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Patients, staff of Maternal and Children’s Hospital thrilled on Chocolate Day

Ghana News Agency - Feb 15, 2020 0

Activities at the Maternal and Children’s Hospital, Kumasi, was brought to a temporary halt as enthusiastic patients and staff...

Techiman Director of Health Has Indicated a Decline in Maternal Mortality

Ghana News Agency - Feb 10, 2019 0

The Techiman Municipal Health Directorate in the Brong-Ahafo Region has recorded a reduction in maternal mortality cases in 2018, Madam Florence Iddrisa, the Municipal...

GHS Poised To Address Maternal, Child Health And Nutrition Issues In Ghana

Sammy Adjei - Jun 12, 2018 0

The Director-General of Ghana Health Service, Dr. Anthony Nsiah Asare, has announced that the Service would be holding its first National Maternal, Child Health...

UE: Ghana Red Cross Society Expands MNCH Project

Ghana News Agency - May 25, 2018 0

The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) has scaled up its Maternal, New-born and Child Health (MNCH) project to cover the Talensi and Pusiga Districts...

Ghana’s Second Lady Launches GHS & JICA Booklet on Maternal and Child Health

Ghana News Agency - Apr 4, 2018 0

An integrated health record booklet that seeks to significantly raise the quality of maternal and child healthcare has been launched in Cape Coast, by...

Ghana’s maternal and infant health enhanced under NHIS

Ghana News Agency - Mar 30, 2018 0

Mr Sebastian Alagpulinsa, the Upper East Regional Director of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) on Wednesday said the free maternal health policy by...

Model Mothers and Volunteers join the wagon in reducing maternal and infant mortality in...

News Ghana - Mar 24, 2018 0

“Before the intervention, many of us delivered at homes leading to birth complications. But now it is not so. Many of us through the...

Ghana Chalks Success in Maternal and Child Health

xinhuanet.com - Mar 15, 2018 0

Threats to life in early childhood and to women during child birth in Ghana have gone down, according to preliminary reports released here on...

UNFPA secures US$3.5 million to cut maternal mortality in Somalia

xinhuanet.com - Dec 25, 2017 0

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said Monday it has secured 3.5 million U.S. dollar grant for reduction of maternal mortality in Somalia. UNFPA Representative...

World Prematurity day observed in U/E

ABK - Nov 22, 2017 0

The Upper East Region on Friday marked the World Prematurity day at the Tanga-Poore Community in the Bongo District with a call on stakeholders,...

CRS launch projects to impact well-being of underprivileged

ABK - Nov 21, 2017 0

The Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Ghana, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) has launched two projects in health to positively impact on the well-being of 10...

MBFHI Project Boost Antenatal Care In Bongo

ABK - Nov 17, 2017 0

The Mother-Baby-Friendly Health Facility Initiative (MBFHI) project being piloted in forty-two communities in the Bongo District has led to increased visits to antenatal and...

Gov’t of Ghana Pays Debt Own NHIS

ABK - Nov 15, 2017 0

Government has paid GH¢600 million to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), out of its total indebtedness to the scheme, which has improved...

NAS Builds Capacity Of Medical Technicians

ABK - Nov 9, 2017 0

The National Ambulance Service (NAS) has begun nationwide training to build the capacity of its emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to give professional care to...

MMDAs Cautioned Against Misapplying HIV/AIDS Funds

ABK - Nov 6, 2017 0

Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) have been urged to stop misapplying funds meant to fight the spread of HIV/AIDS infection. Mr. Mukaila Adamu of...

Rotary Club Organize Free Breast Screening For Market Women

ABK - Nov 3, 2017 0

The Rotary Club of Sekondi/Takoradi has organized a free screening exercise on breast lumps for more than 400 market women and other women's group...

Health Minister and Chief Representative of JICA flanked by officials of JICA and the Ghana Health Service

JICA Introduced in Ghana a Combined MCH Record Book

News Ghana - Nov 1, 2017 0

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to support Ghana to improve Continuum of Care through introduction of combined Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Record...

Using Visual Communication to Promote and Behavioural Change for Maternal-Infant Health

News Ghana - Oct 12, 2017 0

One of the major barriers to accessing quality health care being it either maternal or infant health care or any health issue is the...

Maternal and neonatal tetanus eradicated in Ethiopia

News Ghana - Jul 3, 2017 0

Ethiopia has officially confirmed the complete eradication of maternal and neonatal tetanus in the country. The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has thus become...

Mothers’ Day: Mrs. Akufo-Addo Seeks Support to Lessen Maternal Deaths

News Ghana - May 14, 2017 0

The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo’s Mothers’ Day message highlighted the strides left to be made in order to reduce child and maternal mortality to acceptable...

Immunization In Asokore-Mampong Rising Steadily

ABK - Apr 26, 2017 0

The Asokore-Mampong Municipality has been recording poor immunization coverage - ranked the lowest nationwide. In year 2014, it achieved 26 per cent coverage, rising to...

Expectant Mothers Encouraged To Heed Counsel Of Medical Practitioners

ABK - Apr 20, 2017 0

Health Minister, Kwaku Agyemang Manu on Wednesday encouraged expectant mothers to heed the counsel of medical practitioners on newly born babies to help reduce...

USAID/Ghana Mission Director Andy Karas meets with former victims of child labor and trafficking in Moree. These are now anti-child labor advocates, with support from USAID. Credit: Yooku Ata-Bedu, USAID/Ghana

Central, Western Regions Fortified By USAID Projects

News Ghana - Apr 8, 2017 0

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Ghana Mission Director, Andrew Karas, traveled to the Central and Western Regions from March 27-31 to...

NGO Supports Three Health Facilities in Fighting Maternal & Infant Mortality

News Ghana - Mar 25, 2017 0

A Non Governmental Organization, Savana Signatures (Save Sign) has widened its scope to fight maternal and infant mortality by supporting 33 health facilities in...

3000 Distress Pregnant Women Get Relief

ABK - Mar 1, 2017 0

Vodafone Ghana Foundation, in partnership with Divine Mother and Child Foundation, has brought relief to more than 3000 distressed pregnant women. The relief, which came...

Mothers Hood Foundation Support Ghana Atomic Energy Commission Hospital

ABK - Feb 28, 2017 0

Mothers Hood Foundation, a Non-Governmental Organization, concerned with the health needs of mothers and children, has donated items worth over GHC4, 000 cedis to...

MMDA’s Entreated To Scale Up CHPS Compounds in E/R

ABK - Feb 28, 2017 0

Dr Charity Sarpong, Eastern Regional Health Director, has appealed to the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) to help scale up Community Health and...

20 Maternal Deaths Were Recorded Bawku Hospital

News Ghana - Feb 27, 2017 0

The Bawku Presbyterian hospital in the Upper East Region has recorded 20 maternal deaths in the past two years.Statistics from the maternity department of...

Campaign To Reduce Unsafe Abortion Intensified In B/A

ABK - Feb 21, 2017 0

The campaign to substantially reduce unsafe abortion, particularly among young women in the Brong-Ahafo Region, has intensified. This is being spearheaded by Global Hands on...

Lady of Grace Hospital Records Zero Maternal Mortality

ABK - Feb 13, 2017 0

Zero Maternal Mortality was recorded at our Lady of Grace Hospital (OLGH), Breman Asikuma in 2016 as against two in 2015 and two in...

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