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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I ack no wledge the h e l p of tw o very efficient l a d i e s , Ms '
Catherine Nor t ey and Gladys Anko mall, i n data coi rectrcn f o r
t h i s at.udy , My tha nk s also go t o the doctors and nurses of the
depa r tme n t of Obs tetrics and Gynaecol ogy , Komf a Anokye Teach ­
ing Hospita l an d t he Mate rn a l a nd Child Health Care Centre in
Kuma si, Ghana . They contributed in many ways to t he s uccessful
outcome of t he en udy , i n spite of the inconveniences i t caused
them .
To Professor Hu t t on lIddy and s t aff of t he Department of
Community Med i cine, Sc hool of Medical sciences, University of
Science a nd Techno logy (UST), I express my sincere thanks. Tho
transport a n d log istic support t h e y provided e nsu red the
successfu l out co me of the s eudy , I also t hank Mr Akuayi , UST
Hospital , for taking time t o a nalyze t he nume rous blood
een p i ee co llec ted i n t he ee uey •
This s tudy wcul.d no t have be e n possible wi thout generous
donations of l abor a tor y supplies a nd drugs from Becton­
Dicke ns on, St. J ohn' s , Ca nada, an d UNICEF, Ghana . I am i ndeed
grate f ul to the t wo orga nisations.
Ver y s pe c i al than ks go t o my supervisors, Doctors Robin
Moor e - Orr, Lynn Mc Intyr e , J orge Segovia an d Derek Matthew for
t heir en co uragemen t , su ppo rt a nd usefu l suggestions which not
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