{"id":319033,"date":"2017-05-14T11:50:51","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T11:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=319033"},"modified":"2017-05-14T11:50:51","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T11:50:51","slug":"mothers-day-first-lady-rallies-support-to-reduce-maternal-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/mothers-day-first-lady-rallies-support-to-reduce-maternal-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"Mothers’ Day: First Lady rallies support to reduce maternal deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"
The First Lady, Rebecca Akufo-Addo\u2019s Mothers\u2019 Day message highlighted the strides left to be made in order to reduce child and maternal\u00a0mortality to acceptable levels in Ghana.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Akufo-Addo mentioned\u00a0logistical constraints at the\u00a0Komfo Anokye Hospital Teaching Hospital, and stressed the need to support her “Save a Child Save a Mother” campaign, which seeks to build a new unit for the Komfo Anokye maternity block.<\/p>\n
“As we celebrate mothers\u2019 day, I wish to remind all Ghanaians of the needless deaths of mothers and children at the Komfo Anokye Hospital. No woman should die giving life to another, and no mother should lose a child she has carried for nine months. As we honour mothers, let us all resolve to contribute to the ‘save a child save a mother’ project by contributing in cash or in kind to the special fund to build a new unit for the Komfo Anokye maternity block,” she said.<\/p>\n