GHS tells caregivers: The vaccines are free, don’t buy them

GHS tells caregivers: Vaccines are free, don’t buy them

The Director General of the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye said vaccines for children are free, so caregivers do not have to pay.

He asked everyone not to rush for vaccines after their arrival because the Ministry of Health has made sufficient provisions for vaccines for the rest of the year and beyond.

“We want to take this opportunity to advise the public not to buy the vaccine.

“The vaccine is free and can be obtained at designated health facilities and all Child Welfare Clinics across the country,” said Dr Kuma-Aboagye.

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Childhood Vaccine Acceptance pic.twitter.com/qXncF497tz

— Ghana Health Service (@_GHSofficial) March 12, 2023

Ghana’s Ministry of Health and Health Services delivered the first shipment of vaccines for Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG), Measles-Rubella (MR), and Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) on Saturday, March 11.

This comes days after the sector minister, Kwaku Agyemang-Manu assured the country on the floor of Parliament that the vaccine is coming.

“Mr. Speaker, this is a very serious matter of public interest, the guarantee that I will give and I can give for the first time in the room here that this will not happen again,” said the Member of Center Dormaa on Friday, March 10.

“I will advise you that you will help me to advocate to get enough funding for the vaccine, despite the health insurance budget. So when we meet with the committee, they always talk about it, and even in the room, it has come that the Parliament approves enough to we and we always have a good budget we will be able to provide. I assure you that whatever challenges occur, I do not think that we will face these challenges again.

“I can stand here and assure the House that within two weeks or three weeks, we will get the vaccine, even before. I can’t ask for a specific date but maybe before, we can get the vaccine that we are talking about. During that period, we received 6.4 million dollars equivalent to UNICEF providing vaccines.

On Saturday, March 11, the Director General of Services, Dr Patrick Kuma-Aboagye, was on the tarmac of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA), leading a delegation to welcome the shipment.

“Distribution to various areas and facilities [are] done,” a post on the Ministry of Information’s Facebook page.

“More vaccines are expected in Ghana in the coming weeks from various sources.”

By Laud Nartey|3news.com|Ghana

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