Home Blog

MABIA-Ghana: What We Do.

Where We Work

MABIA-Ghana works in the most deprived communities in the three northern regions of Ghana. MABIA-Ghana has midwife volunteers in selected districts of the Upper East Region who were trained to advocate and provide cervical cancer education and screening services. These districts include the Bolgatanga municipality, Kassena-Nankana East district,Bawku West district, and the Talensi district. The Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) Project is currently run in the Bulsa South district in the Upper East region,the Sissala East district in the Upper West region, the Chereponi and Gusheigu districts in the Northern Region.

What We Do

MABIA-Ghana works in every major area of reproductive health. We provide a wide array of sexual and reproductive health information, services, and products to vulnerable populations particularly poor women and young girls in underserved communities throughout the three northern regions of Ghana. We provide technical assistance and capacity building to local communities with the main aim of strengthening the health systems and making a difference in the lives of the people.

Cervical Cancer Screening and Cryotherapy Project

The Cervical Screening and Cryotherapy (CSC)Project is aimed at helping low-income women from under-served communities in the Northern and Upper East regions gain access to lifesaving breast and cervical screening and treatment services. .One of the most effective preventive strategies for cervical cancer is early detection through mass screening of the eligible population to identify precancerous cells before they can progress to actual cancers. In northern Ghana, there was only one facility in Tamale providing screening and Cryotherapy services and none existed in the Upper East region. In line with its vision, MABIA-Ghana began the CSC project to provide mass screening and Cryotherapy services for women in the Upper East Region. The Netherlands Senior Experts (PUM) provided technical support while the Millennium Villages Project (MVP) provided funding for the project.

Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) Project

Unsafe abortion contributes significantly to a high maternal mortality in Ghana, particularly in the three northern regions. Although the abortion law of Ghana is relatively liberal, safe abortion services are non-existent in some districts, knowledge of the abortion law is low and stigma is high. Through this project, MABIA-Ghana is working in four under-served districts of Northern Ghana in the Upper East, Upper West, and Northern regions. The project is aimed at increasing knowledge of legal rights to abortion among school students and introduces quality, non-judgemental, comprehensive abortion care (CAC) to women and young girls in public health facilities, at the same time ensuring that two midwifery training colleges are able to provide quality pre-service training on safe abortion to trainee midwives.
chile-abortion

All About MABIA-Ghana

Midwife Preceptorship

MABIA-Ghana is an indigenous Ghanaian non-profit organization committed to promoting Sexual and Reproductive health and Rights {SRHR) of vulnerable populations particularly women, young girls, and children in the three northern regions.

MABIA-Ghana is a non-profit organization that was founded in August, 2011 to advocate for sound reproductive health policies for vulnerable populations in Ghana particularly the three northern regions.
MABIA-Ghana is adopting strategic projects that better meet the sexual and reproductive health and right challenges facing rural communities in northern Ghana. Among the many sexual and reproductive health and rights issues in Ghana are the rights of women and girls to have access to legal and safe abortion services. MABIA-Ghana is fulfilling this need through its project entitled “Increasing Access and Sustaining Quality of Comprehensive Abortion Care in Northern Ghana. In addition, MABIA-Ghana is providing Cervical Screening and Cryotherapy services to women and young girls.
MABIA-Ghana’s governing structure and decision-making are anchored around three main organs:
a) The Board of Directors that plays a strategic oversight role; approves policies and budgets, deliberates on issues of strategic importance, and holds management accountable for agreed decisions.
b) The Secretariat that is headed by the Executive Director charged with the delivery of day to day activities including staff supervision.
c) Expert Advisors who provide specialist and expert advice.

Our Mission

MABIA-Ghana’s mission is to prevent sexual and reproductive health complications, disability, and related disability among the less privileged and most vulnerable populations in Ghana.

Our Vision

To have a society where sexual and reproductive health rights, decisions, and choices are recognized and respected.

Where We Work

MABIA-Ghana works in the most deprived communities in the three northern regions of Ghana. MABIA-Ghana has midwife volunteers in selected districts of the Upper East Region who were trained to advocate and provide cervical cancer education and screening services. These districts include the Bolgatanga municipality, Kassena-Nankana East district,Bawku West district, and the Talensi district. The Comprehensive Abortion Care (CAC) Project is currently run in the Bulsa South district in the Upper East region,the Sissala East district in the Upper West region, the Chereponi and Gusheigu districts in the Northern Region.

What We Do

MABIA-Ghana works in every major area of reproductive health. We provide a wide array of sexual and reproductive health information, services, and products to vulnerable populations particularly poor women and young girls in underserved communities throughout the three northern regions of Ghana. We provide technical assistance and capacity building to local communities with the main aim of strengthening the health systems and making a difference in the lives of the people.

MABIA-Ghana: What We Do.

0
Where We Work MABIA-Ghana works in the most deprived communities in the three northern regions of Ghana. MABIA-Ghana has midwife volunteers in selected districts of...

All About MABIA-Ghana