Background: The World Health Organization recommends that after a live birth, the appropriate interpregnancy interval (IPI) should be at least 24 months in order to reduce the risk of adverse maternal, perinatal, neonatal and infant health outcomes. The postpartum period offers a window of opportunity for women to be o...
Anaemia is a global public health problem that affects all populations both developing and developed countries with enormous effect on health outcomes. The objectives of the study were to assess prevalence of anaemia at registration and 36 weeks of gestation; determine the socio-demographic factors that contribute to a...
Background: Health seeking behaviour among women especially during pregnancy, childbirth and postpartum period is considered critical in determining the overall health of the mother and the child. It is also known as an indirect indicator of maternal and neonatal health outcomes, but has been understudied in the East A...
Background: 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 document the role of surgery in various aspects of esse...
Background: Anemia during pregnancy has been observed s one of the most common indirect obstetric causes of maternal mortality globally with the heaviest toll in the developing world. It is responsible for poor maternal and fetal outcomes. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence and explore factors associa...
Introduction: Anaemia during pregnancy is one of the most common indirect obstetric causes of maternal mortality in low-income countries. It is responsible for poor maternal and fetal outcomes. The purpose of this study was to explore the prevalence and factors associated with anaemia in pregnancy at the antenatal care...
Background: Family planning deals with the services, policies, information, attitudes, practices and commodities, including contraceptives that gives women, men, couples and adolescents the ability to avoid unintended pregnancy and choose whether to have children or not. Access to contraceptives can also be inhibi...
Aim: This study attempted to 1) assess the factors contributing to teenage pregnancy in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality; 2) specifically determine whether peer influence and sexual behaviour, electronic media and poverty, knowledge and use of contraceptives, and sex education contributed to teenage pregnancy; and 3)...
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: Comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights care, including family planning, is not only a health and rights issue but it is developmental necessity, as it also improves livelihoods and promotes economic growth. Therefore, providing quality reproductive health services to women, men, and adolesc...
Background Globally, the utilization of supervised delivery services is one of the key proven interventions that had reduced maternal deaths because of its potential to ensure safe birth, reduce both actual and potential complications and increase the survival of mothers and newborns. Despite the reduction in maternal...
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...
Introduction Over 15 million adolescent girls between the ages of 15 and 19 give birth globally each year. More than 50% of that number occur in developing countries with sub-Saharan Africa accounting for up to 45% of that estimate. Aldolescent pregnancy is a major health proble in rural Ghana. An improved understandin...
