{"id":450980,"date":"2017-12-30T06:01:34","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T06:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/30\/60-out-1000-babies-die-from-preventable-diseases-in-ghana\/"},"modified":"2017-12-30T06:01:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T06:01:34","slug":"60-out-1000-babies-die-from-preventable-diseases-in-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/30\/60-out-1000-babies-die-from-preventable-diseases-in-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"60 out 1000 babies die from preventable diseases in Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/31485812.295.jpg\" alt=\" Two Babies At Hospital Twins2\" title=\" Two Babies At Hospital Twins2\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Twin babies at a hospital<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1514613694_384_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Despite the frequent programmes of immunisation of children against childhood diseases, about 60 babies out of 1000 live births still die from preventable diseases in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The Vice Chairman of the Ghana Coalition of NGOs in Health, Bright Amissah Nyarko has therefore called for a concerted effort to reduce the number of deaths among babies to zero.<\/p>\n<p>He was speaking at a forum organized in Sunyani by the Coalition of NGOs in Health.<\/p>\n<p>It was aimed at soliciting the support of Chiefs and the Media to give a boost to Ghana\u2019s Expanded Programme on Immunisation to protect babies from premature death.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twin babies at a hospital Despite the frequent programmes of immunisation of children against childhood diseases, about 60 babies out of 1000 live births still die from preventable diseases in Ghana. 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