US President Barack Obama has lauded the La Hospital in Accrafor its maternal health programme.
In brief remarks during his visit to the Hospital as part of his two-day visit to Ghana, the US President said: "Part of the reason this is so important is, throughout Africa the rates of both infant mortality but also maternal mortality is still far too high -- I mean, by a factor of -- a multiple of tens compared to many other parts of the worldďż˝.
He said the kinds of programmes that provide sound prenatal and maternal care are extraordinarily important, adding this is a model of the kind of clinics where people are able to get these important services.
President Obama is visited Cape Coast Castle as part of his official engagements in Ghana.
Source: GNA
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