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Anti-corruption sensitization at Ayetepah
Corruption within the health service decreases the efficiency and quality of care for all patients and diminishes trust and confidence in healthcare workers.
As part of activities under the “Not In Our Name: Tackling Extortion in the Ghanaian Healthcare System” project, residents of Ayetepah in the Ningo Prampram District on were on June 28, 2019 educated on the rights of patients and the types and consequences of corruption within the healthcare sector.
Community members were encouraged to demand their rights when they visit health facilities and also report cases of extortion they encounter at any healthy facility they visit.
A Project Coordinator from HFFG, Roseline Lodonu made the community members understand that whenever they go to a health facility, they have a right to ask caregivers what exactly is wrong with them.
She introduced to the residents a trained community champion who will readily receive complaints of extortion.
Representatives from the Old Ningo Health Center and the District Health Directorate also took turns to admonish residents to always demand official receipts whenever they make payments at a health facility.
The “Not In Our Name: Tackling Extortion in the Ghanaian Healthcare System project” is a STAR-Ghana initiative supported by UKaid, DANIDA and the European Union.
The two-year project (2018-2020) is being implemented in six regions in Ghana by a consortium of three local organisations working in health: West Africa AIDS Foundation (WAAF) as the lead, Socioserve Ghana and Hope for Future Generations (HFFG).
HFFG is implementing the project in the Greater Accra and the Central Regions.