In April 2018, News Ghana posted an opinion piece about Savana Signature’s maternal mortality interventions:
"The soaring story of maternal and infant mortality in the Northern region is not uncommon just as is the case in many parts of Ghana.Statistics indicate that the region has been recording astronomical maternal mortalities for several decades.
Recent statistics show that the region recorded 132 deaths in 2016, 92 in 2015 and 72 in the second quarter of last year. While many experts have attributed the scary rate of the mortalities to high rate of illiteracy and ignorance in the region, others believe poor road networks and ill-equipped health facilities, lack of information and knowledge on pregnancy care, inadequate nurses and midwives as and over dependence on traditional birth attendants account for the phenomenon.
Although attempts have been made in various quarters to address this social and humanitarian challenge, the most effective and workable so far has been reaching the people with the right information thus to make the information richer or wiser for informed decisions.
In Savana Signature’s quest to utilise the latest innovation in solving development challenges through the use of Information Communication Technology (ICT), it has strategized in dissemination of timely information in varied forms as a major catalyst in addressing maternal and infant mortalities in its operational areas. This is in line with its objective of fighting poverty and marginalisation through the use of innovations in ICT."
Source: News Ghana, April 16, 2018