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Community-based Health Planning and Services programme in Ghana: a systematic review.
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- Integrating neglected tropical diseases into primary healthcare services in Ghana: Results from an initial pilot.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Paternal grandmothers' attitudes and beliefs toward newborn care practices in rural Ghana.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Trends, sex and socioeconomic inequalities, and future projections of under-five mortality in Ghana from 1992 to 2035.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Integrating a Non-Communicable Disease Care Cascade within Ghana's Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Program: the COMBINE Pilot Implementation Trial.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Predictors and survival of birth asphyxia-related neonatal mortality in rural Ghana: a five-year retrospective cohort study (2018-2023).BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Women's decision-making autonomy and early antenatal care initiation in Ghana: a propensity score-matched analysis.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Development of a Triage Tool for Stratification and Referral of Women at Risk of Preeclampsia in Low-Resource Antenatal Settings: A Prospective Cohort Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Design and Long-Term Sustainability of Mini Health Centers for Primary Healthcare in Chennai, India.Cureus · 2026Review
- Assessing the drivers of non-communicable diseases prevention activities in primary health care facilities in Ghana: a case study of some selected districts.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- A Scoping Review of African Health Histories from the Pre-Colonial to SDG Eras: Insights for Future Health Systems.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- What does resilience and well-being mean to community health workers? An exploratory study in the upper east region, Ghana.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- Implementing a peer learning strategy for health systems strengthening in Ghana: a qualitative study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
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- Progress and gaps in childhood immunization among two-year-olds in Ghana (1993-2022): A trend and equity analysis.PloS one · 2026Article
- Infant mortality rates in Ghana: progress toward sustainable development goal 3.BMC public health · 2025Article
- "I am a mother but still a girl": a phenomenological study of postpartum emotional distress among adolescent mothers in Ghana.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Level of understanding and community-level barriers to the management of hypertension: a qualitative study in eight coastal communities in Ghana.BMJ global health · 2025Article
- Between-and within-socioeconomic groups temporal inequality in the uptake of malaria prevention strategies among pregnant women and under-five children in Ghana (2003-2022).Malaria journal · 2025Article
- Family involvement along the care continuum for small and sick newborns - attitudes and skills of healthcare providers in Ghana.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Barriers to healthcare services utilisation among women in Ghana: evidence from the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.BMC health services research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Ghana established Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) as the primary point of contact for primary healthcare in 1999. CHPS has since emerged as the country's primary strategy for providing close-to-client healthcare delivery, with numerous positive health outcomes recorded as a result of its implementation. There is, however currently a paucity of systematic reviews of the literature on CHPS. The purpose of this study was not only to investigate dominant trends and research themes in Community-based Health Planning and Services, but also to track the evolution of the CHPS intervention from its inception to the present. Method: We adopted a systematic review approach for selected articles that were searched on Google Scholar, PubMed, and Scopus databases. The study was conducted and guided by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guideline. We then applied a reflexive thematic analysis approach in synthesizing the results. Results: The search resulted in 127 articles of which 59 were included in the final review. Twenty (20) papers targeted the national level, eighteen (18) for the regional level, sixteen (16) for the district level, two (2) for the sub-district level, and three (3) papers targeted the community. The years 2017 and 2019 were recorded to be the years with the highest number of publications on CHPS in Ghana. Conclusion: Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) is an effective tool in addressing barriers and challenges to accessing quality and affordable health care causing significant effects on health. It provides close-to-client healthcare delivery in the community.
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