Health News of Tuesday, 12 November 2019Source: Ghananewsagency.orgLack of medicines, equipment, impacting health care negatively in Northern regionEthel Emefa Ehla, Project Officer at the Savana Signatures speaking at the forumLack of medications, equipment, and unhygienic conditions at health facilities in the Northern Region have been identified as barriers to quality healthcare for pregnant women and new mothers, a study has found. The study has also identified long waiting periods to access health care and abusive behaviour from some health staff as also impacting negatively on the quality of care offered pregnant women and new mothers. The quality of care study, which was conducted in November 2018, investigated the perspectives of women between 19 to 40 years toward quality of care in five health facilities in the region. Midwives amongst other participants suggested that health staff should be punctual to work such that clients would not wait for long to be attended to and also be patient to listen and understand the concerns of clients to offer them better health care. In the area of sexual and reproductive health for adolescent girls, they suggested the need for adolescent-friendly facilities such as corners to be created at health facilities to discuss their issues with health staff for adequate care.

Source: GhanaWeb November 12, 2019 17:01 UTC