Faith healers and traditional birth attendants, have been urged to support implementation of the Traditional Medicine Practice Act to regulate their activities in the country.
Mr Kweku Owusu, General Secretary of Ghana Association of Faith Healers (GAFH) and Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) Association, who made the call, said the Act was to help to improve standards and eliminate human right violations in churches, prayer camps and healing centres.
He was addressing a meeting of Regional and District Coordinators of GAFH and TBA at Weija, near Accra on Thursday.
Mr Owusu commended members of the two associations for their efforts to create awareness on the need for quality and efficient health care delivery methods and promotion of human rights in churches and prayers camps.
He challenged members to ensure that their products were acceptable to the public by registering with the association and operate in a more hygienic environment.
�Though the efficacy of our preparations have not been in doubt there is the need to produce them in a more hygienic environment and
scientifically tested,� he said.
He called for the passage of the Mental Health Bill to facilitate the establishment of the Mental Health Authority to improve mental health in the country.
Mr Basty Frederick Danquah, Head of Monitoring, Standards and Ethics Committee of GAFH and TBA urged all faith healers and TBAs to join the association.
He announced that a task force has been established in all the regions to arrest members, who would flout the Act which came into force in 2000.