4. PRIORITIES & CHALLENGES
Scale Up Community –based Health
Planning and Services
Improve quality of Reproductive and
Child Health
Regenerative Health and Nutrition
including medical screening
Disease Control and surveillance
Regular community dialogue and
sensitization through nightVideos and
C4D activities
Improve data collection and reporting
from private health facilities
Data Management
Intersectoral Collaboration
Inadequate Critical Health Staff ( Medical
assistants, pharmacist and record and Lab
Assistants etc )
Inadequate official and residential
accommodation
Medicines and records management(folders)
Delayed Reimbursement for NHIS claims
Staff Indiscipline
Weak Continuum of care(Regional hospital and
Health facilities)
High communicable disease burden of Malaria,
TB, HIV/AIDS
High infant, maternal and neonatal mortality
Collaboration with Private Service Providers
5. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS (1)
More than half of the Staff have beenAppraised for the year 2013
Newly appointed staff were also oriented before posting to their various facilities
In- service trainings were organized for staff to improve their performances on the
job.
No major accident under the period of review.
Active case search for CMAM Cases
Successful sensitization on guinea worm identification and cash reward, &
preparation for visit of certification team
Conducted 2 rounds Facilitative supervision to all Sub municipals
Conducted first round of OTSS to all the facilities including private facilities.
6. KEY ACHIEVEMENTS (2)
Conducted Mass Drug Administration (MDA) against filariasis and Onchocerciasis
Organized refresher training for Community Based Surveillance volunteers
Trained 24 CHNs/CHOs on Implanon and Jadelle insertion
Organized fora for men on family planning and other RCH activities in all sub-municipals
Organized community durbars on maternal/child health activities and importance of family planning
Carried out maternal death audits in two communities on causes and prevention of maternal deaths
Trained fifty five staffs on costumer care
Organized midwives forum on MNH/family planning
Screening of Fire service women for breast cancer
Renovation of MHA Offices
8. HUMAN RESOURCE - SUMMARY
INDICATOR NUMBER
Total number of staff 260
Total number of staff on course 57
Total number of Staff at Post 203
Postings In 63
Promotions 11
Appointments 9
34. Intersectoral Collaboration
Partner/Collaborator Contribution
Municipal
Assembly
• Health Infrastructure
• Child Health
AGAMAL Ltd. • Indoor Residual Spraying for malaria control
PLAN GHANA • Disease control and child Health
World FOOD
PROGRAMME
• Child Health
GES • School Health Services
• Deworming and Immunization of school children
NCCE • Social Mobilization
National Ambulance • Referrals
37. HMIS, RESEARCH & ICT
Networking of the Municipal Health Directorate
Creation of a Data bank and installing a server
Using file sharing system (e.g, dropbox) to make key
information available to desktop computers in the
network
Preparation for an Integrated EPI Cluster survey are
complete and will be conducted in the third quarter to
assess immunization coverage for all sub municipal.
38. Innovations & Best Practices worth Sharing
Development and hosting a website for theWa Municipal Health
Service (www.wamunicipalhealthservice.com )
Internal study tour among CHPS Zones in the municipal
Formation of CHOs Association
Using occasions in communities such as naming ceremonies to pass
Health messages to community members
Compilation of social groups and their meeting dates withinCHPS
catchment areas in the Municipality
Printing of Identity Cards for CommunityVolunteers
41. Way forward for Second part of the year
Intensify community education and dialogue on reproductive health services.
Quarterly orientation on data management
Organize a staff durbar in the 3rd qtr
Functionalize demarcated CHPS Zones
• Conduct EPI Cluster Survey
• Conduct quarterly data validation at health facilities
• Posting/redistribution of midwives, CHNs and CHOs
Organize health screening for health staff in the third Qtr.
Begin to audit all neonatal deaths from the municipality
Conduct Stakeholders forum in all sub municipals
Meeting with all private health providers
Staff Awards
42. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
RHD
MUNICIPALASSEMBLY
DECENTRALISED DEPARTMENTS
PATH MALARIA CARE
COMMUNITY BASEDVOLUNTEERS
COMMUNITY MEMBERS &TRADITIONAL LEADERS
NCCE
WFP
UNICEF
WHO
JICA
Local NGOs