A team from the United States Government’s Integrated Health Partnership (IHP) Activity has undertaken a
monitoring visit to the Ho Teaching Hospital to assess progress, achievements and lessons learned from the
implementation of the activity.
The engagement, led by Madam Efua Aggrey, Chief of Party of the Integrated Health Partnership Activity,
provided an opportunity for the team and the Hospital’s leadership and project team to review the impact
of interventions supported through the Activity.
The visit was also aimed at observing how skills, knowledge, equipment and other resources provided
through United States Government assistance were contributing to the delivery of quality and lifesaving
health services, particularly in maternal and newborn care.
Speaking during the engagement, the Chief Executive Officer of Ho Teaching Hospital, Dr. Hintermann K.K.
Mbroh, expressed appreciation to the Government of the United States for its sustained support to the
Hospital through the Integrated Health Partnership Activity. He said the partnership had contributed
significantly to strengthening the capacity of health workers and improving the quality of care provided
to patients within the Hospital and its referral network.
Dr. Mbroh noted that the Hospital highly valued the collaboration and regarded the support as an important
contribution towards its broader mandate of providing safe, quality and patient-centred healthcare. He
emphasised the importance of strengthening partnerships that built institutional capacity, improved
clinical outcomes and ultimately enhanced the health of communities within the Volta Region and
beyond.
The CEO further commended the IHP team and frontline health workers for their commitment to improving
maternal, newborn and child health outcomes. He said the Hospital remained committed to sustaining the
gains made under the Activity and working closely with partners to identify emerging needs and
opportunities for further improvement.
Dr. Selorm Tsralasu, Technical Lead for Paediatric Care (Small Sick and Newborn Care), highlighted some of
the positive outcomes of the interventions, explaining that following the strengthening of the capacities
of peripheral health facilities, cases referred to Ho Teaching Hospital were increasingly arriving with
better interventions already initiated before referral.
According to him, the strengthened capacity at the peripheral level had also contributed to a decrease in
referrals of maternal cases, indicating improved management of cases closer to where patients initially
sought care. He said the development was important in improving the efficiency of the referral system
while ensuring that patients who genuinely required specialist care could access it at the Teaching
Hospital.
Dr. Emmanuel Kasu, Coordinator for the Project, expressed gratitude to the Government of the United States
for the equipment and financial support provided through the Office of Foreign Assistance (OFA). He said
the support had yielded positive results and contributed to strengthening service delivery and the
capacity of health facilities within the Hospital’s referral network.
Madam Aggrey said the monitoring visit was important for the team to engage directly with Hospital
leadership and frontline health workers, assess progress and document lessons learned from implementation.
The IHP Activity has focused on strengthening health systems and improving maternal, newborn, child
health, nutrition and disease prevention services.
Following the discussions, the IHP/OFA team, together with Management and the Project team, toured
selected project intervention areas within the Hospital to observe firsthand the infrastructure,
equipment, services and other interventions supported under the Activity.
The visit underscored the value of sustained partnerships between the Ho Teaching Hospital and the United
States Government in strengthening healthcare delivery, building the capacity of health workers and
improving access to quality, lifesaving services across the referral network.
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