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MCI’s MDG Heroes Series: Kumasi Metropolitan Health Director Reduces Maternal Mortality

In the Millennium City of Kumasi, Ghana, the Maternal Mortality Ratio was on the rise until 2009. But a sustained and dedicated effort on the part of the Kumasi Metropolitan Health Directorate and its director, Dr. Kwasi Yeboah-Awudzi, has resulted in dramatically reduced maternal deaths over the last 18 months. Dr. Yeboah-Awudzi’s direction included upgrading frontline facility infrastructure to accommodate safe deliveries, performing more cesareans at these facilities and intensifying public education regarding the importance of ante-natal visits. In celebration of this week's UN MDG Summit, MCI interviewed this "MDG Hero" about his work to advance Target 1 of Millennium Development Goal 4.

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