Regional Health Directorate, UER

16/10/2025

11/10/2025

The Upper East Regional Director of Health Service Dr. Med. Braimah Baba Abubakari in company of the Ag. Deputy Director Public Health Dr. Med. Adam Zakaria, yesterday paid a working visit to Kassena Nankana Municipal as part of the ongoing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccination Campaign. The the human papillomavirus is a common viral infection that can cause several types of cancer, most notably cervical cancer hence the vaccination seek to protect pr***en girls before they exposed to the virus.

Dr. Med. Braimah Baba Abubakari, together with the Municipal Director of health service, Dr. Edmund Nyanwura visited the St. John Bosco Model School where a team was administering student in the target age, the Regional Director of Health commended the team for their good work and encouraged them to try and meet their daily target so as to reach more children.

The team was later joined by the Director of Navrongo Health Research Center, Dr. Med. Patrick Ansah. After a brief interacting with the vaccination team, teachers and some beneficiaries of the vaccines, proceeded to the Navrongo Health Research Center.

Dr. Med. Nana Ansah, the Chief Medical Officer of the Upper East Region who also doubles as the Head of Clinical Trials Department, received the team and gave them a tour of the Clinical Trial Center.

26/09/2025

The new entrants of Bolgatanga Nursing Training College today paid a visit to the Upper East Regional Health Directorate as part of their orientation.
Dr. Samuel Aborah, the Deputy Director Clinical Care, met with the students. In his address, Dr. Aborah explained the function of the Regional Health Directorate as well as the responsibility of the Clinical-Care department.
Finally, Dr. Samuel Aborah encouraged the students to strive to attain the best in all they do as student nurses and further answered some questions from the student.

25/09/2025

The Upper East Regional Director of Health Service Dr. Braimah B. Abubakari, today met with 170 new students who have gained admission to the Bolgatanga Midwifery School. Dr. Abubakari in his remarks explained how Ghana Health Service and the Training institution work together to train health professionals for the health facilities. He further encouraged the students to put up their best not only in their academics but emulated the right ethics of their chosen profession.

30/08/2025

BUILSA SOUTH DISTRICT CELEBRATES YOUTH MONTH 2025: EMPOWERING THE FUTURE

Every year, August is celebrated as Youth Month worldwide, a time dedicated to raising awareness and empowering young people for the future. In Builsa South, the District Health Directorate, in collaboration with Youth Advocate Ghana (YAG) and other key partners, celebrated International Youth Day 2025 with the theme, "Empowering the adolescent for a sustainable future."

The celebration kicked off with a radio discussion on August 28th at Fumbisi Radio. Adolescent Peer Support Service Providers served as the panel, raising awareness about drug abuse and its devastating effects, particularly among the youth.

The event culminated in an adolescent durbar on August 29th in the Pintengsa community. The focus of the durbar was to sensitize adolescents on the negative impacts of drug abuse and teenage pregnancy. The youth were empowered to take the knowledge gained and become advocates in their own communities.

We extend our sincere gratitude to YAG and all our partners for their unwavering support. We are, however, appealing for additional support and collaboration to expand these vital activities into more communities, helping to build a productive, safe, and sustainable future for our youth.

12/08/2025

Mid Year Performance Review in Builsa North in session at the Sandema Municipal Health Directorate, the review with the theme:
“STRENGTHENING HEALTH SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE: THE ROLE OF MONITORING AND SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION" saw presentation from all sub municipalities, the municipal hospital and other partners

12/08/2025

Builsa South District today had its mid year Performance Review. The review had the theme “STRENGTHENING HEALTH SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE AND EQUITABLE ACCESS TO QUALITY HEALTH CARE: THE ROLE OF MONITORING AND SUPPORTIVE SUPERVISION".
The District Director of Health Service, Mr. Emmanuel Kob-Puo encouraged the district to view the review as a structured process of assessing performance, identifying gaps, and driving continuous improvement.

22/07/2025

The Upper East Regional Health Directorate commenced a three-day training session on the NoP and Health Centre Database on Tuesday. In his opening remarks, Dr. (Med) Braimah Baba Abubakari, the Upper East Regional Director of Health Service, emphasized that while certain support necessary for advancing model health centres to higher levels is not readily available, there are alternative interventions—referred to as "low-hanging fruits"—that can be implemented by the Municipal and District Directors of Health Service to achieve the same objectives.
On the first day participants were introduced to:
-Overview of CHPS and KOICA CHPS+ Project implementation in UER
-Background and Policy Context of NoP
-Design of NoP
Presentations were received from Districts on the Updates on Disbursement Link Indicators in DHIMS and E-Tracker,

17/07/2025

The Upper East Regional Health Directorate on Tuesday July 15th 2025, had an orientation training on Evidence Translation Advisors (ETAs) for selected staff.
The training aimed at equipping Regional ETAs to support the NoP translation activity in the Region, that is to:
- Curate evidence from NoP implementation research reports.
- Identify NoP implementation challenges from research reports
- Generate solutions to identified challenges.
- Reach consensus with the RHD about possible adaptations.
- Lead participatory Regional workshop.
- Lead tracking of NoP implementation

The ETAs were taken through the following:
* The definition of evidence translation in relation to Network of practise (NoP) scale up.
* Explanation of who an ETA is
* Explanation of the role and responsibilities of the ETA
* Explanation of how evidence will be generated in the course of the NoP scale up.
* Discussion of the processes of evidence translation.
The orientation also saw a presentation from the Implementation Research team giving out findings to guide the activities of the ETAs.

04/07/2025

Day 3 of the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention campaign. In the shots below are pictures from Talensi, Garu, Bongo Districts and a team of National and Regional doing analysis on the data being received from around the region.

03/07/2025

The Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention campaign enters day 2 as all stakeholders go about playing their part to reach a greater goal. In focus are some snapshots from Builsa South, Builsa North and Kassena Nankana West.

29/06/2025

Health Centre Leadership and Management Training