or providing infant, maternal heath care
Accra, July 11, GNA – US President Barack Obama has lauded the La Hospital for its maternal health programme. In brief remarks during his visit to the Hospital as part of his two-day visit to Ghana, the US president said: “Part of the reason this is so important is throughout Africa the rates of both infant mortality but also maternal mortality is still far too high — I mean, by a factor of — a multiple of tens compared to many other parts of the world. He said the kinds of programmes that provided sound prenatal and maternal care were extraordinarily important, adding this was a model of the kind of clinics where people were able to get these important services. President Obama is visiting Cape Coast Castle as part of his official engagements in Ghana.
Source: GhanaWeb
