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Abortion related complications on the increase in
the Volta region
Audrey Micah, Ghanadot
Accra, July 2, Ghanadot - Many female adolescents die
each year in Ghana from abortions or related
complications. They and their infants face greater risk
of dying in childbirth than that posed to women aged
20-35 and their infants.
Moreover, the proportion of teenage
pregnancies has increased to currently account for 30%
of all pregnancies compared to 20% 5 years ago. Abortion
is not just a simple medical procedure.
For many women, it is a life changing
event with significant physical, emotional, and
spiritual consequences. Most women who struggle with
past abortions say that they wish they had been told all
of the facts about abortion and its risks.
According to experts, women who undergo one or more
induced abortions carry a significantly increased risk
of delivering prematurely in the future.
Premature delivery is associated with
higher rates of cerebral palsy, as well as other
complications of prematurity that are the brain,
respiratory, bowel, and eye problems.
In Ghana, cases of pregnancy and abortion-related
complications are said to be increasing in the Volta
Region.
While some female students are reportedly losing their
lives, others are said to have had their reproductive
systems permanently destroyed through complications.
According to the medical superintendent of the Volta
Regional Hospital, Dr Geoffrey Nyam-uame, the situation
has become so alarming that stakeholders in the health
sector must intensify public education on reproductive
health in the region.
His comments come after reports of several pregnancies
among some candidates of the recent basic school
examinations.
Some of these students are said to have been diffident
to enter exam halls to write their papers.
Ghanadot
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The fate of Africa revisited
Review, Jan 11, Ghanadot - This book written by
Martin Meredith, titled “The Fate of Africa,” is driven
by a concept that predates the so called “Wind of
Change” on the continent of Africa....More
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West African democracy: black-sheeping
Guinea
Commentary, Jan 12, Ghanadot -
The suspension of Guinea by ECOWAS for the overthrow of
a constitutional regime by its military, signals the
fact that the West African region takes democracy, as
development and stability vehicle, seriously. ....
...More
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Moderator speaks against encroachment on school lands
Ho, Jan 12, Ghanadot/GNA - Right Reverend Dr Yaw
Frimpong-Manso, Moderator of the General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church of Ghana, has said it was wrong for
people to encroach on the church’s school lands in Ho and
that it was an affront to both the church and the
government....More |
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NDC
victory requires hard work from members – Tei Larbi
Kumasi, Jan 12, Ghanadot/GNA – Mr Ebenezer Tei-Larbi, the
National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentary candidate for
Oforikrom has reminded members of the party that the victory of
the NDC did not mean they should relax and that consolidating
the party’s gains required hard work.....More |
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