Kokoda clinics to provide better services following census

KOKODA Track clinics and village health volunteers will be providing better services to local communities following a major health census along the Kokoda corridor.
The volunteers conduct health patrols along the track about every three months with support from Kokoda Initiatives.
On their last patrol in Nov last year, they assisted 623 people.
The latest health census will provide valuable information to improve future patrols and help health officials from Sohe in Northern and Kairuku-Hiri in Central to better plan the services provided by clinics and health centres.
Kokoda Initiative health adviser Dr Elout Vos said the information would help improve health outcomes along the track.
“We will have an actual baseline and we can compare it to future results after some years,” Vos said.
“We can also provide survey results to health centres and districts to help them in their planning, monitoring and evaluation.”