A grand Durbar and mini clinic at the forecourt of the Len Clay Sports Stadium
marked this year’s World Malaria Day in Obuasi.The programme, which was funded by AngloGold Ashanti (AGA) Obuasi Mine brought together an array of health professionals including over ten doctors who provided free screening and treatment to the large population that thronged the park.
Mrs. Mavis Nana Yaa Kyei, Social Development and Gender Superintendent of AGA, paid a glowing tribute to AngloGold Ashanti Malaria Control programme (AGAMAL) for fighting malaria for the past 20 years.
“Today through AGAMAL, we are protecting about 1.4 million people across 16 districts and creating over 1,450 direct jobs. This is not just a health intervention, it is a socio-economic engine,” she stated.
On the mini clinic, she said over the past four years more than 7,000 people have benefitted from free health screening services in Obuasi and its environs.Mrs Nana Yaa Kyei expressed appreciation to partners like Otumfuo Osei Tutu Foundation, AGA Health Foundation, Ghana Health Service and Underground Mining Alliance (UMA) for their support.
Obuasi East Municipal Director of Health Services, Madam Charity Afrifaa-Adjei, for her part, called on households to open their doors to Indoor Residual Spraying operators for spraying and also try as much as possible to sleep under treated insecticide mosquito nets.
The MCE for Obuasi Municipal Assembly, Madam Faustilove Appiah Kannin commended AngloGold for the many mini clinics it had organised to bring health care closer to the people of Obuasi and its environs.
From Frederick Danso Abeam, Obuasi
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