+20 Health services

Staffing and services

The health centre currently employs:

• 1 clinical officer (in charge of the day-to-day running)
• 1 senior enrolled nurse
• 2 enrolled mid-wives
• 1 laboratory assistant
• 1 ambulance driver and mechanic
• 2 support staff for cleaning and security

  

To date, the health centre provides the following services:

• Health education and promotion program
  1. food safety
  2. immunization
  3. community waste management
  4. prevention and control of malaria
  5. prevention and control of HIV/Aids
• Curative and clinical services
  1. outpatient diagnosis and treatment
  2. functional laboratory for malaria diagnosis and treatment

     

• Preventive services
  1. conduct school for public health
  2. environmental health and sanitation
  3. immunizations
  4. growth monitoring
  5. HIV counseling
• Surveillance for special diseases
  1. AFP poliomyelitis
  2. leprosy
  3. measles
  4. neonatal tetanus
  5. weekly epidemiological surveillance
  6. injuries
• Maternal and child health
• Outreach services
• The health centre checks the health status of schools in the area, i.e. conditions relating to latrine, access to safe water, hand-washing facilities, food hygiene, waste disposal provision, promotion of nutrition gardens and made recommendations to the Ministry of Education.