All children shall survive beyond five years All Pregnant women shall have safe delivery and healthy babies All people shall be educated to live healthy life style and avoid Communicable and Non-communicable diseases POLICY THRUST OF THE HEALTH SECTOR To reduce inequities in access to care and increase coverage, quality and use of health services so as to achieve a healthier national population BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF WESTERN REGION The Western Region is situated in the south-western part of Ghana. It shares borders with on the West, the Central Region on the East, part of Ashanti and Brong La Cote d’lvoire Ahafo Regions in the North, and the Gulf of Guinea in the South. It has an area of 23,760 sq. km. with a coastline of 192km. MAP OF THE WESTERN REGION SHOWING THE 22 ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS AND HEALTH SUB DISTRICTS 2017 The Region has twenty-two (22) Administrative Districts. All the District capitals have pipe borne water and electricity connected to the national grid. The Region has One Hundred and nineteen (119) Health Sub districts in respect to the twenty two districts, as shown below: – No. District 2017 Area in Km2. No. Of Health Population Sub districts 1 Ahanta West 132,967 554 4
All children shall survive beyond five years All Pregnant women shall have safe delivery and healthy babies All people shall be educated to live healthy life style and avoid Communicable and Non-communicable diseases POLICY THRUST OF THE HEALTH SECTOR To reduce inequities in access to care and increase coverage, quality and use of health services so as to achieve a healthier national population BACKGROUND INFORMATION OF WESTERN REGION The Western Region is situated in the south-western part of Ghana. It shares borders with La Cote d’lvoire on the West, the Central Region on the East, part of Ashanti and Brong Ahafo Regions in the North, and the Gulf of Guinea in the South. It has an area of 23,760 sq. km. with a coastline of 192km. MAP OF THE WESTERN REGION SHOWING THE 22 ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS AND HEALTH SUB DISTRICTS 2017 The Region has twenty-two (22) Administrative Districts. All the District capitals have pipe borne water and electricity connected to the national grid. The Region has One Hundred and nineteen (119) Health Sub districts in respect to the twenty – two districts, as shown below: No. District 2017 Population Area in Km2. No. Of Health Sub districts 1 Ahanta West 132,967 554 4