Gold Fields Ghana Foundation (GFGF) under its Group Legacy Programme’s flagship initiative, Expanded Access to Quality Healthcare, has partnered with Project C. U. R. E, a non-profit organization, to support two health directorates with medical equipment and supplies worth US$793, 491.75.
The donation was to ensure that all public health facilities in the Tarkwa Nsuaem and Prestea Huni-Valley Municipalities, would be better equipped to meet the needs of the local populations.
The items included, hospital beds, incubators, anaesthesia machines, imaging devices, and a wide range of consumables such as gloves, syringes, and sterile dressing.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony held in Tarkwa, Mr. Abdel-Razak Yakubu, the Executive Secretary of GFGF, said following a comprehensive needs assessment conducted in 2024, Project C. U. R. E. assembled medical equipment and consumables tailored to the requirements of Gold Fields host community facilities.
According to him, the Foundation financed all associated cost of the Project C. U. R. E. partnership, including the baseline needs assessment, shipping, customs clearance, and inland transportation, at a cost of US$95, 987.08.
Mr. Yakubu said the initiative represented a significant step in strengthening the primary healthcare system, reducing the strain of frontline staff, and enabling a more effective referral pathway to secondary facilities such as the Apinto Government hospital.
He added that beyond equipment delivery, the programme had been complemented by community medical outreaches, through which 8, 845 people were screened between 2023 and third quarter of 2025, and 2,889 individuals were newly enrolled or renewed under the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
Mr Yakubu explained that by integrating outreach with NHIS enrolment, the programme encouraged affordable and sustainable healthcare access.
By expanding access to essential health services, leveraging global partnerships for local impact, and reducing poverty and inequalities in healthcare access, this effort had contributed to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s 3, 17, 1 and 10), said the executive secretary.
He appealed to the beneficiary facilities to maintain the equipment to ensure that future generations benefitted from it, stressing that “Our maintenance culture needs to change from the traditional Ghanaian approach to something more professional, so we all can benefit”.
Receiving the items on behalf of the two municipalities, Mr. Timothy Kwabena Ofori, the Municipal Health Director for Prestea Huni-Valley, praised the donors for the support, and said this was the first time Aboso health centre was getting an incubator.
He said all their cases were referred to the Tarkwa Municipal hospital, adding, ” When you look at the stretch from Damang to Aboso, we did not have any of such facility.
Having an incubator now is going to help us improve upon our capacity to handle cases effectively”
Mr Ofori observed that many of the infrastructure they used today were constructed by the GFGF, so furnishing them with the required equipment was a step in the right direction.
The health director said to ensure proper maintenance, they would work with the regional biomedical engineer and the Tarkwa Municipal hospital’s biomedical engineer.
Mr. Issah Salifu Taylor, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tarkwa Nsuaem constituency, said the Foundation had consistently demonstrated its commitment to assisting the two constituencies, expressed gratitude to them for their generosity.
Nana Adarkwa Bediako II, Gyaasehene of Apinto Divisional Council, in his remarks told authorities that the Apinto Divisional Council together with its people held Goldfields in high esteem.
He said, “We value the developmental projects they have undertaken for us all these years, and the bond we have with them. So, we want the government to know that Goldfields is our baby”.
