The Amansie-West District Director of Health Services, Mr Joseph Adomako, has complained about the surge of abortion cases in the area, particularly among teenage girls.
\nHealth facilities saw a total of 330 cases in year 2010 as against the previous year\u2019s figure of 256, he said. During the same period, the number of still births rose to 28 from 19, and this he blamed on delays in reporting to the hospitals and clinics for supervised delivery, the bad nature of the road network and lack of transport.
\nMr Adomako, who was speaking at an end-of-year performance review meeting of the District\u2019s Health Directorate at Manso-Nkwanta, said there was marginal reduction in the cases of buruli ulcer disease. The disease cases dropped from 25, in year 2009, to 22, last year. There was also significant decline in measles infection with the district recording 616 cases in 2010 as against 706 cases in 2009.
\nMr Adomako identified the lack of accommodation for health personnel and the poor roads as major challenges that needed to be tackled to enhance quality health care delivery in the area.
\nThe District Chief Executive, Mr Charles Oti-Prempeh, lauded the efforts of the health workers for their hard work and professionalism in the face of daunting challenges. He vowed that the District Assembly would do everything to create the right environment to aid their smooth operation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Amansie-West District Director of Health Services, Mr Joseph Adomako, has complained about the surge of abortion cases in the area, particularly among teenage girls. Health facilities saw a total of 330 cases in year 2010 as against the previous year\u2019s figure of 256, he said. During the same period, the number of still births […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-275696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n