Modern contraceptive methods are an integrated part of family planning which purpose is to help individuals and families take control over their reproductive health and needs. Modern family planning influence population dynamic and economic development as emph...

Introduction: The Government of Ghana is promoting the integration of traditional and orthodox medical practice. Towards this end, the Ghana Health Service has instituted the policy of having a traditional medicine (TM) unit at each of its hospital-level facil...

There is increasing recognition of the role of surgery in public health. The provision of Emergency and Essential Surgical Care is now a global health priority. To develop such care in low and middle-income settings, there is the need to systematically documen...

Background Adolescents and young adults have gained remarkable attention among PLWHIV because they constitute the only group where HIV-associated mortality is going up despite the introduction of HAART. The aim of the study was to describe level of adherence t...

Between January and February, 2017, a total of 438 samples were collected from 154 apparently healthy birds in five major live bird markets (Dome, Agbogbloshie, Kantamanto, Mallam-Atta, and Pokuase) all within Accra in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Real-t...

Adolescent depression is known to have links with the development of depression in later life. The main aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of depression among adolescents and to contribute to knowledge on depression and give context specific informa...

Maternal mortality is high in the Volta region of Ghana. Most of the maternal deaths in the South Tongu district in recent years have been in women with Advanced Maternal Age (AMA) and/or High Parity (HP). In the past, the perception of these risk factors has...

Having more children in the past was a form of assurance to couples on the grounds of having more working hands to help till the land and cultivate crops. However, with the advent of modern farming technologies, pressure on social amenities, scarce resources,...

Anaemia and underweight or overweight/obesity are major public health problems driving maternal and child mortality in low- and middle-income countries. While the burden of these conditions is recognised, the evidence for the co-occurrence of these conditions...

Patients’ competencies and resources to manage their own health, which is termed health literacy, is a necessity for better health outcomes. Thus, it is relevant to have a comprehensive health literacy measurement tool suitable for populations of interest. The...