The Ashanti Region has reported its highest maternal mortality rate in three years, with 232 deaths per 100,000 live births recorded in the first six months of 2025.
Data from district health facilities attribute the surge to systemic challenges, including inadequate capacity at community and primary health centres to handle complications, delays in referrals to advanced hospitals, shortages of skilled health professionals in rural areas, and socio-economic obstacles such as transportation difficulties for expectant mothers in remote communities.
Regional health authorities are expected to release comprehensive details of the maternal health situation and announce measures to address the crisis in the coming days.
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