Government intensifies maternal deaths campaign, emergency care training
Dr. Grace Ayensu-Danquah, the Deputy Minister of Health, intensified efforts to tackle maternal mortality and strengthen emergency healthcare delivery in the Northern Region last week. This was part of government efforts to ensure a healthy society for a prosperous nation. She undertook a series of community engagements and supported specialised nursing training programmes in the region under the government's Maternal Mortality Action and Response Programme (MMARP). The programme is an initiative aimed at reducing preventable maternal deaths through closer collaboration between health authorities, traditional leaders, and local communities.
During the second day of her tour, Dr. Ayensu-Danquah visited Adibo and Gbungbaliga in the Yendi Municipality, where she met community leaders, inspected healthcare facilities, and listened to concerns from residents about persistent gaps in maternal healthcare services. She paid a courtesy call on the Paramount Chief of the Gbungbaliga Traditional Area, Naa Bapri Gbungbal-Naa Abdallah Abudu Sulemana, and toured the Adibo Health Centre, the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) compound, and the Yendi Municipal Hospital. Dr. Ayensu-Danquah assured residents and community elders that the Ministry of Health and the government remained committed to addressing urgent healthcare needs, particularly those affecting pregnant women and newborns. She announced that under the government's Free Primary Health Care initiative, community health workers equipped with mobile health backpacks would be deployed.
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