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Infant mortality in Ghana: investing in health care infrastructure and systems.
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- Trends, sex and socioeconomic inequalities, and future projections of under-five mortality in Ghana from 1992 to 2035.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- A research agenda for hypertensive disorders in pregnancy in Ghana through a priority setting partnership.Communications medicine · 2026Article
- Geospatial disparities in infant mortality in Ghana: evidence from national data.BMJ global health · 2026Article
- Spatial analysis of under-five children mortality and associated determinants in Ghana: Mapping regional disparities for targeted interventions.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Exploring the Various Sources of Mortality Estimation in Ghana: A Scoping Review of Data Sources, Challenges, and Opportunities.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Unclean cooking fuel use and stillbirth in Ghana: evidence from the 2022 DHS.Frontiers in global women's health · 2025Article
- Survival analysis of under-five mortality and associated risk factors using survival analysis approaches.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
Child and infant mortality is a global problem. Almost half of deaths of children under age 5 years occur in the neonatal period, the first 28 days of life, with 2.4 million neonatal deaths globally in 2020. Sub-Saharan Africa has disproportionately high numbers of neonatal deaths. Ghana's neonatal mortality rate is 22.8 per 1000 live births and remains behind targets set by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Quality antenatal care, postnatal monitoring, breastfeeding support, and postnatal family planning are important in preventing neonatal deaths. While Ghana has made progress in making care more financially accessible, it has not been matched with the improvements in the critical infrastructure required to ensure quality health care. The improvements have also not eliminated out-of-pocket costs for care, which have hindered progress in decreasing infant mortality. Policymakers should consider investments in health care infrastructure, including expanding public-private partnerships. Policies that improve workforce development programs, transportation infrastructure, and health insurance systems improvements are needed.
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