St. John of God Hospital is one of the four health facilities in the Goaso Catholic Diocese. It is the District hospital for the newly created Tano North District of the Brong Ahafo region.

The Catholic Diocese of Goaso is the sixteenth Diocese in Ghana which was created in 1997. It has seven administrative districts namely, Asunafo North, Asunafo South, Asutifi, Tano North, Tano South Districts all in the Brong-Ahafo Region and Ahafo Ano North and Ahafo Ano South Districts of the Ashanti Region.  

It is a rural diocese with a population of 557,016 and limited socio-economic infrastructure.  It has four health facilities including St. John of God Hospital.
The Tano North District has an estimated population of 74,775 (projected from the 2000 population and housing census) for 2006. 

The annual growth rate is 2.5%.  It is bounded in the North West by Sunyani Municipality, South West by Asutifi, to the South by Tano South and to the North by Offinso Districts.

Vegetation and Climate

It has a semi deciduous forest with two seasons; rainy season (April – August) and the dry season (October – March).  The average rainfall is about 1200mm per annum.  The district experiences moderately warm climate with an average temperature of 24˚C and maximum temperature of 39˚C.  The district is drained by rivers Tano Kwasu and Subiri; the area has fairly good drainage though the soil in Duayaw-Nkwanta is high in clay. The yearly bush fire is causing deforestation.

Communication

The main trunk road from Kumasi to Sunyani passes through the district.  The other roads linking Duayaw-Nkwanta to the other smaller towns and villages within the district are untarred and it is difficult to travel to most rural communities during the rainy season.

There is an extensive telephone network including mobile phone services of Vodafone, MTN, Tigo, Espresso and Airtel.  There is internet service in the hospital as well.  The hospital depends on a mechanized borehole that supplies water to the wards and quarters.

Economic Activities

The main economic activities of the people are farming and trading. The cash crops cultivated are cocoa, coffee, citrus and oil palm.  Food crops are maize, cassava, vegetables such as tomatoes, garden eggs and pepper.  There are quite a number of public and civil servants employed in various institutions.  Newmont mining company, an American-based mining giant, has started prospecting for gold in the district.

Health Facilities

The District has four level ‘’B’’ health centres and two completed CHPS zones, and St. John of God hospital is the referral facility for all the health facilities in the district.