The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has donated a $220,000 mobile health clinic van to facilitate medical outreach for Ghanaians.
The Van was on Tuesday 17th December 2024 handed over to the HopeXchange Medical Center in Kumasi in the Ashanti region.
The mobile clinic is equipped with an ultrasound machine and printer, an echocardiogram machine, two examination beds, three consulting rooms, air conditioners, a refrigerator for vaccines, a generator, power system, and more.
The HopeXchange Medical Center will manage and operate the clinic and provide specialized medical screenings to communities in the Ashanti Region and beyond.
“With the introduction of this mobile clinic, preventive, promotive and curative health services will be brought to the doorsteps of those who are unable to travel to Kumasi,” said USAID/Ghana Health Office Director, Dr. Zohra Balsara during the mobile clinic handover event. “The beauty of the HopeXchange model is that everyone has the right to the highest level of quality health care, embodying a true vision of equity, ” she added.
The HopeXchange Medical Center is a state-of-the-art health care facility managed by the Christian Health Authority of Ghana (CHAG) that serves four million people across Ghana. Since 2013, USAID has provided $3.5 million to HopeXchange to among other things, establish and equip its pathology laboratory for the Women’s Cancer Center, support clinical and research programs, and construct a maternal-child health center with a labor and delivery suite, neonatal and pediatric intensive care units, and an adolescent clinic.
The HopeXchange Medical Center also has a dedicated outreach team of clinicians that conduct routine outreach to communities.
In the last year (October 2023 – September 2024), the outreach team reached 12,517 people across 63 communities in the Ashanti and Bono East Regions. The Mobile Clinic Van will enable the outreach team to significantly expand its community services.
The United States is Ghana’s largest bilateral development partner. In the past year, USAID has provided over $150 million to support health, economic growth and agriculture, education, governance, and security. Approximately $30 million of this funding is dedicated to maternal and child health, nutrition and family planning.
Source: www.kumasimail.com /IJB
