Health workers in the Volta Region have been challenged to step up their commitment to quality healthcare delivery as several key health indicators continue to decline or stagnate.
The Volta Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Emmanuel Atsu Dodor, said although the region had made gains in some areas, the overall performance remained unsatisfactory and required urgent action to reverse the negative trends.
He made the call at the 2026 mid-year Volta Regional Health Sector Performance Review Conference in Ho on Tuesday, held on the theme: ‘Championing Free Primary Healthcare to Achieve Universal Health Coverage.’
Dr Dodor urged health managers and workers to identify weaknesses in the health system and implement strategic interventions to address them while consolidating the gains already made.
He said the region recorded improvements in anaemia in pregnancy, skilled delivery, early postnatal care, breastfeeding, institutional neonatal mortality, stillbirths, child growth monitoring and underweight cases during the period under review.
He, however, expressed concern over a decline in virtually all antigens, noting that yellow fever and malaria vaccines 2-4 had fallen below the national target.
He urged health workers to intensify their efforts to improve the indicators before the end of the year.
Dr Dodor announced that a comprehensive regional integrated supportive supervision exercise would be undertaken to provide guidance to health facilities and help address identified weaknesses.
He also urged municipal and district health directors to undertake similar exercises to improve performance at the local level.
The Volta Regional Minister, Mr James Gunu, in a speech delivered on his behalf, reaffirmed the government’s commitment to strengthening healthcare delivery and addressing the health needs of the people.
He said the government was also working to improve access to potable water in the region, noting that safe water was essential to better health outcomes.
Mr Gunu said work on the expansion of the Kpeve Water System, as well as the Adidome and Agordome water projects, was progressing.
He assured residents that the government would continue to maintain peace and security in the region to facilitate development.
Mr Gunu urged stakeholders to identify challenges affecting quality healthcare delivery and work together to find lasting solutions.
The Paramount Chief of the Gbi Traditional Area, Togbega Gabusu, who represented the Volta Regional House of Chiefs, said the chiefs had confidence in the Regional Health Directorate’s ability to provide quality healthcare to the people.
FROM SAMUEL AGBEWODE, HO
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