GMA PREPARES FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY (Page 20)

Story: George Folley Quaye, Wa

THE Upper West Regional branch of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) has lined up a number of activities to mark the 50th anniversary of the association.
The activities include a symposium on the low enrolments and registering the poor in the National Health Insurance Scheme; advocacy roles through radio panel discussion; reviewing the statistics on snake bites; and community durbar on guinea worm eradication at Funsi in the Wa East District.
Briefing the media in Wa, the Regional President of the GMA, Dr Abdulai Abukari, said for the last 50 years, the GMA had been active in the development of health policies in Ghana.
He mentioned the production of a blueprint for the implementation of primary health care in Ghana, and playing of pivotal role in the setting up of the college of physicians and surgeons, as some of the achievements of the GMA.
Dr Abukari stated that with the passage of time, the GMA had gained both local and international recognition as a credible professional organisation.
"Through various policy and health advocacy initiatives, the GMA has also made crucial interventions in Ghana's health delivery thereby establishing itself as a major player whose deeds have benefited not just its members, but the entire citizens of Ghana," Dr Abukari added.
Dr Abukari called for support and participation of all stakeholders, especially the media to make the golden jubilee of its association a success.