Thumbs up for MTN Foundation.

Officials of MTN Ghana Foundation, on Sunday presented hampers to mothers who gave birth on Christmas Day (December 25), at the second floor of the Korle-Bu Maternity Block.

The officials, together with members of MTN Ghana Staff Volunteer Association and Management of the corporate entity, interacted with the mothers’ and shared goodwill messages and wishes of the season.

Mr Robert Kuzoe, Acting Executive Director of the Foundation described the season as a period for giving and building strong relationship with people.

“The Foundation could not have chosen a better time than Christmas to give and bring happiness to the mothers and babies on such a special day,” he said.

“We are happy to see that the lives of our mothers and babies as well as pregnant women who need antenatal and post natal care have been touched positively and are receiving quality care… as a result of the rehabilitation.”

Mr Kuzoe said the second floor of the hospital held a special place for the MTN Ghana Foundation, following a major rehabilitation exercise the foundation undertook on the floor shortly after the inauguration of the body in 2007.

The project was aimed at facilitating the provision of quality health care for mothers who use the facility.      The Foundation oversees the social responsibilities of MTN Ghana, a telecommunication service provider, with the aim of improving the quality of people’s lives through appropriate and sustainable social interventions in communities where the company operates.

The Foundation currently operates in Ghana, Afghanistan, Benin, Congo-Brazzaville, Cote d Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Uganda and Yemen.

In Ghana, the foundation is implementing eight projects valued at GH¢487,000.00 in the health and education sectors in deprived communities.

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Hypertension Now Leading Cause Of Maternal Death

Hypertension has overtaken haemorrhage as the leading cause of maternal mortality in Ghana’s cities.
This has been attributed to the changing behavioural and lifestyle characteristics of women, especially pregnant women, in the cities.

Deputy Director of Reproductive Child Health at the Ghana Health Service (GHS), Dr Patrick Aboagye, made this known in an interview with the Daily Graphic in Kumasi. He therefore, called on pregnant women to watch their lifestyles.

Other major direct causes of maternal mortality are infection, unsafe abortion and obstructed labour.

Dr Aboagye was speaking after the opening of a stakeholder dissemination review meeting of a study to address postpartum haemorrhage in Kumasi.

The study was instituted by the GHS, in conjunction with the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) at Bonsaaso in the Amansie West District of the Ashanti Region, with the view to finding new ways of preventing the death of women who deliver at home.

There are three types of high blood pressure in pregnant women. One is chronic hypertension, where high blood pressure develops before the 20th week of pregnancy or is present before the woman becomes pregnant.

The second is gestation hypertension, where some women just get high blood pressure near the end of pregnancy, while the third is pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH), which condition can cause serious problems for both the mother and the baby if left untreated.

PIH develops after the 20th week of pregnancy. Along with high blood pressure, it causes protein in the urine, blood changes and other problems.

Earlier in a speech at the opening ceremony, Dr Aboagye called on all to play their respective roles so as to achieve the Millennium Development Goal 5 of reducing maternal mortality by three-quarters between 1990 and 2015.

He said Ghana had stepped up the training of midwives, with at least 500 being trained every year.

The Team/Cluster Manager of the Bonsaaso MVP, Mr Samuel Afram, said the project had shown evidence that achieving MDG 5 was possible.

He said until recently when one pregnant woman died, the project area had not recorded any maternal death for about two years.

Mr Afram explained that the project had adopted various measures to protect pregnant women, adding that since health was related to nutrition, the project was working with other related agencies to achieve an integrated comprehensive approach to ensure the safety of pregnant women.

The Regional Advisor for the MVP in charge of West and Central Africa, Ms Mavis Ama Frimpong, said the project and the GHS were piloting the use of an oral medication that prevented bleeding after delivery.

That, she said, had become necessary because of the number of women who delivered in homes in the country.

About 50 per cent of pregnant women in the country deliver at home, with all the attendant risks.

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Giving Thanks

This is a message sent to me from a dear friend....bless you HM



Give thanks to the LORD, call on his name; make known
among the nations what he has done. Sing to him, sing
praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

Psalm 105:1,2 NIV

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O give thanks unto the LORD; for he is good:
for his mercy endureth for ever.

O give thanks unto the God of gods:
for his mercy endureth for ever.

Psalm 136:1,2 KJV

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"Now consider this, you who forget God,
Or I will tear you in pieces, and there
will be none to deliver.

"He who offers a sacrifice of thanksgiving honors Me;
And to him who orders his way aright I shall show
the salvation of God."

Psalm 50:22,23 NASB

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Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift:
Jesus Christ, the only begotten Son of God is the object of our faith; the only faith that saves is faith in Him.
Meditation 11/7 - 11/13 Amazing Grace & Glory NASB
Amazing Grace and Glory!

"The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one;

I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me.

"Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

John 17:22-24 NASB

Kudos.......' Akua Kuenyehia Foundation'

I am always inspired by benevolent citizens with emphasis on women, who impact their community in any way possible. Whether it is advocating for peace or supporting the underprivileged. Such an example is the Akua Kuenyehia Foundation - a Ghana based not-for-profit organisation which focuses on the development and empowerment of women through education. It was actually set up in honour of H.E Judge Akua Kuenyehia, first vice-president of the International Criminal Court in the Hague by her children.

This post is to congratulate the AKF for the good work they are doing........ A total of sixteen girls recently gained from their scholarship scheme to further their Senior High School education. These were underprivileged girls who had no hope for the future but through the support of the foundation, their dreams became a reality. It has supported a total of 23 girls so far since its inception.

Once again I say well done and God bless you immensely for this achievement!
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Women Empowerment....A key to success

Women are an integral part in our world today.......so is the mother to her child.

I read this article today and could not wait to share it with everyone.....

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"Women are those who personify society and as such they are the best mangers of the family and the community" ....Mr Ambrose Dery, MP for Lawra in Northern Ghana

Write a Post for Clean Water [Blog Action Day 2010]

On October 15, thousands of bloggers across more than 100 countries will participate in Blog Action Day to debate, brainstorm and raise awareness around clean water. Bloggers will take a single day and use it to write about the event’s chosen cause.

Blog Action Day is an annual event that brings bloggers together to post about a worthy cause. In its fourth year, Blog Action Day has covered environmental issues, poverty and climate change. This year, water was chosen by user vote on Change.org’s blog. It is the first year that Change.org is taking on the event from Blog Action Day Co-creators Collis and Cyan Ta’eed.

Clean water is an important but often-overlooked cause. Change.org estimates almost 1 billion people across the planet don’t have access to clean, safe drinking water. That’s nearly one in eight people who are subject to preventable disease and death due to poor drinking water and unhygienic water for everyday needs. Approximately 4,500 children die each day from unsafe water and lack of basic sanitation facilities.
Blog Action Day is very much about grassroots activism, taking the philosophy that a lot of ordinary people can make an extraordinary difference. Change.org hopes that the volume of blog posts on October 15 will create a meme around water issues, raising awareness and creating a digital, global think tank.



Lets get involved! 15th October 2010

Breast Cancer Awareness, Ghana 2010

Breast Cancer Awareness month

This month, we raise the flag on Breast Cancer Awareness around the world. Lets all join in and spread the word.


Women are our concern and this is the time for us to be breast aware for early detection. Mothers, tell a friend and lets help save lives.
Find out more about what is happening around you here and there.

DFID on CHILD Health

The only way we will end poverty is to put women and mothers at the front and centre of all our efforts Andrew Mitchell UK Development Secretary

......The health of newborns is inextricably linked to the health of their mothers. Interventions to improve maternal health and survival also improve newborn health and survival. These include; antenatal care, skilled attendance at birth, access to emergency obstetric care when necessary, adequate nutrition, post-partum care, newborn care, education to improve health, breastfeeding and improved sanitation, hygiene and water.

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