The Adaklu district has recorded zero maternal mortality in the past two years, spanning 2021 and 2022. The achievement was due to the increase in the number of health facilities from six in 2012 to 18 in 2022 and the willingness of health workers to accept postings to the remotest…
Mr Kwame Agbodza, the Member of Parliament of Adaklu Constituency, has bemoaned the infrastructure deficit of Adaklu Senior High School to meet the needs of the students. Mr Agbodza, who was addressing the 65th independence anniversary parade at Adaklu Waya, said, "the best teacher cannot teach in the sun nor…
The Adaklu District on Sunday marked Ghana’s Independence Day without a substantive District Chief Executive (DCE) Since its inauguration on June 28th, 2012, the district is the only one in the Volta Region currently without a DCE, as three of the President's nominees were rejected by the 19-member assembly. They…
Budgetary failures at MMDAs affront to fight against malaria
The failure of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to prioritise malaria control programmes in the district s financial plans and budgets is an affront to measures to fight the disease.
Again the absence of guidelines and weak compliance for the utilisation of the District Assemblies Common Fund (DACF) for malaria, slighted the values intended to be achieved in the fight against the disease.
These came to light during a sensitisation workshop at Adaklu to seek information towards addressing how the 0.5 percent was being used to fight malaria at the local level.