3,044 newborns die within two years

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• Another African Patriot 12 years ago

  This is tragic. A society that does not care for its children, the weak and the aged is not worth dying for.

  This is tragic. A society that does not care for its children, the weak and the aged is not worth dying for.

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• Queen 12 years ago

  God, how disheartening to hear such news in Ghana. MP's keep getting fat paychecks & these poor mothers & babies dying bcos of poor healthcare system. Something is really wrong with this picture.

  God, how disheartening to hear such news in Ghana. MP's keep getting fat paychecks & these poor mothers & babies dying bcos of poor healthcare system. Something is really wrong with this picture.

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• Egalitarian 12 years ago

  This figure does not include children in remote villages where births are not recorded. We are still very backward with priority list upside-down. We are still living in the 12th century; still very primitive.

  This figure does not include children in remote villages where births are not recorded. We are still very backward with priority list upside-down. We are still living in the 12th century; still very primitive.

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• OBIBA-JUDAS 12 years ago

  IF PEOPLE LIKE THIS DIE IN TWO YEARS

  IF PEOPLE LIKE THIS DIE IN TWO YEARS

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• Sara 12 years ago

  Our biggest problem is our order of priorities. We have no value for education and health so our national priorities are expensive funerals, chieftancy matters, celebrations and festivals. We are retrogressing all the time.
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  Our biggest problem is our order of priorities. We have no value for education and health so our national priorities are expensive funerals, chieftancy matters, celebrations and festivals. We are retrogressing all the time.
  
  Our leaders are accelerating in reverse gear. How can the giant statue of Kwame Nkrumah the most vicious dictator be a priority?

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• Nii Ansah 12 years ago

  The government should take care of the babies? They should tell us what causes the death of the babies and then the government can intervene.

  The government should take care of the babies? They should tell us what causes the death of the babies and then the government can intervene.

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• MMOBOROWA 12 years ago

  THIS IS PATHETIC BECAUSE IF THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN URBAN ACCRA ONE WONDERS WHAT THE FIGURES WOULD BE LIKE NATIONWIDE?
  AND THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEING TO IT
  THAT THE NATIONAL HEALTH SCHEME ALSO DIES AT THE THEATRE.

  THIS IS PATHETIC BECAUSE IF THIS IS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN URBAN ACCRA ONE WONDERS WHAT THE FIGURES WOULD BE LIKE NATIONWIDE?
  AND THE GOVERNMENT IS SEEING TO IT
  THAT THE NATIONAL HEALTH SCHEME ALSO DIES AT THE THEATRE.

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• ERICUS-ERICUS 12 years ago

  WAA-LOOK 3,044 NEONATAL DEATHS IN GT. ACCRA ONLY WITHIN 12MONTHS. THIS EVEN MIGHT NOT INCLUDE THOSE THAT OCCURRED IN THE HOMES.

  WAA-LOOK 3,044 NEONATAL DEATHS IN GT. ACCRA ONLY WITHIN 12MONTHS. THIS EVEN MIGHT NOT INCLUDE THOSE THAT OCCURRED IN THE HOMES.

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• villagechild 12 years ago

  3,000 human babies die? This figure is heart-breaking. how would pregnant women feel when going to the hospitals.

  3,000 human babies die? This figure is heart-breaking. how would pregnant women feel when going to the hospitals.

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• GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 12 years ago

  OUR LEADERS MUST BE THE MOST STUPID OF THE DUMBEST LEADERS ON PLANET EARTH. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DR NKRUMAH, EVERYONE ONE OF THEM DESEREVS TO BE BURNT IN HELL......IN THIS DAY N AGE. NOT EVEN 1 WMNS OR CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN ...
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  OUR LEADERS MUST BE THE MOST STUPID OF THE DUMBEST LEADERS ON PLANET EARTH. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DR NKRUMAH, EVERYONE ONE OF THEM DESEREVS TO BE BURNT IN HELL......IN THIS DAY N AGE. NOT EVEN 1 WMNS OR CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN GH. WHERE IS NANA KONADU AND THE REST OF THOSE SO CALLED FEMALE DONKEYS WHO CALL THEMSELVES ROLE MODELS. USELESS BITCHES!

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• kwame 12 years ago

  Did you hear the woman? Among the causes was doctors inability to speedily treat the referred children. And they want to go on strike after killing the women and children.These doctors will be punished by God before they die.

  Did you hear the woman? Among the causes was doctors inability to speedily treat the referred children. And they want to go on strike after killing the women and children.These doctors will be punished by God before they die.

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• Paul Amuna 12 years ago

  In the 21st Century, infant and young child mortality of this order is unacceptable and merits investigation into how the first thousand days (i.e. from pregnancy through to the child's second birthday) is being managed in th ...
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  In the 21st Century, infant and young child mortality of this order is unacceptable and merits investigation into how the first thousand days (i.e. from pregnancy through to the child's second birthday) is being managed in the Greater Accra (and other) region.
  
  Clearly this has implications for the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) agenda and early infant feeding practices and infectyious disease as well as low birth weight and other forms of undernutrition that begin with the mother even before pregnancy must be involved. What this means is that reproductive health policies and practices in the region fall far short of what one would expect.
  
  Health and nutrition education and the management of pregnancy should be optimum to preduce these figures and also reduce the high maternal deaths reported. A more whollistic approach to mother and baby care is what is needed.

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