Health

The Municipality has five (5) Sub-districts, four (4) public health centres located at Bawjiase, Senya, Awutu Beraku, and Bontrase. There are nineteen (19) functional Community-Based Health Planning Services (CHPS) zones/compounds and Four (4) privately owned health facilities in the District. There is however no hospital and therefore no Doctor. The nurse-patient ratio in the District is 1:1223.

Table 14: Health Facility by Type, Awutu Senya East Municipal

Source: DHIMS 2 Awutu Senya 2017

Each sub district has a health center which is headed by a Physician Assistant who works with a team of clinical and preventive health workers to provide a wide range of health services to community members. Each health center supervises a number of Community- Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) zones. There are as many as 19 CHPS Zones in the district.

The Awutu Senya East Municipality had no district hospital; therefore the Awutu Beraku and Bawjiase Health Centers served as the main referral center for other health facilities. Also at the community level, there were 92 outreach vaccination points, 135 trained Traditional Birth Attendants and 125 Community-Based Disease Surveillance Volunteers.

There are four (4) registered private maternity homes and one eye hospital in the Municipality.

Table 15: Summary of Health Facilities, Awutu Senya East Municipality

Source: District Profile, 2016

The rate of population growth in the district has created the need for a District Hospital with all the modern facilities for effective health delivery system.

Below is a map showing the location health facilities in the District.

Figure 12: Map showing the location health facilities in the Municipality

Top Ten diseases

The top ten diseases reported in the Municipality are preventable or avoidable as shown in the list and can be averted by implementing simple public health interventions such as sleeping in insecticide treated bednets, maintaining adequate personal and environmental hygiene.

1. Malaria
2. Upper respiratory tract infection
3. Skin diseases
4. Anaemia
5. Rheumatism
6. Intestinal worms
7. AUTI
8. Road Traffic Accidents
9. Home injuries
10. Hypertension

Figure 13: Top Ten Diseases Reported

Source: ASDA DHMT, 2016 Annual Report

HIV/AIDS

The Municipal Assembly is privileged to be among Districts with low prevalent rates of reported cases HIV/AIDs patience. The table below gives detail information on the situation during the plan implementation period.

Table 16

Teenage Pregnancy

Data from the District Health Directorate does not give a good picture of teenagers as far as keeping themselves safe when having sexual intercourse. Figures shows that during the plan period of 2014-2017 there were yearly increases up to 2016 and a significant drop of over 6% in 2017. The chart below shows the teenage pregnancy situation of the District (District Health Department, 2017).

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