By Anthony Adongo Apubeo
Zebilla (U/E), May 22, GNA – World Vision Ghana, a Child Rights focused organisation, has donated four sets of adjustable and electric-powered delivery beds to health facilities in the Bawku West District in the Upper East Region.
The donation aimed at enhancing the quality of maternal and child health services and ensuring safer deliveries in health facilities across the district, especially those in hard-to-reach communities.
The gesture which had support from World Vision’s partners in the United States of America, were given to Yelwoko Health Centre, Tarikom, Komaka and Kobongo Community-based Health Planning Services (CHPS) compounds.
At a brief ceremony held at Zebilla to hand over the beds to the beneficiary health facilities, Mr Rexford Yamdorg Bugre, the Regional Operations Manager for Northern Sector, World Vision Ghana, reaffirmed the organisation’s commitment to improving health outcomes in rural communities especially for mothers and children.
He acknowledged that apart from the conflict in Bawku which was making it difficult especially pregnant women to access healthcare in Bawku, the influx of the asylum seekers from the Sahel region was putting pressure on the deprived health facilities.
He expressed the belief that the gesture would go a long way to assist in improving healthcare, particularly maternal and child health by contributing to safe deliveries.
Mr Joseph Edwin Yelkabong, the Bawku West Cluster Area Programme Manager, World Vision Ghana, noted that the support was informed by their visit to the health facilities that revealed the urgent need for support especially around maternal health.
“We have worked with the Ghana Health Service to identify health facilities where these facilities are going and we believe that when there is improved healthcare at the communities, it will feed into the district and the regional level deliverables,” he said.
He reiterated the commitment of World Vision Ghana to continue to support activities that had the potential to improve upon health and education of the children.
Mr Cosmos Minyila, the Bawku West District Director of the Ghana Health Service, who received the beds, expressed deep gratitude for the gesture, noting that the delivery beds will go a long way to ease the burden on overstretched maternity units and improve the comfort and safety of mothers during childbirth.
“These beds are a timely intervention. With the increasing number of deliveries in our facilities, the availability of adjustable and electric-powered delivery beds will significantly improve the working conditions of our midwives and the overall experience of expectant mothers,” the director stated.
He said the adjustable nature of the beds, combined with their electric-powered features, makes them ideal for handling a variety of birthing scenarios and enhances the capacity of health workers to respond effectively to complications during labour.
“In 2024, we recorded two maternal deaths, but we have not recorded any maternal death this year and we hope that we will not record any maternal death, and these beds will go a long way to support in this effort,” he added.
Mr James Ayamwego, the Bawku District Chief Executive lauded the donation and noted that the support would boost healthcare delivery in the area, particularly maternal and child health.
He touted the contributions of World Vision Ghana over the years in playing critical roles in supporting various development initiatives in the Bawku West District, including water and sanitation projects, child protection, and education and called for continued collaboration between non-governmental organisations and the government to enhance development.
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