Sekondi, Aug 25, GNA - The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has drawn up a four-year programme during which it would assist the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in three regions.

About 40 million dollars is expected to be spent on the programme in the Western, Central and Greater Accra regions that are being used for the four-year pilot project, Dr Divine K. Atupra, Maternal and Child Health Specialist of the Focus Region Health Project (FRHP), told the Ghana News Agency on Wednesday in Takoradi.

Dr Atupra was leading his colleagues of the FRHP, an affiliate organization with the USAID, to present the first batch of medical materials made up of medical models, family planning, child birth protocols and training materials to the Western Regional Health Directorate in Sekondi.

The items included birth stimulators, norplant arms, replacement skins, Zoe FPs, educators and books.

Mad Susan Wright, Deputy Chief/Senior Advisor of USAID, Ghana, explained that the project would focus on Family Planning, Childbirth and Safe Motherhood.

Mad Wright said the Central and Greater Accra regions' Health Directorates had received their share of the items.

Dr Mrs Linda Vanoto, the Western Regional Director of Health Services, lauded the USAID for the donation and said they would enhance training of health personnel.

She said the items would be distributed to all health institutions in the district to enable the personnel and nurses make reference to them when in doubt to ensure quality services.