Ghana – Ministry of Education urged to review policy on abstinence

November 10, 2023

The Ministry of Education (MoE) has been called upon to review its policy on abstinence amongst school children to allow for preventive/contraceptive use sessions at school environment to safeguard pupils and students from unintended and teenage pregnancies.

The stakeholders, who made the call, said this would also help to address the increasing cases of unsafe abortion amongst adolescent girls in the country.

Continued: https://newsghana.com.gh/ministry-of-education-urged-to-review-policy-on-abstinence/


Ghana – 6,000 Adolescents In Volta Region Pregnant – Stakeholders Urged To Address Trend

20-May-2023

According to Ghana Statistical Service data from the 2021 Population and Housing Census, about 79,733 girls in Ghana aged 12 to 17 have been in a union, either married or living together with a man. Out of this number, 25,999 are girls of junior high school-going age (12 to 14 years).

In the Volta Region, it states that one out of four girls are married or are in a union before 18 years. According to the GHS District Health Information Management System (DHIMS), over 6,000 girls got pregnant between 2020 and 2021 alone.

Continued: https://www.peacefmonline.com/pages/local/news/202305/487762.php


Bono health directorate launches campaign to stop maternal deaths

Date: Aug - 01 - 2022
Emmanuel Adu-Gyamerah

The Bono Regional Health Directorate last Thursday launched a campaign to stop the rise in maternal mortality in the region. Statistics available indicate that whereas the region recorded 22 maternal deaths in 2019, the figure increased to 26 in 2020.

In 2021, the figure jumped further to 28, while 15 maternal deaths have already been recorded this year.  It is as a result of this that the regional health directorate, in
collaboration with the Family Health Division and the Ghana Health Service
(GHS), launched the campaign against maternal mortality on the theme:
"Stop Preventable Maternal Deaths and Disabilities".

Continued: https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/bono-health-directorate-launches-campaign-to-stop-maternal-deaths.html


Ashanti Region recorded 174 maternal deaths in 2021 – GHS

May 27, 2022
CNR Citi Newsroom

The Ashanti Regional Health Directorate says 174 cases of maternal deaths were recorded in the region in 2021, with many of these deaths caused by unsafe abortion; a situation it has described as worrying.

According to the Ghana Health Service (GHS), global statistics suggest that 5 to 10% of women die through unsafe abortion annually.

Continued: http://www.businessghana.com/site/news/general/263464/Ashanti-Region-recorded-174-maternal-deaths-in-2021-%E2%80%93-GHS


Ghana – Don’t overlook abortion related deaths — GHS

March 27, 2022

Ms Naomi Acquah, the Western Regional Focal Person on the Comprehensive Abortion Care project has described abortion-related maternal deaths as a neglected tragedy that must not be overlooked by society.

According to medical experts, there is about 23 per cent out of 100 pregnancies ended up in unsafe abortion and thereby risking the lives of women involved, aside from complications, disabilities and long-term infertility issues.

Continued: https://www.modernghana.com/news/1147982/dont-overlook-abortion-related-deaths.html


Ghana Health Service to incorporate family planning methods into NHIS package

Dec 18, 2021
GBC Ghana Online

The Ghana Health Service intends to incorporate Family Planning Methods into the National Health Insurance Package.  The service is also working to Institutionalize Comprehensive Abortion Care in both Public and Private Facilities. These are part of measures to prevent Maternal Mortalities and Disabilities in the country’s health facilities.

The Director of Family Health Division of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Kofi Issa at the launch of Zero Tolerance for Preventable Maternal Deaths and Disabilities in Accra, noted that most complications including deaths recorded at health facilities were from unsafe abortions.

Continued: http://www.businessghana.com/site/news/general/252986/-Family-planning-to-be-included-in-NHIS


Ghana – Zero tolerance for maternal deaths campaign launched in Accra

By GNA
Dec 14, 2021

A Maternal Health promotion campaign dubbed, ‘Zero Tolerance for Preventable Maternal Deaths and Disabilities’ has been launched in Accra to improve access to quality care for pregnant women.

The campaign, launched by the Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Tuesday, would seek the public’s support to remove barriers and unfair treatments that push women and girls with unintended pregnancies to dangerous paths that lead to their untimely deaths.

Continued: https://newsghana.com.gh/zero-tolerance-for-maternal-deaths-campaign-launched-in-accra/


Abortion complications killed 311 Ghanaian women in 2019 – Ghana Health Service

Source: Nestor Kafui Adjomah 
 16 November 2021

311 women have died in 2019 from complications of abortion, accounting for 9.2% direct maternal deaths in Ghana.

Ghana Health Service (GHS) has therefore put in place pragmatic approach to strengthening the integration of Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) services into the routine reproductive health services in Ghana.

Continued: https://www.myjoyonline.com/abortion-complications-killed-311-ghanaian-women-in-2019-ghana-health-service/?param=


Ghana – Unwanted pregnancies increase unsafe abortions

Oct - 07 – 2021

It is estimated that abortion rate in the country is 44 per 1,000 women, the Director of Medical Affairs at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Dr Ali Samba, has said.

Quoting data from the Guttmacher Institute, a research and policy organisation committed to advancing sexual and reproductive health and rights, Dr Samba said the rate varied in different parts of the country.

Continued: https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/health/ghana-news-unwanted-pregnancies-increase-unsafe-abortions.html


Ghana – Abortion claims 66 lives in 2020 — GHS

APR 15, 2021

Sixty-six women died in 2020 due to abortion related complications, the Ghana Health Service (GHS) has revealed.

More than 54,000 cases of abortion, out of which 25,866 cases were classified as spontaneous abortions, were recorded in the country's heath facilities in 2020.

Continued: https://www.modernghana.com/news/1075023/abortion-claims-66-lives-in-2020.html