The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has constructed a GH¢320,000 walk-in cold room for vaccine storage and preservation in the Bono Region.
The facility, installed with two giant cold room refrigerators, is situated at the premises of the Disease Control Unit of the Bono Regional Directorate of Health in Sunyani.
According to Dr Kofi Amo-Kodieh, the Bono Regional Director of Health, the region now had the capacity to store more vaccines and supply parts of the region and the West Africa Sub-Sahara region.
Speaking in an interview with the Ghana News Agency in Sunyani, Dr Amo-Kodieh expressed appreciation to UNICEF.
“We now have the capacity to store and preserve vaccines for onward delivery to neighbouring countries, including Togo, Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast”.
As Ghana proceeds to develop and produce her own vaccines, the Regional Director said he was very optimistic the Bono Region would stand as an advantage to help the nation in the distribution of those vaccines in the near future.
Dr Amo-Kodieh expressed dismay about the poor culture of maintenance among Ghanaians and assured the directorate had introduced plans to ensure regular maintenance of the facility.
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