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Three Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Global Media Foundation (GLOMeF), Tim Aid Africa Ghana (TAAG), and Indigenous Women Empowerment Network (IWEN), have secured 180,000-euro funding support from Anesvad Foundation to implement a project to fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) in the Bono and Ahafo Regions of Ghana.
The 24-month project, titled “community integration and system strengthening project against skin NTDs,” aims to reduce morbidity, disability, and the psychosocial impacts of skin and NTDs in Asunafo North Municipal in Ahafo, Sunyani West Municipality, and Tain District of the Bono.
In an interview, Mr Isaac Kwabena Kakpeibe, the Executive Director of TAAG, explained that the implementation of the project would use a people-centred integrated approach that would improve the quality of life of the most vulnerable people by fighting and preventing most prevalent skin-NTDs such as Buruli ulcer, leprosy, yaws, and others.
Mr Raphael Godlove Ahenu, the Chief Executive Officer of GLOMeF, stated that the beneficiary districts were selected on merit, as NTDs remained a serious public health problem in the country that required the support of all to tackle.
The launch of the project, which was held at Abesim near Sunyani and attended by health workers, assembly members, partnering organizations, and other civil society organizations and actors, highlighted the need for local community support.
Mr Kakpeibe called for cooperation and support from assembly members, traditional authorities, and other opinion leaders in the project implementation districts, stating that the project could not make significant outcomes without their support.
Mr Ahenu emphasized the importance of the media in increasing awareness creation for people to understand the remote causes and immediate symptoms of the NTDs.
He commended the funding organization and expressed the hope that the district and municipal assemblies would support the project implementation to achieve desirable outcomes.
The project is expected to make a significant impact on the fight against NTDs in the Bono and Ahafo Regions.
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