{
  "id": 1414233,
  "title": "15% of maternal mortality deaths in Kumasi are ‘imported’- Health Director",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/15-of-maternal-mortality-deaths-in-kumasi-are-imported-health-director",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-17T04:01:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "MyJoyOnline Ghana",
    "slug": "myjoyonline-ghana",
    "url": "https://www.myjoyonline.com/15-of-maternal-mortality-deaths-in-kumasi-are-imported-health-director/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Ashanti Region in Ghana accounts for nearly a quarter of all national maternal deaths, with a maternal mortality ratio of 196.7 per 100,000 live births in 2025, slightly higher than the national average. While 85% of these cases originate within the region, 15% are \"imported\" from outside the Ashanti Region, as revealed by the Ashanti Regional Health Director, Dr Fred Adomako-Boateng. Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, the region's only teaching hospital, has recorded approximately 62% of maternal deaths, but Dr. Adomako-Boateng emphasized that 92% of women who died at KATH were referred from outside the region. The issue is compounded by severe understaffing at peripheral and receiving facilities, leading to extreme workloads and uncoordinated referrals.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}