The Oti Regional Coordinating Council (ORCC), in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service (GHS) and support from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is strengthening the capacity of family planning providers to improve reproductive healthcare delivery across the Oti Region.
The initiative forms part of ongoing interventions to equip healthcare professionals with updated knowledge, practical skills and appropriate tools to deliver quality, accessible and client-centred family planning services.
The training covered evidence-based family planning methods, effective client counselling, informed consent, confidentiality, and adherence to national reproductive health policies and service delivery protocols.
Mrs. Veronica Kakah, Oti Regional Public Health Nurse of the Ghana Health Service, said strengthening the capacity of service providers was critical to improving the quality of care, increasing the uptake of family planning services and reducing the unmet need for reproductive healthcare across the region.
“The goal is to ensure that service providers are adequately equipped to offer respectful, confidential and high-quality family planning services that respond to the needs and circumstances of clients in diverse communities,” she said.
Mrs. Kakah explained that well-trained providers are better positioned to offer accurate information and support individuals and couples to make informed reproductive health decisions.
The ORCC said the initiative aligns with regional and national health priorities aimed at improving maternal and child health outcomes, promoting responsible parenthood and expanding access to essential reproductive health services.
Officials noted that access to quality family planning services contributes significantly to reducing preventable maternal and infant deaths, improving the health and wellbeing of families, and advancing the Sustainable Development Goals on health and gender equality.
They called for sustained collaboration among health authorities, development partners, community leaders and other stakeholders to ensure continuous capacity building, an adequate supply of family planning commodities and effective monitoring mechanisms to maintain high standards of service delivery.
Mr. Prince Latif Oyejunle, Assistant Director of the Oti Regional Coordinating Council, reaffirmed the commitment of the ORCC and the Ghana Health Service to strengthening the regional health system and ensuring that reproductive health services remain accessible, equitable and responsive to the needs of all residents.
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