Upper East Alliance for Mental Health and Development has appealed to the Ghana Health Service to consciously identify those with mental health disorders during their outreach and sensitization programme.
The appeal was made during a Regional Alliance meeting held in Bolgatanga on Thursday, October 28, 2021, organized by BasicNeeds-Ghana with support from Amplfychange
The programme also seeks to look into the activities of the alliance in their respective institutions and what the alliance has been doing to improve access to Sexual and Reproductive Health information or services of the people with mental health disorders and epilepsy in their various institutions.
However, at the end of the meeting, the Regional Alliance came up with some issues that will be put in a position paper to be presented to the government for consideration as a policy to improve access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Services and Rights.
According to Bernard Azure BasicNeeds-Ghana Project Officer, “… this is because we have seen that most atimes Self Care providers when providing these services to the general public they don’t consciously look for people who are suffering from mental health disorder and epilepsy and provide them with these Sexual and Reproductive Health Information or services. Their attention is mostly focused on those who are not having any form of these disorders.
The meeting was graced with massive attendance of the alliance members ranging from the Civil Society Organizations, members of the media, government and officials of Ghana Health Service.
