HEALTH Minister Dr Elijah Muchima says African countries should come up with an organisation to fund their own healthcare, as dependence on aid is only a temporary measure. And Dr Muchima has urged all medical personnels to work together to clean up their areas of operations. Speaking when the Ghanaian High Commissioner paid him a courtesy call yesterday, Dr Muchima said the withdrawal of aid programmes could not be blamed on anyone. ā€œRecently, we were in Washington. Africans were saying, ā€˜let’s come out of these economic ties, let’s be on our own.’ Former President of Nigeria, Obasanjo, was our guest of honour; he gave his story of how Nigeria positioned itself. We are moving away from contributions to investment into...

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