Volta Region to vaccinate 53,134 people against Covid-19 in 5 days – V/R Health Directorate

Dr Senanu Kwesi Dzokoto noted that the directorate seeks to increase access to good quality health services and manage resources available for the provision of health services in the Volta Region.

Dr Senanu Dzokoto noted that the reinvigorated efforts towards better health and the bonds that were formed during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic must remain an asset to be kept and used to combat future public health threats that are unknown today.

He recounted how many lives were lost in the region, how health workers were overwhelmed, the struggle for bed space for critically ill patients, oxygen supply constrains, and the ban on public gathering due to the devastating nature of the virus.

Dr Dzokoto noted that public health emergency preparedness and response  capacity  in the region  has improved significantly with more facilities.

“Our public health emergency preparedness and response capacity has been built significantly, we have an emergency operation centre, treatment centers for infectious diseases, new intensive care units have been built in several locations, several oxygen plant projects are coming up in various facilities in the region, new district hospitals are coming up steadily to improve access to care, the capacity of our healthcare workers has been enhanced but these developments do not guarantee us good health

It is widely regarded as the most cost-effective public health intervention targeted at reducing childhood mortality and morbidity.

“We have as a world returned to normalcy because of the impact that the Covid-19 vaccination had when it was introduced as one of the main response strategies