In a bid to improve maternal healthcare in the Nadowli/Kaleo District, the Member of Parliament for Nadowli/Kaleo Constituency of the Upper West region Anthony Mwinkaara Sumah has committed an amount of fifty-eight thousand Ghana cedis (GHC 58,000) to support three communities towards completing delivery room projects.
The beneficiary communities which includes Pennintobo, Tangasia and Kulpieni in the the Nadowli/Kaleo District received support of thirty thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 30,000), twenty-five thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 25,000), and three thousand Ghana Cedis (GHC 3000) respectively to enable them complete their self-help delivery room projects initiated by the communities some years ago.
The MP who donated the amount in cash at separate meetings with Chiefs, opinion leaders and residents of the three communities disclosed that there is no doubt that a safe delivery facility closer to the community with the requisite staff is important to enhancing maternal health care.
“It is my fervent hope that work on the projects will be completed as soon as possible in order to bring some relief to pregnant women in these communities” Mr. Sumah added.
The Chiefs of the three communities commended the Member of Parliament for supporting them to complete their delivery room projects.
They said it will help improve maternal health care in their areas and reduce the woes and difficulties pregnant women go through by walking several kilometers to have access to health facilities for maternal health.
For his part, the District Director of Health Services Madam Phoebe Balagumyetime said the completion of the delivery rooms project by the MP will go a long way to reduce the numbers of maternal and neonatal deaths recorded by the district every year.
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