Conference Abstract | Volume 9 (ConfProc7): Abstract 100 | Published: 07 Oct 2026
Arnold Anaba1,&, Samuel Dapaa2 Jennifer Nai Dowetin2, Magdalene Akos Odikro2, Dennis Ocansey1, Ernest Kenu 2
1Ghana Health Service, Binduri District Health Directorate, Upper East Region, 2Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Programme
&Corresponding author: Arnold Anaba, Ghana Health Service, Binduri District Health Directorate, Upper East Region, Email: arnoldanaba@gmail.com
Received: 29 Aug 2025, Accepted: 28 Oct 2025, Published: 07 Oct 2026
Domain: Maternal and Child Health
This is part of the Proceedings of the 8th Ghana FELTP Scientific Conference and FELTP Competency Graduation, Accra, Ghana, 10 – 11 December, 2025
Keywords: Information, Community, Maternal, Health, Services, Binduri
©Arnold Anaba et al. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health (ISSN: 2664-2824). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Cite this article: Arnold Anaba et al. Facility-based surveillance of maternal health services and events, Binduri District, Ghana, 2025. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health. 2026;9(ConfProc7):100. https://doi.org/10.37432/JIEPH-CONFPRO7-00100
Maternal health surveillance is a cornerstone of public health efforts to reduce morbidity and mortality among pregnant and postpartum women. Despite improvements in maternal health in Binduri District, some facilities continue to miss the timeliness and completeness of monthly maternal health reporting. Accordingly, expanded surveillance analysis of maternal health services and event reports is necessary to assess the functionality of the surveillance system.
Expanded surveillance analysis was conducted in selected health facilities in Binduri District, covering the period of maternal health service reports and event notifications from January to August. Facilities were purposely selected to represent health centres, Community based Planning and Health Services (CHPS) compounds and private facilities that routinely submit monthly maternal health data. Data sources included monthly midwives returns submitted to the DHIMS 2 platform. Data extracted from DHIMS 2 database was presented in graphs and tables in Microsoft Excel for analysis.
A total of twenty-two (22) facilities were included during the period. Overall, 31.8% (7/22) facilities achieved 100% for both timeliness and completeness year-to-date. Additionally, 36.4% (8/22) facilities recorded 88.9% completeness. With total ANC attendance of 5,532, 694 deliveries were recorded with three (0.43%; 3/694) still births and one (0.14%; 1/394) maternal death.
While facility reporting completeness was relatively better, delays in report submission remain a recurrent issue at several facilities, indicating opportunities for targeted intervention and improvements in timely data transmission. The district should conduct timely feedback to facilities and ensure regular routine data quality checks to ensure timely and complete reporting.
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