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Attendance at health facilities in C/R
increases
Cape Coast, Feb. 27, Ghanadot/GNA- Attendance at out patient
departments (OPDs) of health institutions in the Central
Region, increased from 863, 388 in 2006 to 1,643,618 last
year.
This was due to patronage of the National Health Insurance
Scheme by the people, which increased from 38 per cent in
2006 to 48 per cent last year.
Dr Aaron Offei, Regional Director of Health Services, made
these known at the opening of a two-day annual performance
review conference of the Service, under the theme “Achieving
the Millennium Development Goals-a challenge for all,” at
Cape Coast on Wednesday.
He said during the year under review, the region was
selected among the high ranking performing regions in the
country in the area of disease surveillance.
Dr Offei said tuberculosis cure rate for last year was 71.6
per cent, a 10 per cent increase over that of the previous
year.
He said sentinel survey results of HIV/AIDS in the region
for last year was 2.9 per cent, sixth on the national scale
while prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT)
centres also increased from 14 to 23.
Dr Offei said apart from Twifo Praso, Apam Catholic and
Abura Dunkwa Hospitals, all hospitals in the region have
started providing ante-retroviral treatment to people living
with HIV/AIDS and expressed hoped that all hospitals
including private ones would soon be taken on board this
year.
He said malaria continued to be the number one disease
reported at the OPDs and that this year, a total of 371,263
cases has already been recorded.
Dr Offei urged health workers to work harder to prevent
maternal mortality.
Nana Ato Arthur, Central regional Minister, in a speech read
on his behalf, said government would continue to improve
infrastructure to promote health care delivery for all
Ghanaians.
Nana Kwesi Atta II, Paramount Chief of the Ogua Traditional
Area, urged health personnel to work assiduously to prevent
malaria and maternal deaths.
GNA
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