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The
Ghana
Health
Service
(GHS)
has
confirmed
receiving
all
medications
cleared
from
the
Global
Fund
containers,
which
were
stuck
at
the
port.
Director
General
of
the
Service
Dr.
Patrick
Kumah-Aboagye
said
the
drugs
are
being
distributed
to
areas
that
were
experiencing
shortages.
The
Country
Coordinating
Mechanism
for
the
Global
Fund
in
Ghana
last
week
confirmed
to
3news
that
almost
all
of
its
commodities
locked
up
at
the
port
had
been
cleared
as
assured
by
the
Minister
of
Health.
Their
checks
at
the
Central
Medical
Stores
proved
positive,
but
they
were
unable
to
ascertain
if
the
health
facilities
had
received
them.
Dr.
Kumah-Aboagye
said
his
outfit
has
received
the
medications
and
distributed
it
to
the
affected
areas
already.
Kumah-Aboagye
‘‘The
containers,
a
significant
proportion
like
the
Minister
said
has
been
cleared,
and
all
those
shortages,
we
are
working
to
ensure
they
are
delivered.
We
have
an
electronic
delivery
system
that
gives
us
real
time
situation
of
all
our
suppliers.
So
based
on
that,
we
put
in
when
the
requests
come.
We
also
have
trucks
that
take
medications
to
the
facilities
and
deliver
them
as
and
when
they
come.
So,
we
are
rapidly
deploying
to
make
sure
that
any
shortage
is
averted
and
where
there
are
shortages
and
impending
shortages,
we
are
correcting
them,”
he
disclosed.
Meanwhile,
the
Minister
of
Health
Dr
Okoe
Boye
says
all
the
commodities
with
essential
medications
have
been
cleared
except
for
a
few
new
containers
with
more
mosquito
nets.
‘‘The
media
worked
with
us
to
ensure
some
of
the
medicines,
including
TB/MALARIA
and
mosquito
nets
were
cleared
from
the
port
and
I
am
happy
that
after
we
all
voiced
out
and
made
a
passionate
appeal.
As
I
speak,
we
have
over
260
containers
cleared.
So
all
the
TB
and
Malaria
medicines
are
out.
But
it
appears
that
there
are
some
nets
that
after
clearing
all
the
goods,
we
have
just
been
informed
at
the
Ministry
that
new
discoveries
have
been
made
of
more
mosquito
nets,”
he
explained.
He
assured
that
the
remainder
would
also
be
cleared
accordingly.
“So,
this
morning,
the
GRA
informs
me
that
they
have
put
in
a
system
to
gazette
them
and
get
those
ones
too
out
of
the
port.
I
think
what
I
want
to
mention
which
is
very
important
is
that
the
processes
between
the
Ministry
and
the
GRA
have
been
streamlined,
so
that
in
the
future
we
will
not
have
this
occurring
again,”
he
stated.
The
commodities
are
meant
for
the
management
of
HIV/TB
and
Malaria
in
the
country.