Ghana's CHMC boosts healthcare in Northern Ghana with KOICA support

Globally, progress in health service coverage has slowed since 2015 (WHO, 2025), leaving billions without access to the full range of quality healthcare services they need 🌍 In Kenya, a major step forward was taken in 2023 with the launch of the national Universal Health Coverage (UHC) framework. Its goal: to ensure every person can access essential health services without risking financial hardship. This milestone has the potential to transform Maternal and Child Health (MCH) outcomes across the country by tackling key questions, such as: ▪️ Can a pregnant woman attend all antenatal appointments without worrying about distance or cost? ▪️ Can fathers-to-be access accurate information to support their partners? ▪️ Can newborns receive timely postnatal care in those first critical days of life? At Child.org, we play a role in turning these possibilities into reality. The WHO highlights that achieving UHC requires a strong primary health care approach - bringing services closer to communities. This is exactly how Child.org works: ✔️ Running community health outreaches ✔️ Supporting in training of Community Health Workers ✔️ Setting up Pregnant Women’s Groups ✔️ Leading male partner sessions to strengthen family support By working hand-in-hand with government and existing health systems, we aim for sustainable, system-wide change in Maternal & Child Health. We’d love to hear from professionals and partners who share this vision. ➡️ How do you see primary health care transforming maternal and child health in your context? #UniversalHealthCoverage #UHC #MaternalHealth #MCH

Is healthcare in Kenya truly affordable, equitable, and dignified for all ? This week, our own Wangare Edith joined Community Health Promoters, a doctor, and a lawyer on the #SituationRoom Health Baraza on Spice FM, hosted by Ndu Okoh and Dennis Okari, for a wholesome conversation on the reality of #health. The truth is stark especially in Maternal and Newborn Health (MNH). Mothers we work with are still required to carry their own cotton wool when going to give birth. Many are turned away, and for countless women and communities, health remains far from #affordable. This raises a critical question: Can we truly achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) if access to dignified, affordable healthcare remains out of reach? 👉 Catch the full conversation in the link below. https://lnkd.in/euGn-Mdq

Is Maternal Healthcare Just a Game of Chance? Let’s be real: in today’s world, why should a mother’s safety during delivery feel like rolling the dice? High maternal healthcare utilization is supposed to lower risks, yet in places like Sierra Leone and Kenya, poor infrastructure and geographic barriers still leave many women in the lurch. You’d think timely antenatal visits would be a no-brainer, yet in Nigeria and Ethiopia, the struggle for skilled attendance remains real. If mothers with just four antenatal visits are 4.02 times more likely to deliver safely, why isn’t everyone on board? We need comprehensive policies that empower women through education and employment, all while fixing our healthcare systems. Because honestly, shouldn’t every mother deserve a fighting chance? #MaternalHealth #HealthcareAccess #EmpowerWomen #SafeDeliveries #PolicyChange #HealthcareUtilization #MomLife

Did you know that a simple device could be the difference between life and death for a newborn? . What exactly are these devices? An Ambu bag (manual resuscitator) is a handheld tool used to help babies breathe when they cannot do so on their own. . A suction device clears a newborn’s airway of fluid or mucus to restore proper breathing. Prof. Kene Ilo insists that providing these basic tools, and training community health workers to use them; can drastically cut down preventable newborn deaths in Nigeria. . That’s why the Stop Asphyxia and Maternal Death Movement (SAM-D) is launching “Training of Trainers”, a hands-on workshop to empower health workers with the skills to save lives right from the delivery room. #DrChiggyTV...let's help you amplify your advocacy #SAMDNigeria #StopAsphyxia #MaternalHealth #NewbornSurvival #SaveNewborns #HealthForAll #CommunityHealth #EveryBreathCounts #HealthcareAdvocacy #GlobalHealth #SDG3 #EndPreventableDeaths #PrimaryHealthCare #HealthEquity

Dr. Ochola, your field reflections highlight a reality that is at once profoundly simple and deeply urgent: that the fundamentals of dignity, safety, and survival in maternal health often lie not in advanced interventions, but in the presence—or absence—of the most basic services. Clean running water, a functioning toilet, and a space where women can wash after delivery may appear ordinary, but their absence transforms childbirth into an avoidable gamble with life. Evidence consistently underscores this truth. The WHO estimates that poor WASH conditions contribute to over 26% of maternal deaths and significantly heighten the risk of neonatal infections—the leading cause of mortality in the first 28 days of life. UNICEF has similarly warned that one in four health care facilities globally lacks basic water services, disproportionately affecting women in low- and middle-income countries. Your story reminds us that WASH is not peripheral to maternal, newborn, and child health (MNCH)—it is the very infrastructure upon which safe care is built. Without it, every clinical advancement risks being undermined by preventable infection, indignity, and loss of trust in health systems. As you so eloquently capture through the mother’s words, dignity is inseparable from safety. Investing in WASH within health facilities is therefore not only a scientific and public health imperative, but also a moral and human rights obligation. Policymakers, funders, and health leaders must center WASH in maternal health strategies if we are to meet SDG targets on ending preventable maternal and neonatal deaths. Thank you for amplifying this often overlooked but critical dimension of maternal health. Your work challenges us to reframe priorities—not just toward lifesaving technologies, but toward the everyday infrastructures of dignity and survival. #MaternalHealth #WASH #MNCH #HealthSystemsStrengthening #EvidenceBasedPolicy #EndPreventableDeaths #HumanRights

On 17th September, World Patient Safety Day 2025, the world came together under the theme “Safe care for every newborn and every child.” Yet, in Kenya, recent reports revealed a disturbing reality: mothers and newborns being detained in hospitals simply because they could not pay delivery fees. This practice is not only unjust but constitutes obstetric violence, a violation of dignity, patient safety, and human rights. As Margaret Nyambura reminded us, true patient safety must include the most vulnerable. Every mother and child deserves respectful, safe, and affordable care, without discrimination or exploitation. The call remains urgent: let’s reflect, raise our voices, and demand a health system that protects, not punishes, those it is meant to serve. #EndObstetricViolenceKe #Justice2Health AmplifyChange Raise Your Voice Reproductive Health Network Kenya Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa Kenya Obstetrical and Gynaecological Society Zamara Foundation Allan Achesa Maleche Hortense Minishi Melinda L Mugambi Nyokabi Njogu Elsie Milimu

As a global health practitioner and Founder, operating in rural communities, I see firsthand the risks mothers face when giving birth at home without skilled support. Too often, in rural Sierra Leone what should be a joyful moment becomes a tragedy where preventable complications claims the lives of mothers and newborns. Sadly this tragedy begins with a home delivery attended by someone without the skills or equipment to handle complications. Our rural mothers need a reason to choose facility-based deliveries where trained health workers can provide safe care. As global health leaders, organizations and stakeholders we must prioritize shifting norms, reducing reliance on unskilled home births and culture practices and ensuring every woman has the chance to deliver safely. Safe birth is the standard, NOT the exception. In our work to reduce maternal-neonatal deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa, we need grassroots innovation with global impact. www.mansarayfoundation.org #globalhealth #maternalhealth #safebirth #healthequity #endpreventabledeaths #maternalmortality #sierraleone Gates Foundation Africa Public Health Foundation The Academy of Public Health West African Institute of Public Health African Union World Health Organization

The 13th Annual World Health Organization Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health Accountability Breakfast, convened during #UNGA80, reaffirmed the imperative of accelerating action and accountability to end preventable maternal, newborn, and child mortality. Amidst global disruptions, the event advanced a reframing of women’s, children’s, and adolescents’ health as not solely a clinical agenda, but as a movement for equity, dignity, and the right to thrive. Central to this convening was the launch of PMNCH’s Strategy 2026–2030: Partnership for Change, which positions accountability as the bedrock for collective progress in a complex and interdependent world. By anchoring evidence, solidarity, and innovation within a shared platform, the Breakfast highlighted the responsibility of all stakeholders to safeguard health across the life course, aligning with The Wellbeing Foundation Africa, contributing grounded community-based experience to ensure that commitments are effectively translated into measurable and sustainable outcomes. #PMNCH  #PartnershipsForChange #WellbeingForAll

The Founder & CEO of TibaSalama Digital Health (Simon Mashauri) emphasizing the importance of proper use of mobile phone technology during community training, particularly to heads of households, in accessing essential health information for their families on maternal and child health development. #DigitalHealth #TibaSalama #MaternalHealth #ChildHealth #CommunityEmpowerment #HealthInnovation #FamilyHealth #MHealth #Tanzania

The Founder & CEO of TibaSalama Digital Health (Simon Mashauri) emphasizing the importance of proper use of mobile phone technology during community training, particularly to heads of households, in accessing essential health information for their families on maternal and child health development. #DigitalHealth #TibaSalama #MaternalHealth #ChildHealth #CommunityEmpowerment #HealthInnovation #FamilyHealth #MHealth #Tanzania