{
  "id": 14190006,
  "title": "Techiman North MP commissions ultra-modern CHPS Compound at Kokoago to improve access to healthcare",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/techiman-north-mp-commissions-ultra-modern-chps-compound-at-kokoago",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-13T11:19:48.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "GBC Ghana",
    "slug": "gbc-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.gbcghanaonline.com/general/techiman-north-mp-commissions-ultra-modern-chps-compound-at-kokoago-to-improve-access-to-healthcare/2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the Techiman North District of the Bono East Region, a new ultra-modern Community Health Post (CHPS) compound has been officially commissioned to improve access to healthcare for the residents of Kokoago. This significant development is the result of a promise made by Elizabeth Ofosu-Adjare, the Member of Parliament for Techiman North and Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and Industry, who fulfilled her campaign commitment during the 2024 electioneering period. Speaking at the event, Ofosu-Adjare expressed her gratitude for the support she received during the campaign and emphasized that the facility would significantly reduce maternal mortality and bring healthcare services closer to the people.\n\nThe CHPS compound, furnished with an Out Patient Department, consulting room, delivery room, washrooms, nurses' quarters, and medical consumables, was handed over to the Ghana Health Service by the Bono East Regional Minister, Francis Owusu Antwi, along with the District Chief Executive for Techiman North, Johnson Kwabena Adom. Adom highlighted the facility's spacious and well-equipped nature, providing a much-needed relief to residents who previously had to travel long distances to access basic healthcare services. He also appealed to the community to support the health workers assigned to the area and maintain the facility to ensure its longevity.\n\nWith over one thousand women in the Kokoago enclave, of which more than five hundred are of reproductive age, the new health post is expected to facilitate more women delivering safely within a healthcare setting. The District Director of Health, Mr. Alex Kumah, noted that the community previously had to travel all the way to Techiman for healthcare services, and in emergencies, there was little that could be done due to the distance. The traditional authorities of Kokoago, led by Nana Owusu Tabri II and Nana Ameyaa Tumfuor III, expressed their commitment to maintaining the facility and appealed to the government to improve the roads connecting Kokoago to neighboring communities.",
  "summary": "By: Samuel Ayammah The people of Kokoago in the Techiman North District of the Bono East Region now have access to quality healthcare following the commissioning and handing over of an ultra-modern CHPS compound to the community. The facility was commissioned by the Member of Parliament for Techiman North and Minister for Trade, Agribusiness and […]",
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}