Chip Title: | Reducing Maternal Mortality Ratio In The Western Region |
Participant(s): | Dr. Emmanuel Atsu Dodor Dr. Kwaku Anin Karikari |
Organization: | Ghana Health Service (GHS) |
Year: | 2013 |
Country: | Ghana |
Region: | Western_Africa |
Presentation (PDF) mdi13_gh_gh1311_1378649124.pdf
CHIP Plan (PDF) mdi13_gh_gh1311_1378649124_chip_plan.pdf
Details
Who We Are
- Location: Western Region of Ghana
- Mission Statement: To work in collaboration with all partners in the health sector to ensure that every individual, household and community is adequately informed about health; and has equitable access to high quality health and health-related interventions.
What We Do
- Community / Population Served-All the population of Western Region of Ghana
- Services Provided-All health services-Public Health, Curative and Rehabilitative
The CHIP
Goal:
- To increase the %age of health Centres in the Western region which is fully Basic Emergency New Born and Obstetrics care (BEmNOC)-compliant to a minimum desirable level of 60% by the end of 2015
Outcome Objective:
- To increase the %age of health Centres in the Western region which is able to perform the seven standard signal Obstetric functions from 2.1% (Survey figure in 2010) to 60% by the end of 2015
Process Objectives
- To ensure that 80% of all practising midwives in the Western Region have had a structured in-service Life-Saving skills (LSS) training between January 2013 and June 2014
- To increase the %age of health Centres in the Western region which is able to perform the seven standard signal Obstetric functions from 2.1% (Survey figure in 2010) to 40% by July 2014