The Sefwi Bodi District Health Directorate in the Western North Region has reviewed its operational performance for the 2024 period.
The meeting, attended by representatives from all the 21 health facilities and staff from the District Health Directorate, was on the theme: “Empowering Communities, Enhancing Care, Bridging the Gap for Improved Skilled Delivery.”
Paul Noah Quam, the Bodi District Health Director, in his opening remarks, appealed to the health workers in the district to put in more work to ensure that every mother, newborn and families had access to safe delivery during childbirth.
He said safe delivery was not just a goal but a fundamental human right, saying; “Globally, maternal and new-born mortality rates remain a significant challenge, and we know that skilled birth attendance by trained midwives, nurses or doctors is the surest way to prevent such issues.”
He stated that research conducted by his office had indicated that many women gave birth without access to skilled care in underserved areas of the district.
Dr Quam attributed the issue to a lack of infrastructure, financial constraints and mistrust in healthcare providers in those areas.
“It is the mandate of my office to bridge these gaps and so we have increased the number of functional maternal health facilities in remote areas by upgrading CHPS level A to level M, bringing care closer to those who need it,” he said.
Stephen Martey, Project Manager for World Vision, a non-governmental organisation based in the Bodi District, pledged his outfit’s commitment to supporting the district health directorate to improve its operational mandate.
Charles Christian Lartey, the Bodi District Coordinating Director, said the Assembly would work closely with the Health Directorate for effective and efficient health care delivery in the district.