Overview

he Kadjebi District was one of the twenty-six established districts of the Volta Region and became part of the Nine (9) administrative districts in the Oti Region in the later part of 2019. The legislative instrument establishing the district was enacted in 1988 but became fully functional as an autonomous district in the year 1992.Subsequently the Kadjebi District Health Directorate was created and located on the compound of the Kadjebi Health Centre. The district is located in the Northern sector of the Volta Region of Ghana and it occupies an approximate land space of 675sqkm. It shares boundaries with Nkwanta South District in north, Jasikan District in the south, Biakoye and Krachi East Districts in the west and the Republic of Togo in the east.

The District has a population of 77,098 people based on the projection from the 2021 Population and Housing census with annual growth rate of 2.1%.

For the purpose of health programmes planning and implementation at the local level, the district has been demarcated into five sub-districts with their corresponding populations as follows:

Health Facilities

Kadjebi district has been demarcated into 36 CHPS zones which are all operational but, only 22 have compounds. The health facilities consist of one hospital (CHAG)), one school clinic, five Health Centres, and 17 CHPS compounds. There is no government owned hospital in the district. The Mission Hospital owned by the Roman Catholic Church, Mary Theresa Hospital, located at Dodi Papase serves as the District Hospital. The construction of the agenda 111 hospital in the Kadjebi township begun in 2021 and it is progressing steadily. The Health Centres provide curative and preventive services. Four of the health centres have laboratory and offer 24hrs services. Serious cases are referred to the next level of care. Management intend to create a laboratory at Pampawie health centre and also construct CHPS compounds in the 21 zones in order to fully bridge geographical access to healthcare however, access to funding remains a challenge.

Below are the list of the existing health facilities:

1. St. Mary Theresa hospital 13. Obuasi Chps

2. Kadjebi health centre 14. Koto-Nkwanta CHPS

3. Poase Cement health centree 15. Kponkpa CHPSS

4. Ahamasu health centre 16. Akum CHPS

5. Dodo Amanfrom health centre 17. Dodo Bethel CHPS

6. Pampawie Health centre 18. Dodofie CHPS

7. Wawasu Chps compound 19. Dodo Tamale CHPS

8. Dzamlome CHPS compound 20. Dodo Pepeso CHPS

9. Asato Chps compound 21. Dapaa CHPS

10. Manuso Chps compound 22. Koeu CHPS

11. Mempeasem Chps compound 23. Yaadzo CHPS

12. Ampeyo CHPS 24. KASEC clinic

Economy

The Kadjebi District is amongst the deprived districts in the Oti Region. Due to the nature of the physical and natural environment, the people of the district are mainly engaged in farming and trading for their livelihoods. There are also civil workers in all major departments of the district. There is one (1) bank and 1Cooperative credit union.

Vegetation, Housing and Environment

The Kadjebi district especially in the rainy season is generally green with trees covering the beautiful landscape of mountains, hills and valleys. 90% of the district is predominantly covered with secondary rain forest. The District has a mixture of concrete, mud and wood houses. The main mode of transportation is by road linking the district with the rest of the country. Most communities in the Kadjebi district are found in the hinter and along the major trunk road the Jasikan – Dodo Pepesu road which is interconnected with other feeder roads making them accessible. However, not all of the roads are motorable which makes transportation very difficult during the rainy seasons.

By virtue of its location, the District gets access to information from various sources including Community Information Centres, Television, Newspapers and Radio stations. All the mobile phone networks are available within the district except for few communities who experiences some level of network challenges. The quality of the network for internet service is not good enough. It is sometimes difficult to use the internet.