“That belief is excessively rash
and should be disregarded”, she said.
Madam Amedzorku said this at the
inauguration of an assimilation room for co-beneficiaries (pregnant women) of
the Survival Programme of Yayra Child Development Centre by the Evangelical
Presbyterian, Eden Congregation at Adaklu Kodzobi.
The Survival Programme is
dedicated to promoting and ensuring the welfare of pregnant women and children
under one year.
The project, funded by Compassion
International Ghana, a child focused Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), is
expected to benefit four other communities around Kodzobi with relatively high
teenage pregnancy cases.
Madam Amedzorku said swollen feet
during pregnancy was a serious medical condition, which if not treated early
could have serious implication on mother and unborn babies and advised women
with such conditions to seek early medical assistance.
She advised them to refrain from
self-medication and take prescribed drugs religiously.
Mr Supreme Agbovi, an official of
Compassion International Ghana, said the Survival Programme should not be seen
as promoting teenage pregnancy saying “the unborn child cannot be punished by
the mistake of its mother”.
He said his organization is in
partnership with the church to reduce maternal and infant mortality in the
community.
Mr Agbovi appealed to the leaders
of the church and opinion leaders not to shield perpetrators of child abuses in
their communities.
He said the Compassion
International Ghana would continue to collaborate with the church to empower
the co-beneficiaries economically.
GNA
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