Anti-COVID19 interventions in the Upper West Region

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought its untold hardships especially to the vulnerable groups like women and children who may find it difficult to procure items to protect themselves from the disease. Members of the Queen Mothers Platform, being in touch with the local people have observed this and other challenges relating to the management strategies by the government. As a result, the QMP,  as one of its strategies to complement the government efforts indicated that, distribution of items will be done in the various regions to assist the vulnerable ones with relieve items to protect themselves from the pandemic.

The QMP executives, after engagement with the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development, confirmed they will be provided with relief items for the various regions. The Upper West Regional President, Halakuoru Dr Hajaratu Limann I, has received the items from the Ministry of Local Government intended to be distributed to the vulnerable ones in the region.

The items include tissue papers, veronica buckets, basins for collecting wastewater, nose masks and hand sanitizers.

So far, 5 out of the 10 regional presidents have received their items from the Ministry, 2 (Volta, Upper West) are yet to do the distribution while 3 (Brong Ahafo, Western and Central) regions have already done the distribution.