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US President Barack Obama has lauded the La Hospital in Accrafor its maternal health programme. In brief remarks during his visit to the Hospital as part of his two-day visit to Ghana, the US President said: "Part of the reason this is so important is, throughout Africa the rates of both infant mortality but also maternal mortality is still far too high -- I mean, by a factor of -- a multiple of tens compared to many other parts of the world�. He said the kinds of programmes that provide sound prenatal and maternal care are extraordinarily important, adding this is a model of the kind of clinics where people are able to get these important services. President Obama is visited Cape Coast Castle as part of his official engagements in Ghana.