Sagyemase wins Best CHPS Compound award in Abuakwa South

par | Mar 18, 2025 | CiCoNet, Un développement axé sur la communauté, Ghana, Home Slider | 0 commentaires

In less than a year of operations, the Sagyemase CHPS Compound has been adjudged the Overall Best CHPS Compound in the Abuakwa South Municipality, beating about eight other primary health care facilities.

“Through your exceptional services, you have set a benchmark for excellence in community health, inspiring others to follow in your footsteps. Your efforts have not only improved health outcomes but also fostered a sense of trust and partnership within the community you serve,” a citation presented to the Sagyemase CHPS Compound partly read.

This was at the 2024 annual awards ceremony held at Kyebi and organized by the Abuakwa South Municipal Directorate of the Ghana Health Services.

Advocates for Community Alternatives (ACA), an Accra-based non-governmental organization, partnered with the Sagyemase community and funded the CHPS Compound with a $ 9,000 microgrant in line with its Facilitated Collective Action Process (FCAP).

Ahead of the implementation of the project, the community identified many challenges confronting them but settled on a clinic with the aim of increasing people’s access to malaria treatment by at least 10% after one year of operations.

Th good news is that over 300 patients accessed malaria treatment at the facility during the period. This figure represents a 12% increase in this regard as against the community’s earlier projection of 10% increase.

It is also on record that out of the over 50 expectant mothers who attended antenatal services in the clinic last year, 48 successfully delivered without challenges and same number of babies survived all through to post-natal services, reducing the infant mortality rate by 15%. Also, access to health education went up by over 10% in the same period. This is because residents of Sagyemase and other surrounding communities are now able to walk freely to the CHPS Compound for health education purposes.

This feat by the Sagyemase CHPS Compound exemplifies the pronounced impact of ACA in its partner communities in the Eastern and the Bono East Regions of Ghana.