included the construction of a new regional hospital for the Western Region and the rehabilitation of Effia Nkwanta Hospital in Sekondi. In his Sunday, May 31 national broadcast to update the nation on the enhanced response to COVID-19, the President said: “We have learnt many lessons from this pandemic. The media, the Ministry of Information and National Commission on Civic Education were also to strengthen their education programmes to promote compliance.

Source: GhanaWeb June 01, 2020 05:03 UTC