The annual ritual of the Atwima Nwabiagya North Heath Directorate of the Ghana Health Service dubbed; “Performance Review Meeting” has unearthed teenage pregnancy and malaria as the topmost health related challenge for the year 2023.
This was made known to participants on Thursday, 22nd February 2024 during the performance review held at the district’s conference hall.
The event brought together, the District Coordinating Director and Chairman for the occasion, Mr S.M Abdul Rahman, District Finance Officer, Mr Charles Agyenim Boateng, Mr Eric Sarpong, District Director of Health, Ashanti Regional Nutrition Officer, Maame Adwoa Konadu A. A, Offinso Municipal Director on Health, Representative of the District Director of Health from Ahafo Ano South East District Assembly, Nananom, Zongo Chief, Chief Issaka Amadu Ramadan II, Barekese Imam, Imam Hassan Iddrisu, Health professionals, Doctors, Representative from the National Health Insurance (NHIS) and everyone called for the faction.
The various health centers were categorized under a sub-districts namely; Asoufua, Barekese, Akropong, Darbaa, others included Amaoman CHP Compound, Mt. Sinai Hospital, Education, Ghana Police, NHIS and more were given opportunity to briefly expatiate on their performance over the ensued year.
Each representative and sub-district was allocated a time frame to present on its performance of the year 2023.
It was unearthed in Asoufua sub-district’s report that Adankwame tops 2023 teenage pregnancy and needed urgent attention to arrest the issue.
further in other report was malaria known to be the second most challenging health issue in the the year 2023 and called on all health professionals to be more proactive than ever.
Mr Abdul Rahman (DCD), challenged health workers and other stakeholders to adopt number of innovations to address those issues. He assured participants of the Assembly’s support whenever duty calls.
In an interview, Maame Adwoa Konadu Adiyiah Ankwah, Ashanti Regional Nutrition Officer and Regional Parent’s representative encouraged mothers, care givers, health officer, and all other stakeholders to prioritize nutrition as it would be the basic and topmost health treatment to all illness. She believed when one was well balanced with diet the person’s health is assured.
As nutritionist, she cautioned parents against malnutrition and not receiving of Vitamins during hospital visitations. She was without doubt those are very necessary in child development.
Maame Konadu was impressed with the record of zero maternal mortality the district has made and charged officers to set more record breaking rules to elevate the district’s and themselves.
Chief Issaka Amadu Ramadan II, the Barekese Zongo Chief and the Director of Health, Mr Eric Sarpong were worried as to the number doctors and nurses crossing borders for better livelihood and pleaded with the government to provide more enabling and comforting environment for health workers to work.
To them these were experienced and very hardworking health professionals whom due to circumstances beyond measure embarked on such journey.
Government and for that matter Ghanaians should contribute to health workers staying in the country rather than such embarkment.
Participants were grateful to the health directorate, Assembly, management and staff not living out all who made the event a success.
Augustine Agyei
District Information Officer
