President John Dramani Mahama reiterated Ghana’s Ministry of Health’s dedication to improving women’s health via the UNFPA-funded obstetric fistula intervention.
Obstetric fistulas are terrible, treatable, and preventable. No woman should give birth only to be stigmatised and disabled for the rest of her life.
The health ministry is enhancing early detection, prompt referral, and high-quality emergency obstetric care through Free Primary Health Care and MMARP.
According to the data, 4.6 women in Ghana face life-threatening problems for every maternal fatality.
Delays in receiving care, transportation issues, poverty, and a lack of access to trained birth attendants all exacerbate fistulas, which are typically the result of lengthy or obstructed labour.
The health ministry must work collaboratively to address these social and health system concerns.
The health ministry is providing surgery, public education, support for survivors, and improved primary care through Ghana’s Obstetric Fistula Prevention and Management Strategy and the PEFIG-led response. Because maternity care should be respectful and dignified for all women.
To the women who are waiting for surgery: you are not alone and this is not your fault. Fistula is not a sign of weakness; rather, it is a medical problem. The shame belongs to no one.
Respectful care, effective repairs when feasible, psychotherapy, and complete reintegration into family and community life are the goals of the health ministry at KATH. Restoring productivity, dignity, and optimism is the aim.
The health ministry is transitioning from reaction to prevention, from stigma to dignity, and from tragedy to hope in collaboration with development partners UNFPA and other stakeholders.
Every child should have a healthy beginning, and every woman should have a safe delivery. There was not a single woman remaining.
Source: newsthemegh.com