The Greater Accra Regional Health Directorates listed the top ten causes of the OPD attendance in 2023. As malaria continues to be the number one of admissions in the region despite the various interventions deployed the regional and district health directorates. The region will continue to strengthen the various Malaria interventions in the districts and use the various communication channels to educate the public on preventive measures to reduce the number of cases.
Respiratory tract infection still recorded the highest among the ten top diseases but showed a slight reduction in percentage as compared to 2022 recording 9.7%. Again, Malaria maintain is second place as been the next disease recorded, these can be classified as positive malaria cases that were confirmed using both RDTS and microscopies. Acute Urinary tract infection and Hypertension cases increased from their previous positions in 2023 but showing a high increase in numbers, again an increase in Anaemia in 2023, decrease in Diarrhoea Cases in 2023, skin Disease maintaining its position and Ulcer occupying the tenth position in 2023. A total cases of 764,536 was recorded in 2023 which showed a high sign of decrease in OPD Cases in 2023