ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2021
Reducing maternal and child mortality in rural Ghana.
Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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- Household cost of treating pregnancy-related complications in an urban setting: a study at the Korle Bu teaching hospital, Ghana.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Geospatial disparities in infant mortality in Ghana: evidence from national data.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Infant mortality rates in Ghana: progress toward sustainable development goal 3.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Anaemia prevalence and risk factors among nonpregnant and pregnant women of reproductive age in Ghana: an analysis of the Ghana demographic and health survey data.Tropical medicine and health · 2025Article
- Obstetric violence informed by theories of intersectionality, oppression, and power dynamics-a Ghanaian's perspectives.AJOG global reports · 2025Article
- Impact of Ghana's fee exemption policy on maternal health service utilisation: an inverse probability of treatment weighting analysis of pooled national data.Journal of global health · 2025Article
- Physical and financial access challenges to seeking child healthcare in a rural district in Ghana.PloS one · 2025Article
- Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) concept and access to healthcare delivery in Sefwi Wiawso Municipal, Ghana.BMC health services research · 2024Article
- Maternal and child health care access to skilled delivery services among Ghanaian rural mothers.Research in health services & regions · 2024Article
- Infant mortality in Ghana: investing in health care infrastructure and systems.Health affairs scholar · 2024Article
- Health-system drivers influencing the continuum of care linkages for low-birth-weight infants at the different care levels in Ghana.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Governance for injury care systems in Ghana, South Africa and Rwanda: development and pilot testing of an assessment tool.BMJ open · 2023Review
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Abstract
The lack of health infrastructure in developing countries to provide women with modern obstetric care and universal access to maternal and child health services has largely contributed to the existing high maternal and infant deaths. Access to basic obstetric care for pregnant women and their unborn babies is a key to reducing maternal and infants´ deaths, especially at the community-level. This calls for the strengthening of primary health care systems in all developing countries, including Ghana. Financial access and utilization of maternal and child health care services need action at the community-level across rural Ghana to avoid preventable deaths. Financial access and usage of maternal and child health services in rural Ghana is poor. Lack of financial access is a strong barrier to the use of maternal and child health services, particularly in rural Ghana. The sustainability of the national health insurance scheme is vital in ensuring full access to care in remote communities.
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