加纳进出口银行（EXIM）的高层管理团队向加纳医疗保健信托基金（又称 “马哈马关怀计划”, MahamaCares）捐赠了 45 万加纳塞地。这笔捐款是该银行管理层员工的自愿捐款，是计划捐赠给该基金的首期款项。

加纳医疗保健信托基金是政府的一项举措，旨在补充国家健康保险计划的努力，该计划为加纳居民提供医疗保健的经济支持。而 “马哈马关怀计划” 则专门用于支持各种慢性疾病的专科治疗，包括癌症、心血管疾病、慢性肾衰竭、中风等病症。

带头捐款的首席执行官 Sylvester Mensah 先生表示："马哈马医疗关怀计划是一项旨在扩大医疗覆盖范围的爱心行动，我为加纳进出口银行高管团队展现的同理心感到自豪。"

这位曾任国家健康保险局 (NHIA) 行政长官的领导人乐观表示，该捐助将助力国家为罹患重大疾病的弱势群体提供医疗救助。加纳医疗信托基金由 John Mahama 总统于今年四月发起成立，总统在启动仪式上强调全民责任对确保医疗普惠的重要性，呼吁国内企业和个人积极捐助。

加纳进出口银行高管团队正是响应这一号召进行捐赠。总统以身作则捐献六个月薪资，副总统 Opoku-Agyeman 教授也捐出四个月薪资。加纳武装部队指挥官等各界人士相继捐出月薪支持该基金。

据世界卫生组织数据，这些病例中 90% 属于心血管疾病，5% 为癌症。许多本可避免的死亡因高昂治疗费而酿成悲剧。马哈马医疗计划正是为这类群体设立，卫生部已成立专项工作组推进实施。

Senior Management of Ghana EXIM Bank Donates GHS450k to ‘Mahama Cares’ Programme

The senior management team of the Ghana EXIM Bank has donated four hundred and fifty thousand Ghana cedis (GHS450,000) to the Ghana Medical Care Trust Fund also known as ‘MahamaCares’.

The donation which was the voluntary contribution of management staff of the bank, is the first instalment of the total sum intended for the Fund.

The Ghana Medical Care Trust Fund is a government initiative to complement the efforts of the National Health Insurance Scheme which provides financial access to healthcare for residents of the country.

The MahamaCares program, however, is designed to support specialist-level treatment for a wide range of chronic illnesses, including cancers, cardiovascular diseases, chronic kidney failure, stroke, among other conditions.

Chief Executive, Sylvester Mensah who led the gesture indicated that “the Mahamacares program is a compassionate effort geared towards expanding access to healthcare, and I am proud of the empathy shown by the senior management team here at EXIM.”

Mr Mensah who is a former Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) was optimistic that the support will add to the national effort aimed at providing medical relief to vulnerable citizens battling critical health conditions.

The Ghana Medical Care Trust Fund initiative was launched by the President, John Mahama in April this year. At the launch, the President underscored the importance of collective responsibility in ensuring that every Ghanaian, regardless of income or location, has access to essential healthcare.

He called on corporate Ghana and individuals to support the Trust Fund.

It is in response to this call that the senior team at EXIM made the contribution.

The President led the way by donating six months of his salary to the fund. Vice President, Professor Opoku-Agyeman also donated four months of her salary to the program. Various individuals and organisations have since made contributions to help advance the objective of the Trust Fund. Notable among the donors were the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF) service commanders who contributed their one-month salary.

According to the WHO, cardiovascular diseases account for 90% of these cases, while cancers account for 5%. Many of these deaths could be prevented if people had access to treatment, but the high cost makes it impossible for many.

It is persons in this bracket that the Mahamacares program seeks to support. A task force has been inaugurated by the Ministry of Health to roll-out the program.

来源：CITI NEWSROOM

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