The Partnership for Accelerated COVID-19 Testing (PACT) in Africa project is one of the community-based strategies being implemented by Millennium Promise Alliance, NAP+ Ghana, Young Health Advocates Ghana (YHAG) and Ghana Health Service with support from UNAIDS.
A major part of this project is creating awareness about COVID-19 prevention measures and vaccination through Community Health Workers (CHWs) who conduct routine household visits.
Thirty CHWs from the six selected districts were trained, equipped for the task, remunerated, and are being supervised by community health nurses. The implementing districts are Amansie South, Oforikrom and Sekeyere Central in the Ashanti Region and La Nkwantanang-Madina, Accra Metropolitan and Ashiaman in the Greater Accra region.
Each district run a two-day hybrid (in-person and online) workshop between 14th to 24th September, 2021 led by facilitators from the District Health Directorate and Millennium Promise Alliance, Ghana.
Topics covered during the training were:
- The role of the Community Health Worker in curbing the spread of COVID-19 infections (including community education on COVID-19 vaccination).
- Infection prevention and control (use of PPEs, hand hygiene)
- Reducing COVID-19 and HIV related stigma and discrimination
- Risk communication
- Techniques for community entry and household visits
- Confidentiality, data protection and ethics
- Community mapping
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