K’Bu Child Health Dept launches fundraising campaign

The Department of Child Health at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) has launched a special campaign that is aimed at mobilising people to donate money to support child health care at the department.

Dubbed the 100 X 100 Child Health Campaign, it seeks to mobilise at least 100,000 people, with each contributing GH¢100 or more to support improved child health care, service delivery, training, research and institutional capacity.

The Administrator of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF), Michael Harry Yamson, assisted by the Director, Medical Affairs of the hospital, Dr Frank Owusu Sekyere; the Head of the Child Health Department, Professor Catherine Segbefia, and other senior members of the department and the hospital, launched the campaign at a ceremony at the hospital's premises in Accra yesterday.