Minister of Health, Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh has announced plans to collaborate with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) to train health professionals as specialists.
The initiative aims to address unemployment in the health sector with over 70,000 trained personnel currently awaiting placement.
Speaking on Channel One TV on Wednesday, October 15, the minister explained that the initiative forms part of the government’s Managed Migration Policy, which seeks to deploy some health workers to partner with other countries facing healthcare shortages.
According to the minister, the health ministry intends to collaborate with UCC to train health professionals to specialize in specific health fields.
He explained that the move is in response to the increasing demand for specialists from countries participating in the Managed Migration Initiative.
“The ministry is collaborating with the University of Cape Coast, trying to get the curricula to be able to train more specialists. Without compromising on quality, we want to have a programme to train more within one year so that they will meet the global standard and we can export some of them, whilst we maintain the optimal workforce we need as a country,” the minister revealed.
Mr. Akandoh also addressed the ministry’s efforts to combat the illegal importation of Opioids, stressing that intensified surveillance and border checks have been initiated to prevent the entry of illicit substances into the country.
“What we have said is that apart from the ports and the Kotoka International Airport, no medications or medicine should come from any of our borders,” he stressed.
Hon. Akandoh stated that banned medications that are found at the borders are confiscated and destroyed, emphasizing the ministry’s resolve to alleviate the menace of indiscriminate abuse of opioids in the country.
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