[ 2021-02-25 ]

GIZ supports Ghana’s COVID-19 campaign
Mr Kwaku Agyeman Manu, Minister of Health, has
appealed to all Ghanaians to patronise the
COVID-19 vaccines which will be rolled out upon
the receipt of the first shipment on Wednesday.








He said when one refuses to be vaccinated, that
person jeopardises his or her life and that of
their immediate families and loved ones.

Mr Agyeman Manu was speaking to the media in Accra
at the launch of a Risk Communication Campaign
against the COVID-19 spread that is being
championed by the German Agency for International
Cooperation (GIZ), the Ghana Health Service and
the Hope for Future Generation (HFFG), a
non-governmental organisation.

He said education on the vaccines were being
intensified among the populace to make people
understand the need to patronise the vaccines,
adding that everybody, including people with
disabilities, would have access to the vaccines so
all persons would be protected from the virus.

He said President Akufo-Addo would give details of
the COVID-19 Vaccines soon for the general
populace to be well informed about the programme.

The Minister, therefore, commended GIZ for
partnering with Ghana, to manage and control the
pandemic with critical programmes, like the risk
Communication campaign through the rolling of the
messages in English and other languages as well as
special messages targeting persons with
disabilities.

The GIZ, under its Governance for Inclusive
Development Programme (GovID), has teamed up with
the GHS to produce educational materials to
support the fight against COVID-19.

The materials would be distributed among over 100
districts in all 16 regions of Ghana, as a major
function of risk communication and community
engagement pillars in creating awareness and
enabling behaviour change to curb the COVID-19
spread.

Mr Christoph Retzlaff, German Ambassador, said
Germany was aware that the pandemic could be
fought through strategic partnership and that was
why it continued to be one of the biggest
contributors to international organisations such
as the World Bank, the IMF, the UN-Agencies or
GAVI, which all provided substantial support to
Ghana with regards to COVID-19 during the past
year.

Germany, he said had also supported and funded
COVID-19 mitigation programmes through the
provision of ventilators, beds, COVID Units, among
others as well as the inclusive risk communication
programme, which was also targeting the blind and
deaf persons.

Mr Raphael Trerking, Programmes Manager, GovID,
said the programme was aimed at contributing to
the dissemination of information on COVID-19 among
the people, through video and TV messages, as well
as social media, to get citizens to be well
informed and stick to the safety protocols.

Source - GNA

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