Achievement of MDGs would be mirage without addressing disability

Sambolgo (U/E), Dec 17, GNA - The Ghana Federation of the Disabled (GFD) has

appealed to the government to ensure that issues affecting persons with disabilities are

considered in the implementation of projects and programmes towards the achievement of the

Millennium Development Goals by 2015.
Members of the District Branch of the GFD said this at a ceremony on Wednesday to

mark International Day for the Disabled.
The spokesperson for the District Branch of the GFD, Mr David Aniaa, said Ghana could

not boast of getting close to the set targets when the actions and inactions of government and

society continued to draw a large number of Persons with Disability into perpetual hardships.

"Persons with disability do not have easy access to public buildings, including the hospitals

and clinics, so how do we get access to quality health care by ourselves?

He said there were instances that some disabled children were abandoned and some

confined in rooms or hidden where mosquitoes feasted on them.

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Mr. Aniaa said there were also instances where disabled children were seen as useless,

therefore were not educated.
He said disabled pregnant women have to crawl or struggle to climb steps of hospitals and

clinics before getting antenatal care.
The District Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Mr

Amos Ayuure, said if there was any denial of human rights against any group of person, most

targets among the MDGs could not be attained by the set date.

He said the protection and promotion of all fundamental human rights were key to the

attainment of the MDGs.
As part of the day, the members organized free breast cancer screening and counselling for

women Sambolgo and Namoo.
GNA