NGO embarks on programme to curb maternal mortality

Bolgatanga, Aug 29, GNA - The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) is embarking on a programme to curb maternal mortality in the Upper East Region.

As part of the programme, ISODEC has organised a two-day capacity building training programme for 80 Community Health Volunteers drawn from Sumbrungu and Zaurungu.

Speaking to the Ghana News Agency the Programmes Officer of ISODEC, Mr Maclean Ayamga, said in most of the communities in the Region, husbands of pregnant women had to consult soothsayers before delivery, mostly at home without supervision by health personnel.

He said the Community Health volunteers would move from house to house to do public health education on the need for pregnant women to report to the nearest health facility during anti-natal and labour periods

Mr Abagmbire Adua of the Integrated Development Health Centre said as part of the programme, Community meetings and durbars would be organised to sensitize community members to ensure that women in labour attend health facilities.

The programmes, which is a one-year programme sponsored by Oxfam, is also aimed at complementing government efforts at achieving the Goal 5 of the Millennium Development Goals.