This is a cross sectional study that was done to assess the health status of children (0-36 months) in Markola market in Accra. The environment in which a child grows and plays in eventually has an effect on the health of the child. Most Head potters and their children at Makola usually sleep in the open space and live...
Background: Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) disorders are a major concern in resource-limited settings. This study assessed the disease conditions, presentation patterns and severity levels, and medical treatment patterns of ENT conditions at Ho Teaching Hospital (2021–2024). Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional review...
Background: Despite global progress in prevention and treatment, mother-to-child transmission of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) remains a major public health challenge, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Although HIV testing has been integrated into routine antenatal care, disparities persist acr...
Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) poses a growing public health burden globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In Ghana, data on the severity of disease at presentation and treatment outcomes remain limited. The study aimed to evaluate the patterns of disease severity, treatment modalities, a...
Background: Anaemia, defined by low blood haemoglobin concentration, is a major public health problem, especially in developing countries. Pregnant women are most vulnerable to anaemia due to factors including parasitic infection and feeding habits leading to increased maternal morbidity and mortality, as well as adver...
Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease caused by inherited and/or acquired deficiency in production of insulin by the pancreas, or by the ineffectiveness of the insulin produced. Diabetes prevalence has been rising more rapidly in the middle- and low-income countries. The leading causes of blindness se...
Background: Myopia (short-sightedness) is recognized as significant global health and socioeconomic problem that will affect billions of people in the subsequent decades. The increasing prevalence of myopia has huge social and educational consequences on society. Myopia exists expansively among students and affects not...
Background: Skilled attendance at birth is considered key to accomplishing Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3.1 aimed at reducing maternal mortality. Many maternal deaths can be prevented if a woman receives care by skilled health personnel. Maternal utilization of skilled health delivery services in rural areas in l...
Context: Hypertension is known to affect more than one billion of the world’s population with complications such as stroke and myocardial infarction. Compliance with hypertension therapy is the extent to which one’s behavior in following a diet plan, taking medications, or making lifestyle changes corresponds to the ag...
With the introduction of antiretroviral therapy (ART), many HIV-infected children are growing into adolescence and adulthood. A facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted at the Fevers Unit of one of the teaching hospitals in Ghana. The Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) and pill count were used to ass...
Background. The prevalence of chronic non-communicable disease (NCD) comorbidity in low- to middle-income countries is increasing, yet evidence on the pattern, prevalence, awareness and treatment of NCD comorbidity is inadequate. Objectives. To investigate the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of comorbid hy...
Health care financing in Ghana has seen several changes since independence in 1957. Initially, central government used tax resource to finance all public sector health care services making it free for patients at public health care facilities. Due to economic stagnation during the early 1970s, the then government and s...
Consistent and correct use of condoms remains an effective way to tackling sexually transmitted infection including HIV. Understanding the predictors of condom use that underlies individual and societal attitude towards condom use can contribute to the uptake of condoms as an important public health strategy for HIV pr...
The burden of non-communicable diseases is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa and in areas where HIV/AIDS has traditionally been high, the availability of antiretroviral drugs is leading to a chronicization of the disease, and this is adding to disease burden in a uniquely-demanding way. The Manya Krobo Traditional Area...
The availability of mortality data for any society plays an essential role in health monitoring and evaluation, as well as in the design of health interventions. However, most resource-poor countries such as Ghana have no reliable vital registration system. In these instances, verbal autopsy (VA) may be used as an alte...
