The Kpone Katamanso Municipal Health Directorate has been named the Overall Best Performing District in the Greater Accra Region for 2025, topping 28 other districts in a regional performance ranking that marks one of the most dramatic turnarounds in the region’s recent health governance history.
The recognition is particularly significant given that the Directorate was ranked among the bottom three performing districts during the 2024 half-year performance review, just months before its climb to the top of the table.
Dr. Esther Priscilla Biamah Danquah, the Municipal Director of Health Services for Kpone Katamanso, said the poor mid-year ranking in 2024 came as a serious wake-up call, despite what had already been months of intensive work by staff and management.
Rather than accept the low ranking, the Directorate launched a comprehensive internal review of its performance data, systematically identifying gaps across key programme areas. That process, Dr. Biamah Danquah explained, shaped a series of targeted interventions that would prove decisive.
“We also strengthened supervision, improved reporting, supported facilities more closely, and monitored progress consistently,” she said.
The reforms included enhanced monitoring systems, improved data reporting mechanisms, and closer technical support extended to health facilities across the municipality. The Directorate also worked to integrate data more effectively into day-to-day operational decisions, ensuring that numbers translated into action rather than remaining as administrative records.
Dr. Biamah Danquah attributed the achievement to a collective effort, crediting health workers, management, community volunteers, and development partners who sustained their commitment throughout the process. She extended particular recognition to JSI, a global public health organisation, and MBryan Consulting, for helping translate data into actionable strategies. She also acknowledged regional health authorities for maintaining the oversight and accountability frameworks that kept the Directorate on course.
“This is a powerful reminder that when data guides decisions and teams stay committed, transformation is possible,” she said.
The Kpone Katamanso Municipal Health Directorate serves one of Greater Accra’s fastest-growing peri-urban municipalities, covering 55 Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) zones, of which 42 are currently operational, alongside government, faith-based, and private health facilities across the area.
