Africa-Press – Ghana. The International Women Ministry Convention (IWMC2025), has been held in Ho on the theme “Preach the Word; A Call unto Global Women.”
It focused on pregnancy-related challenges, their causes, and solutions.
The convention, which attracted women from across the country and beyond, featured lectures by medical professionals who highlighted both medical and lifestyle factors responsible for infertility among couples.
Pastor Mrs Charity Dzokoto, a past Vice-President of the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives, explained that infertility could result from several causes including inactiveness of spermatozoa, fibroids, age, obesity, habitual drinking and smoking, past infections, cancer, hormonal incompatibility, and side effects of family planning methods.
She added that it was normal for some women that to be born without ovaries or fallopian tubes, making natural conception impossible.
In such cases, medical interventions such as transplants, artificial insemination, or sperm donor services could provide solutions.
“Couples should seek medical consultancy, undergo proper scans, and follow the right treatment instead of turning to unproven practices,” she advised.
Mrs Dzokoto also stressed the importance of lifestyle changes, including maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding harmful habits such as excessive drinking and smoking, in improving chances of conception.
She urged families and communities to avoid mocking or ridiculing couples who struggle with pregnancy, warning that insensitive comments and repeated questions often demoralize affected individuals.
“Pregnancy challenges are a sensitive issue. Instead of mocking couples, let us pray with them and for them so that they can find solutions,” she said.
Drawing from biblical examples, she reminded participants that figures such as Hannah, Rebecca, and Elizabeth, also endured childbearing challenges before eventually conceiving through divine intervention.
She cautioned women against resorting to self-styled spiritualists or fetish priests who exploit couples with false promises of miraculous solutions.
“Children are a gift from God. It is only God who makes them grow in the womb,” she emphasized.
Mrs Dzokoto further noted that infertility was not limited to women, as men also face fertility issues.
She encouraged husbands to support their wives and take active roles in seeking medical solutions.
She also explained that some women may have given birth previously but later experience secondary infertility due to infections, untreated conditions, or changes in reproductive health.
At the end of the session, participants were reminded that infertility should not be treated as a stigma but as a health condition that required compassion, medical attention, faith, and community support.
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