The Health Ministry has disclosed that the country’s maternal mortality ratio has declined from 320 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2015 to 310 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017.
This was contained in the 27th Ghana Maternal Health Survey.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of a two-day regional dissemination workshop, Mrs. Gyansah Lutterodt, an official of the Health Ministry, who represented the sector minister, stated that the country had made some progress in maternal mortality rates in recent times.
However, according to her, the target of reducing maternal deaths to 190 per 100,000 live births in 2015 per goal number 5 of the Millennium Development Goals was not achieved.
The workshop was organised by the West African Health Organisation for countries within the West African sub-region on how to help improve women’s, new-born children’s and adolescent health and well-being. It kicked off in Accra on Monday, and is expected to end Tuesday, May 10th, 2022.
Mrs. Lutterodt noted that to mitigate maternal mortality in the country, the Ministry has relied on measures such as the free maternal health policy under the National Health Insurance Scheme.
This, she explained, will expand access to maternal health services for women of childbearing age, among other solutions.
