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Health workers who accept postings to deprived areas to get to 20 per cent basic salary as an incentive
The President made the announcement while handing over equipment to the Fian Health Centre in the Daffiama-Bussie-Issa (DBI) District to support the implementation of the government's Free Primary Healthcare Programme.
He explained that the approach formed the basis of the Free Primary Healthcare Programme, which covered CHPS compounds, health centres and polyclinics.
Equipment The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, said about 24,000 pieces of basic equipment had already been distributed to primary healthcare facilities across the country, with an additional 12,000 expected to be distributed.
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