ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW MEETING

An annual performance review meeting of the Ghana Health Service under the West Gonja District was held in Damongo.

The meeting was organised to review the performance of the directorate in 2010 and to plan for 2011.

The District Director of Health Dr. Kubio Crysantus in his speech outlined some successes and challengers of the sector.

He stated that the District has one hospital, four clinics, one poly clinic and five CHPS compounds.

He added that, there was an increase of the utilization of the in and out patient service with a per-capital income from 0.7 to 0.8.

Also, the increase of CHPS compound from two in 2009 to five by 2010 resulted in a reduction of mortality rate from106 per 100 live births in 2009 to 78 per 100 live births in 2010.

In addition, personnel have work hard to maintain Antenatal Care by 30% for the past three years. Again, the 80% sustenance of materinity rate gives 26%.

He also revealed that, the District recorded no guinea worm care.

He therefore congratulated the sub-sectors and the health volunteers for working hard to eradicate guinea worm in the district.

The director disclosed that three quality improvvement teams will be going to the Netherlands for further studies.

He stressed that, they are all working collectively as a team to increase the accessibility of health facility, managing the limited available health resource towards the achievement of the middle income status, by creating wealth through health.

Touching on challengeds, Dr. Crysantus Kubio mentioned inadequate health personnel, water crises and poor road network amongst others.

Mr. Moses Laar a representative of the Regional Director of Health congratulated the workers for their efforts.

He urged them to consider their objective as against their achievement and challenges to improve upon their services.

He also advised them to be kindto their patient, since unfair behaviour always send a bad reputation of the health department to the outside world.

The District Health Directorate presentation was done by Mr. Paul Konka. In his presentation, he expressed worry at the level of performance of the sub-centres with regards to maternal care. He also expressed concern at the level of increase in teenage pregnacy in the District.

Mr. Paul Konka pointed out that though there has been an increase in skill delivering from 2.7 to 2.9% and prevalent rate has reduce from 0.3 to 0.2, much needs to be done to enhance effective health delivering in the District.

He urged personnel to always persuade nursing mothers to trun up for post antenatal care twice every seven days.

The Duputy Co-ordinating Director Mr. Patrick Aparik on behalf of the District Chief Executive congratulated the directorate and the participants for thier hard work.

He told participants that, the district assembly is keen at addressing the most challenging issues to enhance effective health delivery.



BY ATULE REGINA -DAMONGO