Community Health Nurses Receives training on motorbike riding

01-03-2011
A week long training programme on motor riding has been organized for final year students of the Community Health Nurses Training School at Navrongo in the Upper East Region. About 152 students are taking part in the training, which is the third of its kind to be held for the school. The purpose for the training is to equip trainees with necessary skills in motor riding before they are dispatched to the various communities to provide health care for the people. The exercise will assist the nurses to commute and meander their way through hard to reach areas to deliver quality health care to the doorstep of their clients. The Principal of the school, Mr. David Amalba told Radio Ghana that the training of the nurses would go a long way to help improve the health status of the people and also contribute immensely in the reduction of maternal and infant mortality in the deprived areas of the region. He noted that the training programme has impacted positively in the health service delivery in areas where access to health facilities is difficult to come by. And that, beneficiaries through the motor training, would be able to perform their expected roles effectively without any hindrance. Mr. Amalba mentioned inadequate number of motor bikes as one of the major challenges that hinders the activities of the training programme, which he indicated, involves training in defensive driving and riding through rocky and waterlogged areas. He therefore made a passionate appeal to the health ministry through the regional health directorate to assist the school with more motor bikes for the training of the students. Mr. Amalba also recommended the programme to all the health training institutions across the country, adding that the health care of the people living in remote areas is paramount in achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 4 and 5, hence the need to assist health personnel with the requisite and needed training they deserve to deliver. One of the trainers, Hypolite Yeleduor, touched on difficulties they encounter during the course of the exercise, stressing that majority of the students do not have the technical know how and the zeal to ride on motor bikes. He expressed the hope that participants would make something meaningful out of the training before they are dispatched to the various communities. Mary Amoah, a trainee expressed appreciation to the school authorities for initiating the training programme, adding that the training has enhanced her knowledge in motor riding and has moreover, given her more insight as to how to ride with caution.
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