UE/R: Namoaligo-Kpatia record's zero maternal and infant mortality since 2017 The Namoaligo-Kpatia sub district in the Talensi district of the Upper East region since 2017 has recorded zero maternal and infant mortality. This was disclosed when the Participatory Action for Rural Development Alternatives (PARDA) in collaboration with Oxfam Klub, Presby Health Service and the Ghana Health Service handed over two maternity blocks and hospital equipment to the Namoaligo and Gorog health facilities respectively. The two facilities and equipment were valued at eight hundred and ninety six thousand five hundred and fifty (896,550) Ghana cedis. The maternity facilities constitutes delivery rooms, observatories and resting rooms. Meanwhile, the equipment include delivery beds, motorbikes, desk top computers and tricycles. Addressing traditional authorities and the people of Namoaligo, the Director of PARDA, Dr. Michael Wombeogo, appealed to the government and the Ghana Health Service to upgrade the Namoaligo health center to a polyclinic. According to him, the various departments at the health centre and equipment requires its upgrading to the status of a polyclinic. Dr. Wombeogo, said since the establishment of the facility in the Namoaligo community, about one thousand eight hundred and seventy six pregnant women have visited the facility to deliver and 382 has delivered safely. He therefore commended the midwives for their effort. The Country Director of Oxfam, Tijani Hamza, explained that Oxfam is partnering with PARADA because it is commitment to support universal health care and help reduce maternal mortality. He said since their collaboration in 2009, the two organisations have helped reduce maternal mortality in their operational areas. He explained that the two organisations also advocate for equal postage of health workers to facilities in their operational areas. Adding that an initiative called the pregnant man has also helped to reduce maternal deaths. The pregnant man initiative, he explained is aimed at encouraging men to take keen interest in the antenatal care of their pregnant wives. These include persuading their pregnant wives and accompanying them to health facilities regularly. Story by GBC's Lambert Felix/ lamb.felix@yahoo.com GBCONLINE ---DECRYPTED---