Accra, May 29, GNA- A social worker has called for the formulation of a comprehensive reproductive health policy to ensure healthy and resourceful population for national development.

Professor James Annorbah-Sarpei, Executive Director of Centre for Community Studies Action and Development (CENCOSAD), a community development non-governmental organization (NGO), urged policymakers and government to incorporate reproductive health rights into development programmes.

He indicated that even though government was making serious efforts at improving health care delivery, there was the need to intensify the promotion of reproductive health rights to help reduce child and maternal mortality in the country.

Prof. Annorbah-Sarpie, in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Accra, advised expectant mothers to regularly visit health facilities for antenatal care and parents to ensure good child care towards the proper growth and development of children. He noted that government alone could not promote reproductive health rights and urged other stakeholders including married couples, community leaders, NGOs and health service providers to join in any such campaign.