Health

The Health Services in the District are tailored towards integrated, preventive and curative services with emphasis on Primary Health Care. The main services provided are:

• General medical care
• Maternal and child health care and family planning
• Nutrition and health education
• Diseases control
  

Environmental health care

It is important that the health condition of the people within the District is given good attention for sustained development locally and nationally. Health care delivery in the District is provided through a Health center and Community Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Compounds and other health facilities. There are 19 demarcated CHPS zones for the purposes of improved community health service delivery. These include Koraso, Fetentaa, Nsapor and Jinijini.

Spatial Distribution of Health Facilities

Health care services are being delivered in 3 health institutions in the District. These institutions are 2 public health centers coupled with 10 CHPS facilities with only four functioning, 1 private facility and 2 public facilities. The District has outreach points where Reproductive and Child Health Services are rendered including health promotion.

The strength of the District is the community based surveillance programme which is functional and active Community Based Surveillance Volunteers (CBSVs) have been trained to support community health activities. They record and report on all health events in the communities including diseases, deliveries, deaths and referrals.

The main health facility in the District is located at Jinijini together with other health facilities scattered around.  They are made up of both public/private/community clinics and CHPS Compounds.