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Women advised to stop smoking while pregnant

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Prof. Mrs. Esi Awuah has advice women to quit smoking and drinking of

alcohol when they are pregnant.

Prof Esi-Awuah, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Energy and

Natural Resources (UENR) was speaking on the Topic; “Women Right,

Supporting Children and Building Capacity for Women” at a Women’s Day

Ceremony which was part of the 2014 National Festival of Arts and

Culture (NAFAC) in Sunyani, capital of the Brong Ahafo Region.

She said smoking while pregnant exposes a woman and her unborn child

to an increased risk of health problems.

News Hunter Magazine has learnt that, A woman who smokes while

pregnant is at increased risk of a wide range of problems including

ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage and premature labour. Women who smoke

are twice as likely to give birth to a low birth weight baby compared

to non-smokers. Low birth weight babies are at greater risk of death

and are more vulnerable to infection, other health problems such as

breathing difficulties and long-term health problems in adulthood.

The more cigarettes smoked during pregnancy, the greater the risk of

complications.

She added that, it’s an offense to deny their children right to

education: “they should have access to education up to the senior high

school level”.

Women were advised against descrimination and also spendings on

unnecessary things, She adivised them to use such budget to sponsor

their childrens education.

Mrs Sarah Adams, Head of the Psychiatric Unit of the Sunyani Municipal

Hospital, disclosed that female adolecents nowadays, reach their

menstruational periods as early at age ten (10), due to the kind of

foods they consume (e.g sugery foods and also the side effects of

applying fertilizers on our food crops.)

She also advice women to control their birth by heeding to family

planning measures.

Compiled By: Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku (MR. KOK)

Kofi Oppong Kyekyeku

I am a Ghanaian Broadcast Journalist/Writer who has an interest in General News, Sports, Entertainment, Health, Lifestyle and many more.

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