Maternal mortality high in
Northern Region
Tamale, Nov. 8, Ghanadot/GNA- Health personnel in the
Northern Region have expressed concern about the
increase in maternal mortality in the Northern Region
this year and called for measures to address it.
They appealed to the District Assemblies in the region
to support in the training of service providers on
maternal health as a means of controlling the problem.
Madam Roseline Ayi Mahama, Nursing Officer in charge of
Public Health in the Region who disclosed this in a
media review meeting in Tamale said the problem had also
contributed to the increase in stillbirth rate in the
region.
She said 66 women died through childbirth between
January and June this year as against 37, the same
period in 2006, adding that the situation was getting
out of hand.
The Tamale Teaching Hospital alone recorded 45 death
cases while the others were recorded from the districts.
Madam Mahama said there was the need to train more
health official to fill positions in the 174 health
facilities in the region to improve the situation.
She said the Ghana Health Service in the region was
taking measures to introduce Birth and Emergency
Preparedness Unit for pregnant women as a way of
minimising maternal deaths.
Alhaji A. B. Yakubu, Northern Regional Health Promoter,
appealed to the media to continue playing an advocacy
role in ensuring that maternal health and infant
mortality were addressed.
He urged them to write constantly on issues that would
impact positively on the lives of the people
particularly pregnant women and children for the desired
change.
GNA
