Ghana Health Service uses the second week of May every year to focus on the health and wellbeing of children through the celebration of the week-long Child Health promotion week. This year’s Child Health Promotion Week came off from 9^th to 15^th of May, 2023 under the theme ‘THE BIG CATCH UP: REACHING THE UNREACHED WITH CHILD HEALTH INTERVENTIONS’. In spite of improving epidemiological knowledge in relation to child health, the challenge of promoting the survival and quality of life of infants and children in most parts of the developing world remains an abiding public health problem, for both the countries and the international agencies involved.

Early childhood health promotion aims to keep children healthy with a focus on early interventions and implementing programs for the youngest children. The early years of a child’s life lay the foundation for future physical, cognitive, emotional, and social development.

Child Health promotion week places emphasis on reducing mortality, and the preventive aspects confined mainly to immunisation, improved nutrition, provision of micronutrients, promotion of breast-feeding and birth spacing. The target group for the week long program is children under 5 years and women in fertility age.

The Amansie Central District undertook activities to commemorate the weeklong celebration as well.

Main Objectives

The Objective of the Child Health Promotion week is to promote the Health and wellbeing of Children in the District

Specific Objectives;

• To immunize all children in the District due for the various immunizations
• To monitor the growth of children in the District
• To supplement children with Vitamin A
• To distribute LLIN
• To educate mother’s and caregivers’ on measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19
• To register the birth of children

A planning meeting was held to at the District Health Directorate to plan how to maximize the output of the weeklong celebration. Letters were sent to the various sub districts on the impending program. Logistics including vaccines, vitamin A and MCHRB   were distributed to various sub districts as well.

Social Mobilization

Sensitization was done at the local radio station and a number of community information centers in the District prior to the program. Community members were sensitize on the importance of the weeklong celebration and how it will impact positively on the health of the target group and the entire community at large. Also fliers containing key messages and information on the child health promotion week were shared among health workers.