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complications and hi g hl i g h t the problems associated with
delayed treatment of these disorders .
Th is health education effort will not onl y benefit mothers
but will also contribute i n t h e long run t o educating t he
general pUblic about the abuse o f pr e s c r i pt i on d r ug s , a s
mothers may become morc ca utious about using drugs i n other
c ircumstances.
III . Al thou gh thi s stud y has prov i ded s ome i n fo rm a t ion on t he
ea r l y pu erpe r al morbiditi es in Ruma s i , it was no t able t o
provide detailed information on the determina nts and
ch a r ac t eristic of t he specific morbidities.
Fur ther r e s ea r c h on these mor b i d ! ties i s needed. t o
provide a mor e complete picture of po s tpartulll mo r b i dit y in
this popUlation . Rasearch questions raised by t h i s s t udy
i nc l ude:
1. Why do women who have had " adeq u a t e " antenatal ca r e i n
Kumasi s t ill present at labour with a high prevalence of
anaemia?
2 . Ar e women f rom t r i be s l oc ated i n the no rthern part of
Gha na at h i ghe r ris k for po stpartum hypertension, and if they
are wha t are the de termini ng f actors?