Workshop for community health insurance volunteers ends
The Coalition for the Development of the Western Corridor of the Northern Region (NORTHCODE) and its implementing partner, the Tuna Women Development Programme (TUWODEP), have organised a training workshop to build the capacities of 50 Community Health Insurance Committee Volunteers (CHIC) at Tuna in the Sawla – Tuna –Kalba District in the Northern Region.
The participants were drawn from Saru, Nakwabi, Soma, Yipala, Gindabour, Kulmasa, Kunfusi, Gbiniyiri, Nakpala and Sanyari.
The NORTHCODE/ STAR-GHANA western corridor improved health insurance and healthcare project is being undertaken in the Sawla-Tuna-Kalba area of the Northern Region. The programmes Manager of Tuna Women Development Programme (TUWODEP), Mr Raphael Ali Yenbapono, who opened the workshop, told the participants to take the training very seriously since it would enhance their knowledge in the work they were doing.
The objective of the training, among others, was to increase and enhance the knowledge of the community health insurance committee volunteers to enable them to educate and mobilise the people and community members to register with the National Health Insurance Scheme, and renew their cards when they expire. It was sponsored by STAR Ghana, an international non–governmental organisation.
They were also to educate the community and to make the CHPS compounds their first port of call any time they were sick. The District Manager of the National Health Insurance Scheme, Mr Mahama Sakara, took the volunteers through training strategies and how to educate people on the importance of the scheme.
He advised the participants to endeavour to convince people to register and renew their expired cards in order to gain access to healthcare at various health institutions.
He said the scheme did not discriminate and, therefore, people should not feel reluctant to register.
The Programmes Manager of Tuna Women Development Programme (TUWODEP), Mr Raphael Ali Yenbapono, commended STAR Ghana for sponsoring the programme and was hopeful that it would go a long way to improve upon the knowledge of the participants in health delivery.
By George Folley/Daily Graphic/Ghana
