HEALTH PROMOTION
Mandate
To empower people to increase control over, and to improve their health.
Functions
- Promotes breastfeeding.
- Promotes child and family nutrition.
- Promotes physical activity.
- Delivers health talks at OPD and communities.
- Plans, coordinates, advocates, lobbies and mobilizes resources for health promotion programmes within the catchment area.
- Liaises with other health teams to disseminate health information activities.
- Coordinates Health Promotion activities within the Amasaman sub-district.
- Trains other health care providers in health promotion issues.