TWO non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have presented 82 bicycles to community-based volunteers in the Jasikan and South Dayi Districts in the Volta Region to be used for outreach programmes on tuberculosis (TB) under the National Tuberculosis Control Programme (NTCP).
The NGOs are the Needy Club of Ghana, which provided 44 bicycles in the Jasikan District, and the Support Service Foundation, which made available 38 bicycles in the South Dayi District, all sponsored by the Global Fund.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony at Nkonya–Tepo, the Jasikan District Chief Executive, Nana Barima Kumessy Bonsi, commended Needy Club for winning credibility with international agencies in the distribution of logistics for health interventions in rural areas.
He advised the volunteers to handle the bicycles with care to help them deliver their schedules to expectation.
The Jasikan District Director of Health Services, Dr Samuel Abudey, urged the volunteers to intensify the campaign on TB to reflect the honour and confidence reposed in them, adding that they should quickly direct suspected cases to the nearest clinics or hospitals for treatment.
The Chairman of Needy Club, Reverend Killian Carr, expressed gratitude to the district assembly for the interest shown in the health programme by assisting the volunteers to transport the bicycles to their various communities.
At Kpeve in the South Dayi District, the Support Service Foundation also presented 38 bicycles to volunteers.
The Executive Director of the foundation, Mr Moses Oduro, presented them to the volunteers in the presence of the District Director of Health Services, Dr A.A. Owusu, and the District Co-ordinating Director, Mr David Kanyi.
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