Overview

The Sekyere South District is one of the forty-three (43) districts of the Ashanti Region. The district is located in the north – eastern part of the Ashanti Region and covers a land size of 780 kilometres squared. The district shares boundaries with four districts. In the south by Kwabre, north by Mampong Municipal, east by Sekyere East and west by Afigya Kwabre districts respectively. Agona, the District Capital, and also the seat of the District Administration is 34 kilometres from Kumasi on the Kumasi – Mampong trunk road. Agona also seats the shrine of the famous Okomfo Anokye (conjuror of the famous Ashanti Golden stool). The predominant tribe is Ashanti, with other minors especially from northern Ghana. The vegetation is partly forest and savannah. There are two forest reserves namely the Offin Forest Reserve and Gye Anoma Forest Reserve. The River Offin meanders across the length and breadth of the district from the mountains at Dawu in Jamasi sub district where it takes its source through Bipoa, Afamanaso in Agona sub district, Domeabra, Krakrom in Kona sub district before leaving the district. Notably the district can boast of cocoa, timber and other crops like maize, cassava, plantain, oranges, and vegetables. It is also worthy of note that majority of the inhabitants are peasant farmers with very low income. The district has a stone query work in Kona called NAGGOT QUERY Some of the important tourist attractions in the district are the famous Okomfo Anokye shrine at Agona, Kente weaving at Agona, Kona, Jamasi, and Bepoase. Craft carvings at Kona. Some of the major endemic diseases are Malaria, Acute eye infection, cataract, Onchocerciasis, Schistosomiasis and intestinal worms.

Population distribution

The district has a projected population of 121,687 at the beginning of the year 2024. There are 112 towns and villages in the district. The District has been divided into 4 Sub-districts namely Agona, Kona, Jamasi, and Wiamoase. There are 74 outreach sites and a total of 51 Trained Community Based Surveillance Volunteers (CBSVs), and nine (9) trained Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs)

Health Profile

The health profile of the district are as follows:

Health Facilities In The Sekyere South District Of Ashanti-Agona

transportation and communication

The general road network in the district is fairly good tarred roads which link major towns in the district which run from Kona to Jamasi, which is part of the Kumasi-Mampong trunk road then from Jamasi to Boanim, Agona to Asamang and Agona to Bepoase through Wiamoase. From Agona through Afamanaso, Bedomase to Bipoa and Domeabra to Krakrom roads are under construction. All others are feeder roads making accessibility to the hinterland very difficult.

Demographic Indices

These are the indices or Target groups for Sekyere South district for 2024

Human Resource Management

The district can boast of over on thousand five Hundred categories of staff who provides health care to the inhabitants within the district and its environs. A total of six hundred and eighty -three of these staffs belongs to the public Health facilities while’s Nine hundred and seven belongs to CHAG and Private health facilities within the District.