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HEALTH SECTOR
HEALTH
Policy decisions under the health sector was informed by a number of key development issues including inadequate access to quality healthcare as a result of absence of critical health staff and inadequate health infrastructure including absence of satellite office for the National Health Insurance Authority to provide health insurance registration and its allied services The District has no Hospital but has a number of health facilities which is averagely inadequate to meet the health needs of the people. The distribution of health facilities in the District is as follows; Five (5) health centers, Seven (7) CHIPS with compounds and six (8) CHPS without compounds.
Access to Health Services
Increase in access to healthcare delivery is one of the key policy objectives that the Assembly adopted from the Human Resource Development thematic pillar of the Agenda for Jobs. There has been a remarkable increase in access to health care in the District. However, geographical access to health care delivery still remains a challenge especially at Tantala, Yikpabongo, and Soo CHPS zone as inhabitants of these communities have to travel beyond 5km to access healthcare at the said facilities. The situation becomes worst during rainy season as some communities are cut off by flood.
Food and Nutrition
Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in most developing countries including Ghana. Under nutrition during a child’s formative ages (0-24 months) reduces a person’s immune system thereby making him susceptible to other diseases and illnesses. It impairs the development of a child’s cognitive abilities, educational performance and eventually reduces his productivity as a working adult. The Ghana Cost of Hunger Study (AUC, 2016) estimates the annual cost of child under-nutrition and its socio-economic impacts on health, education and productivity at GH¢4.6 billion or 6.4 percent of GDP. The percentage of children with underweight growth rate has seen a remarkable declined from 5.6% in 2017 to 1.7% in 2018, 1.3% in 2019 and 1.3 in 2020. This is as a result of targeted health education and counseling of care givers.
UNDERWEIGHT
The Proportion of children 0-59 months with weight-for-age is < –2 standard deviations (SD). This indicator measures children’s growth adequacy with weight as a proxy. Evidence has shown that the mortality risk of children who are even mildly underweight is decreased, and severely underweight children are at even reducing risk. Underweight is a reflection of poor infant feeding support and it is caused by other factors (disease) both at the facility and within the community, leading to the poor infant feeding practices. This indicator is a measure of the general health status of the population and the performance of the child health programs. Below shows the prevalence underweight in the district by annual, with 2017 as the baseline haven the highest (5.6%) underweight recorded and 2019 and 2020 recording 1.3% each.
Percentage Change in prevalence underweight
STUNTING
This is the Proportion of children 0-59 months with Length/height-for-age < –2 standard deviations (SD). The best data source is survey data that covers greater portion of the children (0-59 months in, the communities as well as the district at large. This data, is not a true reflection of stunting prevalence of the district, because only few children were reached during the routine services. Stunted Children suffer from growth retardation as a result of poor diets or recurrent infections which tend to be at greater risk of illness and death. Stunting is the result of long-term nutritional deprivation with learning difficulties and non -productivity later in adult life. The table below, show the routine service data on stunting collected. However, 2020 seems to show high stunting prevalence of 0.5%, 0.05% in 2019 and with no data for 2018.
WASTING
It is the Proportion of children (0-59) with weight -for-height < –2 Standard Deviations (SD) reference to WHO Z scores. It indicates recent and severe weight loss. It occurs when there is inadequate food intake both quantity and quality or frequent prolong illness and it is associated with high risk of death if not treated promptly and on time. Wasting in children is a symptom of acute under nutrition, usually as a consequence of insufficient food intake or a high incidence of infectious diseases, Wasting data is not collected routinely but through surveys. Base on this, we can associate the district wasting prevalence with the larger North-East Region.
Policy decisions under the health sector was informed by a number of key development issues including inadequate access to quality healthcare as a result of absence of critical health staff and inadequate health infrastructure including absence of satellite office for the National Health Insurance Authority to provide health insurance registration and its allied services The District has no Hospital but has a number of health facilities which is averagely inadequate to meet the health needs of the people. The distribution of health facilities in the District is as follows; Five (5) health centers, Seven (7) CHIPS with compounds and six (8) CHPS without compounds.
Access to Health Services
Increase in access to healthcare delivery is one of the key policy objectives that the Assembly adopted from the Human Resource Development thematic pillar of the Agenda for Jobs. There has been a remarkable increase in access to health care in the District. However, geographical access to health care delivery still remains a challenge especially at Tantala, Yikpabongo, and Soo CHPS zone as inhabitants of these communities have to travel beyond 5km to access healthcare at the said facilities. The situation becomes worst during rainy season as some communities are cut off by flood.
Food and Nutrition
Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in most developing countries including Ghana. Under nutrition during a child’s formative ages (0-24 months) reduces a person’s immune system thereby making him susceptible to other diseases and illnesses. It impairs the development of a child’s cognitive abilities, educational performance and eventually reduces his productivity as a working adult. The Ghana Cost of Hunger Study (AUC, 2016) estimates the annual cost of child under-nutrition and its socio-economic impacts on health, education and productivity at GH¢4.6 billion or 6.4 percent of GDP. The percentage of children with underweight growth rate has seen a remarkable declined from 5.6% in 2017 to 1.7% in 2018, 1.3% in 2019 and 1.3 in 2020. This is as a result of targeted health education and counseling of care givers.
UNDERWEIGHT
The Proportion of children 0-59 months with weight-for-age is < –2 standard deviations (SD). This indicator measures children’s growth adequacy with weight as a proxy. Evidence has shown that the mortality risk of children who are even mildly underweight is decreased, and severely underweight children are at even reducing risk. Underweight is a reflection of poor infant feeding support and it is caused by other factors (disease) both at the facility and within the community, leading to the poor infant feeding practices. This indicator is a measure of the general health status of the population and the performance of the child health programs. Below shows the prevalence underweight in the district by annual, with 2017 as the baseline haven the highest (5.6%) underweight recorded and 2019 and 2020 recording 1.3% each.
Percentage Change in prevalence underweight
STUNTING
This is the Proportion of children 0-59 months with Length/height-for-age < –2 standard deviations (SD). The best data source is survey data that covers greater portion of the children (0-59 months in, the communities as well as the district at large. This data, is not a true reflection of stunting prevalence of the district, because only few children were reached during the routine services. Stunted Children suffer from growth retardation as a result of poor diets or recurrent infections which tend to be at greater risk of illness and death. Stunting is the result of long-term nutritional deprivation with learning difficulties and non -productivity later in adult life. The table below, show the routine service data on stunting collected. However, 2020 seems to show high stunting prevalence of 0.5%, 0.05% in 2019 and with no data for 2018.
WASTING
It is the Proportion of children (0-59) with weight -for-height < –2 Standard Deviations (SD) reference to WHO Z scores. It indicates recent and severe weight loss. It occurs when there is inadequate food intake both quantity and quality or frequent prolong illness and it is associated with high risk of death if not treated promptly and on time. Wasting in children is a symptom of acute under nutrition, usually as a consequence of insufficient food intake or a high incidence of infectious diseases, Wasting data is not collected routinely but through surveys. Base on this, we can associate the district wasting prevalence with the larger North-East Region.
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