The news comes following a visit to the Minister of Health for Ghana, Ms. Sherry Ayittey by US Ambassador to Ghana Gene A. Cretz, Cheryl Anderson, United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Missions Director in Ghana, and Laurel Fain, USAID Office Director of Health, Population and Nutrition.
According to a statement issued by the Ministry of Health, the meeting was aimed at strengthening the cordial relations between the US Embassy and the Ministry. During the meeting in Accra, Ms. Ayittey acknowledged the support the Ministry is getting from USAID in the revision of its procurement process, which she said would help improve the supply chain of drugs in Ghana.
Saying that Ghana needs to draw more lessons from the US especially in the area of family planning, maternal and child health issues, Ms. Ayittey also called for US companies to invest in Ghana to facilitate collaborative assistance in the fight to scale down malaria and HIV and AIDS cases in Ghana.
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The Minister also added that Ghana seeks more assistance in training emergency medical technicians, procurement of ambulances and building of trauma and orthopaedic centres.
For their part, the representatives from USAID recalled the work the Agency have done in the area of maternal and child health and pledged continuous support to the Ministry.
The US Ambassador has also recently held meeting with other key Ministers in Ghana, notably with Mr. Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, the Minister of Energy and Petroleum, when the two men discussed the country's energy requirements. The Minister told Mr. Cretz that projects to strengthen the energy sector in order to make Ghana self-sufficient in energy generation and a net exporter of the commodity to its neighbours in the West African sub-region and beyond are progressing well.
Mr Buah said the government was committed to providing additional resources for energy projects, and Ambassador Cretz said because of the democratic credentials of the country, many US companies wanted to invest in the Ghana.
