JAVA Moore Foundation donates machines to reduce neonatal and maternal mortalities

The JAVA Moore Foundation of USA has donated seven cardiothocograph (CTG) machines worth GH¢500,000 to two health facilities in Cape Coast to help reduce the high incidents of neonatal and maternal mortalities in the Central Region.

The CTG Machines is one-stop-shop equipment designed to screen and monitor the uterine contraction and foetal heartbeat of expectant mothers and their foetus respectively for the early detection of any possible danger sign to swiftly avert it to ensure the safety of both mother and baby.

The Cape Coast Teaching Hospital (CCTH) received five while the University of Cape Coast Hospital had two of the machines.

The personnel of the two hospitals who will handle the machines also received training on how to effectively operate it.

Ms Rebecca Acheampong, known in Showbiz circles as BECCA was instrumental in getting Dr Java Moore, a renowned Obstetrics and Gynecologist in the USA to Ghana, which culminated in the donation of the machines.

Dr. Daniel Asare, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Korle Bu Teaching Hospital who is also the Country Representative of the JAVA Foundation, expressed dismay about the struggles all the major health institutions in the country were going through in their efforts to curb the incidents of high maternal and neonatal deaths in the Country within the last decade.

He said the usage of that technology, when well maximized, could significantly reduce the rampant deaths among expectant mothers and babies, which the Foundation hoped to achieve in the Country, adding that “every investment made on maternal and neonatal care is worth it”.

Dr. Asare called for an impact assessment of the machines by the hospital which he indicated would determine the significance of the equipment in the fight against the mortalities to chart the way forward.

Dr. Eric Kofi Ngyedu, CEO of CCTH who received the Machines enumerated several policies put in place to reduce the phenomenon and expressed gratitude to the JAVA Foundation for the gesture.