Health Expert Emphasizes Need for Standards and Monitoring in Ghana's Healthcare
Dr. Aaron Offei of the University of Cape Coast emphasizes the need for standards and ongoing monitoring to enhance healthcare quality in Ghana during the Quality Healthcare Improvement course by Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative and Mastercard Foundation.
A health expert from the School of Medical Science, University of Cape Coast, Dr. Aaron Offei, has underscored the importance of establishing standards and conducting constant monitoring and evaluation to ensure quality health delivery in Ghana.
“Improving quality is about making healthcare safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable. It’s about giving people the necessary information about their condition, providing them with the resources and skills to address them," Dr. Offei articulated.
He emphasized that quality improvement involves systematic and continuous planning against established standards and integrating monitoring and evaluation as a core component. Dr. Offei shared these insights with beneficiaries of the second cohort of the Quality Healthcare Improvement course by the Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative, KNUST, in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation.
The former Ashanti and Cape Coast regional health director commended the Collaborative for its notable achievements since its inception. “So much has been done within this short period. It’s very commendable. The Collaborative work is really an impactful programme,” he said.
Twenty health professionals have been selected for the Quality Healthcare Improvement short course, which aims to enhance the capacity of health personnel to meet the growing demand for primary healthcare. This course is a collaborative effort between the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and the University of Toronto.
Dr. Margarita Kleopatra Lam Antoniades, who led a team of facilitators from the University of Toronto, expressed her enthusiasm about the progress made by the beneficiaries of the first cohort. “What I realized with the wonderful students is that I see that passion and vision in Ghana,” she noted.
Registrar of KNUST, Mr. Andrews Kwasi Boateng, encouraged the participants to fully utilize the opportunity to learn from one another and build a network of professionals dedicated to quality improvement.
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