Health News of Saturday, 9 August 2014
Source: GNA
Only 1,451 out of an estimated 6,284 people in the Brong Ahafo Region with mental illness and epilepsy access treatment and psychiatric counselling.
This was revealed in a baseline survey conducted by Brong Ahafo Network of Non-Governmental Organizations (BANGO) in 2012.
The survey reports lack of facilities and absence of adequate trained Community Psychiatric Nurses (CPNS) to provide mental health services, as well as mental health hospitals in the region.
Mr Gabriel Gbiel Benarkuu, Brong Ahafo Regional Chairman of BANGO and Chief Executive Officer of Mission for Hope Society Foundation, in Ghana, announced this at an orientation workshop for 160 participants at Techiman.
The participants include the clergy, traditional rulers, assembly members, heads of departments, media practitioners, NGO representatives and traditional healers.
The rest are health workers from Nkoranza North and South, Wenchi, Banda, Kintampo North and South and Techiman North and South Districts.
The workshop on the theme: Advocating for Mainstreaming of Mental Service in Communities in Brong Ahafo Region," was organized by BANGO and jointly funded by STAR- Ghana, to sensitize stakeholders and to dialogue with the media on mental health service delivery.
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Only 1,451 mental and epilepsy patients access treatment