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Pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic at a Reproductive and Child Health facility in Savelugu, in the Northern Region of Ghana, in 26 May 2015.
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In 2026, Ghana’s MNH Acceleration Plan is focusing on these priorities:
Develop the Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Nutrition Strategic Plan (2026-2030) and cost programme-specific action plans.
Implement Ghana’s Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR) Guidelines 2025.
Adapt and deploy the World Health Organization’s Labour Care Guide.
Improve access to caffeine citrate to treat breathing issues in newborns, and heat-stable carbetocin to prevent postpartum hemorrhage.
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A health worker records data using the Maternal and Child Health Records book at the Bekwai Municipal Hospitaln in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, in May 2023.
©UNICEF/Noorani. Senior Nurse Sister Evelyn Puoviel with assistance from Nurse Yussif Barikisu attend to children at UNICEF supported Newborn Care Unit for premature babies at Tamale West Hospital in Tamale, Ghana, in October 2024.
Ghana is one of the 11 countries spearheading efforts to improve quality of care in maternal, newborn and child health services as part of the Quality of Care Network. Ghana’s successes in improving quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health are essential to help reduce maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths. These include:
First webinar in a four-part series sharing lessons from the Accelerating Measurable Progress and Leveraging Investments for Postpartum Hemorrhage Impact (AMPLI-PPHI) project. Organized by Jhpiego.
An event during the WHA79 to share high-level messages from the EWENE-Child Survival Action progress report.
A reception during WHA79
See also: ‘Community Level Follow-up of the Small and Sick Newborn‘, the poster that the Ghana delegation presented at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2026.
For the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly
These messages were developed by the United Advocacy Working Group for Maternal, Newborn and Child health.
Posters presented by 40 country delegations at the International Maternal Newborn Health Conference 2026.
International Maternal Newborn Health
Conference (IMNHC) 2026
These key messages and advocacy asks are intended to equip partners with evidence-based messaging and
resources in the context of IMNHC 2026.