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Ghana: Good News for Expectant Mothers
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Accra Mail (Accra)
9 May 2008
Posted to the web 9 May 2008
Accra
Pregnant women receiving antenatal care at government hospitals will no longer pay a cedi for the services.
This was the outcome of a bilateral meeting held between President Kufuor and Prime Minister Gordon Brown in London on Wednesday.
As a result, the British government will support the health sector with £42.5million, out of which $6million will be set aside annually to implement the fee-free pregnancy of Ghanaian women.
Yesterday, President Kufuor tasked the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Health Service (GHS) to get together to implement the policy as soon as possible in line with the policy.
Reducing maternal mortality in pregnant women is one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which was discussed during the president's just ended "Call to Action" meeting in London.
He returned home last night. On the fringes of the main meetings, he held bilateral talkss with business and political leaders who called on him. Mr. Arun Sarin, the CEO of Vodafone called to discuss his company's interest in the bid for Ghana Telecom. Lord Malloch Brown, Secretary for Africa Asia and Pacific accompanied by the British High Commissioner to Ghana held talks with the President on the situation in Africa.
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A delegation from Hutchison Ports Holding, led by Gerry Yim, CEO in charge of the Americas, Middle East and Africa also called to update him on the progress on the Boankra Inland Port Project and the rehabilitation of Ghana Railways.
UK's Secretary of State for International Development (DFID), Douglas Alexander followed up on the bilateral meeting President Kufuor held with Prime Minister Gordon Brown. This was to confirm certain decisions arrived at by the two leaders in Ghana-UK relations and the support the UK Government plans for Ghana in her pursuit of achieving MDG targets.
President J. A Kufuor himself paid a visit to OBE Television in London. OBE TV is a Ghanaian owned broadcasting company serving Ghanaian and African communities there. It carries extensive broadcasts of Ghanaian activities both at home and abroad like the President's visit to the UK, Ghana @ 50, Ghana at Germany 2006 and Ghana CAF 2008. He was conducted round the facility by Mr. Benard Ampaw, CEO of the company. President Kufuor expressed his appreciation to the efforts the OBE TV at promoting Ghana to the outside world and assured the management of his continued support in that venture.
GOOD ONE THERE,MY NOBLE UNCLE PRESIDENT,FOR GIVING THIS PRIO RITY TO OUR LOVELY WOMEN,BUT,TRY TO WARN THEM OF UNDERAGE PREGNANCY,BECAUSE,WE NEED TO PROTECT OUR OVER POPULATION.BEC AUSE I'M ALWAYS ADVISE MY FOUR BEAUTIFUL LOVELY DAUGHTERS TO DESISTS FROM SUCH BEHAVIOR,ESPECIALLY HERE IN CZECH-REPUBLIC .
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