The Director General of Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr. Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has said the growing phenomenon of pregnant women seeking health care at prayer camps is adversely affecting healthcare delivery. He was speaking at the opening ceremony of the 26th annual conference of district directors of Health Services group in Tamale where he said a number of women continued to lose their lives and their babies at the prayer camps during labour.
“Nine percent of women who die from maternal health complications in the northern zone visit prayer camps, while 20 percent of women who die from maternal health complication in the middle zone visit prayer camps and 26 percent of women who die from maternal health complications in the southern zone also visit prayer camps”, he stated.
The conference was on the theme: “Reducing maternal and neonatal mortality through health systems strengthening.
Culled from Daily Graphic 3rd December 2018