The health department is responsible for providing quality and affordable health care, both curative and preventive through services rendered by the 25 government health facilities and Ten(10) private facilities of the district.
Strategy Overview of Agriculture Department
The guiding principles for the functioning of the agriculture department are as follows:
VISION: A healthy population with universal access to quality service.
MISSION: To provide and prudently manage comprehensive and accessible health service with special emphasis on primary health care in accordance with national policies.
CORE VALUES: Integrity, Professionalism, Teamwork, People centeredness, innovation and excellence, discipline and dedication.
FACILITIES PUBLIC(25)
1 Polyclinic, 1 Health center, 7 CHPS compounds, 2CHPS compounds nearly functional and 14 functional zones. PRIVATE(25)
1 Polyclinic, 1 Health center, 7 CHPS compounds, 2CHPS compounds nearly functional and 14 functional zones.
HEALTH WORKFORCE
207 Staff (1 Medical officer, 3 Physician Assistants, 157 Nurses, 12 Technical Assistant, 157, 34 Others). Total number of females is 166 and males 41.
SERVICES PROVIDED
1. Implementation of approved national health policy for health delivery in the district.
2. Increase access to improve health services.
3. Managing prudently resources available for provision of health services.
COLLECTIVE FUNCTIONS
1. Out-Patient, In-Patient, Pharmacy and dispensary, ante-natal care, maternal delivery/care.
2. Post-natal care, eye clinic, emergency, family planning, child welfare clinic, nutrition and disease.
3. Control, health promotion, adolescent reproductive health, health record management and some surgeries.
NB. All government health facilities and some private facilities are NHIS accredited.
PROGRAMS/PROJECTS EXECUTED AND ONGOING
1. Expanded program on immunization.
2. TB Control Programme
3. AIDS Control Programme
4. Malaria Control Programme
5. Maternal Child Health and Nutrition Improvement Project (MCHNP)
NAMES OF SUB-UNITS
1. Prampram polyclinic. Medical Officer in charge: Dr. Beryl Karikari
2. Old Ningo Health Center. Physician Assistance (Medical) in charge: Elizabeth Dwamena
3. New Ningo CHPS Compound. Nursing Office in charge: Annette Zordeh
4. Lekpongunor CHPS Compound. Nursing Office in charge: Rosewitha Mensah-Boakye
5. Nigbenya CHPS Compound. MidewifeOffice in charge: Velda P.
Solomon
6. Dawa CHPS Compound. Midwife in charge: Paulina Setorwofia