Imagine being an expectant mother excited for your baby’s arrival. When you go into labor, you know you need medical care to ensure a smooth delivery, but you’re located in a remote area. Ambulances can’t easily drive on the roads to your community, and traveling on foot isn’t an option. What do you do?
In Ghana, long distances to medical facilities and underdeveloped infrastructure often stand between people and the care they need. When the communities we work with in the Eastern Region were asked to develop a solution, they responded that motorcycles and moto-ambulances could create that critical link to the health facilities, even on roads impassable by car.
With support from The Hunger Project-Ghana and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that vision became reality.
In partnership with the Ghana Health Service, the National Ambulance Service and Catholic Relief Services, the motorcycles will be deployed across several districts and municipalities in Eastern Ghana. The vehicles will enable medical personnel to conduct outreach services, visit pregnant women and newborns in their homes, support immunization campaigns and respond quickly to emergencies. By improving mobility for these professionals, women and children will have more consistent access to the health services that will help them thrive.
