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The Presbyterian Church of Ghana in collaboration with the Act Alliance-Ghana Forum have donated Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to some health facilities to contain the spread of the COVID-19.

The beneficiary health facilities were the Presbyterian Health Services at Agogo, Dormaa and Donkorkrom and the Weija/Gbawe Municipal Health Directorate.

The PPEs which included N95 and N19 face masks, protective shields, infrared thermometers, surgical gloves,  disposal gloves, gum boots, disposal gowns, handy clean wash (veronica bucket) stand and bowls, liquid soap, jumbo tissue and hand sanitizers at the cost of GH₵221,000.00.

The items come on the backdrop of increased cases of COVID-19 in the country and will be key as the hospitals continue playing an integral role as the fight continues.

Handing over the items to the health facilities at a short ceremony at the Head Office of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana at Osu in Accra on Wednesday 5th August 2020, the Moderator of the General Assembly, Rt. Rev Prof. Joseph Obiri Yeboah Mante expressed his appreciation to ACT Alliance who provided the financial support for the donations to be made.

The Moderator said following the recent spike in COVID-19 cases in Ghana, it is now more than ever important to ensure that hospital staff are adequately resourced through the provision of PPEs. He mentioned that the Presbyterian Church of Ghana had already supported its 55 health facilities across the country with PPEs since the outbreak of the CONVID-19 in Ghana.

 Receiving the PPEs on behalf of the facilities, Rev. Dr. Isaac Appiah, General Manager of the Presbyterian Health Service, Dormaa, thanked the Church and Act Alliance Ghana Forum for the generous donation and for its commitment to supporting frontline health workers during this time. He said the donations has come at the opportune time for the health facilities as they are doing their best to contain the virus in Ghana.

The programme Manager of the Act Alliance Ghana Forum, Mrs. Joyce Larko, in a brief statement said the ACT Alliance is the largest coalition of protestant and orthodox churches and church-related organizations engaged in humanitarian, development and advocacy work in the world.

She said it consists of over 155 members working together in over 140 countries to create positive and sustainable change in the lives of poor and marginalized people regardless of their religion, politics, gender, sexual orientation, race, or nationality in keeping with the highest international codes and standards. She said the Ghana Forum was established in the year 2011 with current membership as follows; the Presbyterian Relief Services and Development, Christian Council of Ghana and Christian Aid Ghana.

Mrs. Larko mentioned that the ACT Alliance with its Secretariat in Geneva approved GH₵398,400.00 to respond to the pandemic in Ghana.  She said the presentation of the PPEs is the first phase of the project to enable the health facilities to respond adequately in their respective areas of operations.

Present at the ceremony was the General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana Rev Dr. Cyril G. K. Fayose.