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Good health is one of the most fundamental needs for people to lead a full life and be able to care for themselves. With this most simple of rationales, AfriKids is committed to ensuring that our beneficiaries have every chance of receiving decent healthcare.

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Categories

  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Human Rights/Advocacy Human Rights/​Advocacy
  • Beneficiaries

    • Children (3-18) Children (3-18)
    • Young People (18-30) Young People (18-30)

    Situation

    Despite significant efforts and pro-active policies by the government there remain serious staff shortages, inadequate infrastructure and limited understanding of the benefits of modern medicine in the Upper East Region. One way in which AfriKids is working with the Ghana Health Service to address this situation, as well as make progress towards sustainability, is through the AfriKids Medical Centre. The AfriKids Medical Centre is AfriKids’ first and fastest growing sustainability project. The Centre was purchased by AfriKids in late 2007 from a retiring doctor who had built it up as a high quality private practice. At that time the Ghanaian Government had just launched its National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) which enables families to access healthcare free at the point of delivery from registered centres for a small or in some cases a free subscription. The AfriKids Medical Centre registered to become a provider and through this and some targeted investment in equipment, the patient numbers increased dramatically. 95% of the centre's patients now come through NHIS and many of these would not have had access to healthcare otherwise and none would have received the quality of care which the centre can offer. Since 2007 patient numbers have increased at the centre by 600%. August 2009 saw 7,428 patients walk through the doors as compared to 350 in the first month of operation (February 2007). As a business the Centre has also performed outstandingly. By the end of 2009 AfriKids had spent £204,100 on purchase and development of the Centre. It now generates over £40,000 in operating profit per year covering core activities at AfriKids Ghana. That’s an annual return on investment of 20%. In 2009 the centre also moved up in status to be officially classified as a Primary Hospital. Alongside this we invested in major expansion of the inpatient and maternal health services. At the turn of the year construction of three new wards was underway. Our fundraising target to ensure access to healthcare for people in the Upper East region is £10,000

    Solution

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    Categories

  • Health/Wellbeing Health/​Wellbeing
  • Human Rights/Advocacy Human Rights/​Advocacy
  • Beneficiaries

    • Children (3-18) Children (3-18)
    • Young People (18-30) Young People (18-30)