616 MOTHERHOOD ISSUES, MATERNAL MORBIDITY AND MORTALITY

This course will provide students with an overview of the health problems faced by women in their quest to become mothers. The course will also address the causes of maternal morbidity and mortality in Ghana as well as in other countries of the world. The status of women’s general reproductive health and maternal health in Ghana will be discussed. Interventions to improve maternal health in particular and women’s health in general will also be addressed. Students will also be taught how to access information on women’s reproductive health from different existing sources.