Ghana Maternal Health Survey LMICs: Low- and Middle-Income Countries MoH: Ministry of Health PAS: Public Address System RMNCH: Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health SBCC: Social and Behaviour Change Communication SDG: Sustainable Development Goal SSC: Skin-to-Skin Contact WHO...
Methods: The data for this study was extracted from the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey (GMHS). The study population was women aged 15–49 years with a live birth or stillbirth in the 5 years preceding the survey. Data was analysed using STATA/SE version 17, using descriptive statistics ...
In this analysis of the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey, women who reported having an abortion for health reasons were most likely to have a surgical abortion, to use a medical facility for their abortion, and to report a complication up to 1 month after abortion. This could be attributed...
This study was made possible with funding from an Anonymous Donor (grant number 127941) (Cote d’Ivoire survey) and UK Aid from the UK Government and a grant from the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ghana survey). The funders had no role in the design of the study and collection, ana...
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS): Ghana Maternal Health Survey. 2009, Calverton, Maryland, USA: Ghana Health Service (GHS), and Macro International Google Scholar Akazili J, Adjuik M, Chatio S, Kanyomse E, Hodgson A, Aikins M, Gyapong J: What are the technical and allocative efficiencies...
Background Maternal mortality remains a significant public health challenge in many low and middle﹊ncome countries, including Ghana. From Ghana's 2017 Maternal Health Survey verbal autopsy data, we examined the predictors of maternal mortality in Ghana. Methods A total of 1240 deaths of women aged...
We found 15.2 % LBW and 12.5 % PTB in this study, higher than what was reported in other regions of Ghana [16,51], the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey [52], in Brazil [8], and in Ethiopia [53], implying that adverse birth outcomes are probably more prevalent within the context ...
The Ministry of Health should target women in the rural area to be enrolled on the NHIS to improve maternal healthcare utilisation since poverty is principally a rural phenomenon in Ghana. 展开 关键词: Antenatal care Maternal healthcare utilisation Wealth status Women Health insurance ...
The data for this study were extracted from the Ghana Maternal Health Survey 2007. The GMHS is the first nationally representative, high-quality population-based survey to collect information specifically on maternal health services accessibility and utilization since the implementation of the fee-free ...
According to the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey, the infant and under-five mortality rates in Ghana were 37 and 52 deaths per 1000 live births respectively [6]. Most of the deaths of children under five are due to preventable or treatable causes like malaria, pneumonia, anaemia, and diarr...