Central Region: 29 expectant mothers died during child birth in first six months of 2023 - Adomonline.com

Twenty- nine expectant mothers in the Central Region died during childbirth from January to June this year.

Dr Agnes Achiamaa Anane, the Deputy Director, Clinical Care at the Central Regional Health Directorate, gave the hint when presenting the health situation of the Region at a Regional Coordinating Council (CRCC) meeting in Cape Coast.

For the whole of 2022, she said 69 mothers died while 79 and 75 died in 2021 and 2020 respectively.

She noted that these deaths were mostly caused by jaundice in the babies, and therefore, urged mothers to take their babies to the nearest health centre once they noticed abnormal changes in them.

Dr Anane further told the council that the Gomoa Central District recorded the highest cases while Effutu recorded the lowest.

She explained that the 9,748 teen expectant mothers were among 86,106 people who reported for Antenatal Care in 2022.

Mrs Justina Marigold Assan, the Central Regional Minister, who considered the incidence of teenage pregnancy still very high, urged the assemblies to design strategic ways to curb it completely.