Men in Bagurugu support maternal health campaign

A number of men in Bagurugu, a farming community in the Karaga District in the Northern Region, have thrown their weight behind a maternal health campaign being implemented in the community.

They said the project had enlightened them on the importance of letting their women patronise antenatal and postnatal care services, as well as ensuring that pregnant women delivered under the supervision of qualified midwives in approved health centres.

The ‘Live Births: Smiling Mothers Project’ seeks to increase significantly facility-based deliveries and the number of pregnant women accessing antenatal and postnatal care services in 24 project communities located in the Sagnarigu, Gusheigu, Karaga and Tolon districts.

It is an initiative of a Tamale-based gender and reproductive health advocacy organisation, the Northern Sector Action on Awareness Centre (NORSAAC), with funding support from STAR Ghana.

An opinion leader in Bagurugu, Mr Sulemana Imoro,