In a bid to advance healthcare in less privileged communities, the Mastercard Foundation Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative has refurbished the Ayeduase Health Centre’s laboratory.

The renovation project aims to provide quality and efficient healthcare service in the Ayeduase community and its environs.

The initiative includes upgrading equipment and implementing technologies to enhance diagnostic capabilities.

Speaking at the commissioning, Vice-Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Prof. Mrs. Rita Akosua Dickson stressed on the university’s commitment to the Ayeduase Health Centre and the community as a whole.

“We will continue to provide all the support that we need to do to be able to enhance and add quality to the lives of the communities we serve. That is our charge and we assure you as a university we will not relent on this our obligation,” she said.

The Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation seeks to advance healthcare in Africa through three pillars: Health Employment, Health Entrepreneurship and Health Ecosystem.

The refurbishment is under the aegis of the Health Ecosystem pillar of the Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative led by Dr. Joseph Owusu.

The Ayeduase health centre emerged as the place to be funded after a need assessment survey in 12 facilities within the Oforikrom municipality of the Ashanti Region.

The Municipal Chief Executive for Oforikrom Municipality, Abraham Kwame Antwi expressed gratitude to the university and announced the plans to expand the Ayeduase health centre.

“Sometimes you pass here in the morning and the queue tells you space is a problem. The assembly benefited from institutional toilets at some point in time and we wanted to provide one here but space was a problem.

“We’ve been able to document the land and on December 1, we will cut the sword for a bigger health facility. The refurbished lab is modern and needs a bigger health facility to achieve its designated purpose. We will have a new health facility in the next six months,” he said.