Source: The Chronicle
OFFICIAL REPORT from the Northern Regional Directorate of the Ghana Health Service has revealed that as many as 250 women have died during child birth, between January 2011 and December 2012.
In 2011 alone, a total of 131 pregnant women died in the region, but the figure inconsiderably reduced to 119 in 2012.
The Northern Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service, Dr. Akwasi Twumasi is still alarmed by the 2012 figure of 119, since it sought to defeat his campaign against the high maternal mortalities.
Speaking at the 2012 Annual Performance