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Ghanaian clinic gets dads to attend postnatal care

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November 18, 2021

Getting husbands to join their wives for postnatal services was a tricky task for clinics. But one clinic in northern Ghana has found a way - and it's yielding results!

The Child Welfare Clinic in Tamale, Ghana asked mothers to bring their husbands to postnatal care. The idea is to encourage fathers to join in child welfare. When parents come together, they get attended to first. 

Maxwell Suuk Maxwell is a DW reporter based in Tamale, Northern Ghana.
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