Mr. Moses Bukari Mabengba, the Northern Regional Minister designate, has assured health personnel who accept postings to the region that their security would not be compromised.
He said some doctors decline postings to the region simply on account of perceived insecurity in the area but added with some humour that other categories of workers who had refused similar postings to the region but later came turned to refuse transfer outside the region.
Mr. Mabengba was addressing the 2009 Annual Performance Review Meeting of the Ghana health Service (GHS) of the northern region in Tamale last Thursday.
The theme for this year's review meeting was: "Putting customer care at the centre of health service delivery".
Mr. Mabengba said nurses and midwives were not accepting postings to the region and noted that the nurse/patient ration in the region was low.
Mr. Mabengba said the Regional Coordinating Council had tasked all District Assemblies in the region to ensure that accommodation was readily provided for health personnel posted to the region.
Dr. Akwasi Twumasi, the Regional Director of Health Services, said malaria continued to be the main cause of OPD attendance to health facilities and also the major cause of deaths.
Maternal deaths are also a problem in the region he added.
Speaking on the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP), Dr. Twumasi said the region recorded 237 cases as against 479 cases the previous year and that in November last year not a single case was recorded.
Dr Twumasi said for the month of January this year only two cases were recorded as against 67 during the same period in 2008.
Dr. Twumasi said new polyclinics being built at Janga, Karaga and Chereponi would be completed in June as well as the new Zabzugu Hospital.
He complained about the human resource situation in the region and said out of eight medical officers transferred to the region during the year only one reported and that none of 15 posted since the beginning of the year had reported.
He said some doctors decline postings to the region simply on account of perceived insecurity in the area but added with some humour that other categories of workers who had refused similar postings to the region but later came turned to refuse transfer outside the region.
Mr. Mabengba was addressing the 2009 Annual Performance Review Meeting of the Ghana health Service (GHS) of the northern region in Tamale last Thursday.
The theme for this year's review meeting was: "Putting customer care at the centre of health service delivery".
Mr. Mabengba said nurses and midwives were not accepting postings to the region and noted that the nurse/patient ration in the region was low.
Mr. Mabengba said the Regional Coordinating Council had tasked all District Assemblies in the region to ensure that accommodation was readily provided for health personnel posted to the region.
Dr. Akwasi Twumasi, the Regional Director of Health Services, said malaria continued to be the main cause of OPD attendance to health facilities and also the major cause of deaths.
Maternal deaths are also a problem in the region he added.
Speaking on the Guinea Worm Eradication Programme (GWEP), Dr. Twumasi said the region recorded 237 cases as against 479 cases the previous year and that in November last year not a single case was recorded.
Dr Twumasi said for the month of January this year only two cases were recorded as against 67 during the same period in 2008.
Dr. Twumasi said new polyclinics being built at Janga, Karaga and Chereponi would be completed in June as well as the new Zabzugu Hospital.
He complained about the human resource situation in the region and said out of eight medical officers transferred to the region during the year only one reported and that none of 15 posted since the beginning of the year had reported.
