Bono East Regional Health Directorate

REGIONAL PROFILE Bono East Region is one of the six newly created Regions in Ghana. It was carved out of the existing Brong Ahafo Region during the 2019 Regional Re-organization Policy Implementation. It comprises 11 districts with Techiman as its capital. By location, the Bono East Region borders on the North by Savannah Region, on the West by Bono Region, on the South by the Ashanti Region, and on the East by the Volta Lake. Projections from the 2010 population and housing Census indicate a total 2020 population of 1,133,769 people, occupying 22,952km2 pieces of land in the middle of Ghana, with a population density of 48.75 per sq kilometer. The Bono East Region comprises mostly rural communities occupied by diverse ethnic groups and dominated by the Bono people. The people are mostly engaged in farming and retail business in the few urban towns. Its capital, Techiman, is a nodal town, where roads from the three northern regions (Upper West, Upper East, and Northern Regions) co...