The Ghana National Service Scheme (GNSS) has successfully deployed 1,035 Nurses and Midwives to 229 health facilities across the country.The nurses and midwives will commence their service on December 15 this year, and follows the successful completion of their professional examination.The deployment is to help augment the availability of health personnel in rural communities, and is the result of a memorandum of understanding signed between the GNSS, the Ministry of Health and Health Regulatory Bodies on May 09, 2011.A statement signed by the Executive Director of the GNSS, Vincent Senam Kuagbenu, asked all nurses and midwives registered for the 2011-2012 national service year to visit the GNSS website, www.nssghana.org, to access their posting letters.“They will then proceed to the Regional Offices of the Scheme to complete their registration and go to their various places of posting”, the statement added.Mr. Kuagbenu thanked the Ministry of Health, the Nurses and Midwives Council and the Nurses Training Colleges for the smooth implementation of the MoU, noting that the deployment is in line with Section 3 (1)(d) of the GNSS Act, Act 426 of 1980.