The Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative, KNUST in partnership with Mastercard Foundation has welcomed an Epidemiologist from the School of Medical Science, University of Cape Coast, Dr. Aaron Offei to share his thoughts with beneficiaries of the second cohort of the Quality Healthcare Improvement course.
The former Ashanti and Cape Coast regional health director praised the Collaborative for the successes clinched within these few years.
“So much has been done within this short period. It’s very commendable. The Collaborative work is really an impactful programme,” he said.
Underscoring the vital role of patients in healthcare delivery, Dr. Offei called for standards and constant monitoring and evaluation to ensure quality health delivery.
“Improving quality is about making healthcare safe, effective, patient- centered, timely, efficient and equitable. It’s about giving the people the necessary information about their condition, providing them the resources and skills to solve them.
“Quality improvement requires that activities are planned and carried out systematically and continuously against the standards that we have set and also ensure that monitoring and evaluation is a core part of our business,” he said.
Twenty health professionals have been selected to take part of the Quality Healthcare Improvement short course by the Health Employment pillar of the collaborative.
The course, which is in partnership with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the University of Toronto, seeks to equip health personnel with the requisite strength and capacity to meet the growing demand for primary healthcare in the health centre.
Registrar of KNUST, Mr. Andrews Kwasi Boateng encouraged the participants to take “full advantage of the opportunity to learn from each other and to build a network of professionals committed to quality improvement”.
About Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative
The Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation seeks to advance primary healthcare in Africa through three pillars: Health Employment, Health Entrepreneurship and Health Ecosystem.
The Health Entrepreneurship pillar aims to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and culture that supports entrepreneurs to create meaningful innovations and employment opportunities in the health sector.
The Health Ecosystem pillar also aims to train and prepare a new generation of talented professionals with the broad sets of skills required to drive equitable and inclusive growth.
The Health Employment pillar also aims to expand and improve current capacities to train primary healthcare workers. This workshop is under the auspices of the health employment pillar.