The Upper East Regional Health Directorate of the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has initiated an Annual Performance Excellence Awards program to recognize and reward deserving, hard working staff across all levels of the healthcare delivery spectrum in the region.
The innovative scheme, embedded within the Service’s Staff Welfare and Performance Management System, which seeks to motivate and reward individual health workers and facilities for exceptional performance and achievements in healthcare delivery in the Upper East Region.
This was disclosed in a letter cited by Word News and by signed by Mr Paschal Dongzuing, Deputy Director of Administration, on behalf of Dr Braimah Baba Abubakari, the Regional Director of the Ghana Health Directorate (GHS )The letter has indicated that the primary goal of the initiative is to instill “a sense of regional pride, patriotism, and professionalism among our health workers, encouraging them to continually strive for excellence in improving healthcare quality and outcomes for the citizens of the region and beyond.
“The primary goal is to instill a sense of regional pride, patriotism, and professionalism among our health workers, encouraging them to continually strive for excellence in improving healthcare quality and outcomes for the good citizens of the Region and beyond”.
The said letter has also highlighted that the implementation of the scheme would commence this year, 2026, which was declared during the 2025 Annual Regional Performance Review session, and that the event is scheduled for March 24 and 25 at the Dr John Koku Awoonor-Williams In-Service Training and Conference Centre in Bolgatanga.
The letter further announced: “Owing to time constraints, only the institutional and facility-level awards will be considered for the 2025 performance year.”
The Directorate urged staff to support the initiative to ensure its success as they work in unison toward providing quality health service delivery and achieving better health outcomes in the region.In our quest to enhance performance and accelerate progress towards achieving Universal Health Coverage, which is key to realizing our vision, the Senior Management Committee, led by the Regional Director of Health Service, wishes to institute an Annual Performance Awards Scheme for BMCs, Sub-BMCs, BMC Heads/Managers as well as for deserving staff at all levels of the health delivery spectrum in the Region.
This innovative scheme, embedded within the Service’s Staff Welfare and Performance Management System, seeks to motivate, recognize, and reward individual health workers and facilities for exceptional performance and achievements in healthcare delivery at various service levels.
The implementation of this initiative would commence this year at the 2025 Regional Half Year Performance Review Session slated for 24th and 25th march, 2026 at Dr. J. K. Awoonor-Williams In-Service Training and Conference Center, Bolgatanga.
Source: mywordfmonline.com/ Gaspard Adongo Ayuureneeya.