A5064218535- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Healthcare Systems and Reforms
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Neonatal Health and Biochemistry
- Hemoglobin structure and function
- Immune responses and vaccinations
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
- Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
- Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Pancreatic function and diabetes
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
- Global Health Care Issues
- Cancer Risks and Factors
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
University of Ghana
2011-2018
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
2012
Navrongo Health Research Centre
2001-2005
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2005
Ghana Health Service
2005
Population Council
2001
Appropriate facility-based care at birth is a key determinant of safe motherhood but geographical access remains poor in many high burden regions. Despite its importance, rarely audited systematically, preventing integration national-level maternal health system assessment and planning. In this study, we develop uniquely detailed set spatially-linked data calibrated geospatial model to undertake national-scale audit maternity Ghana, high-burden country typical sub-Saharan Africa.We assembled...
Background The Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) initiative is a major government policy to improve maternal child health accelerate progress in the reduction of mortality Ghana. However, strategic intelligence on impact lacking, given persistant problems patchy geographical access care for rural women. This study investigates proximity CHPS facilitating uptake skilled birth areas. Methods Findings Data from 2003 2008 Demographic Survey, 4,349 births 463 communities were...
Despite effective treatments and preventive measures for the major causes of child illness death in less wealthy nations, mortality remains high resource-poor settings due part to ineffective health service delivery models.The Navrongo Community Health Family Planning Project is a longitudinal community trial alternative organizational strategies rural, impoverished area Ghana. In one area, nurses are placed communities with doorstep visitation responsibilities. A second includes training...
Under-five mortality is declining in Ghana and many other countries. Very few studies have measured under-five mortality-and its social environmental risk factors-at fine spatial resolutions, which relevant for policy purposes. Our aim was to estimate factors at the district level Ghana.
Adolescent pregnancy and childbearing pose challenges to young women's educational attainment. Studies show that while adolescent reduces attainment, not becoming pregnant resorting induced abortion when increases levels. This study examined relationships between adolescents' resolution of their first pregnancies subsequent outcomes, for all women ages 20–49 years across three age cohorts: 20–29, 30–39 40–49 year olds. Using the 2007 Ghana Maternal Health Survey (GMHS) dataset, we conducted...
Knowledge of female migration patterns is scant despite increased recognition and reporting the feminization migration. Recent data on internal in Ghana challenges historical assumptions that underestimated
This study was conducted to examine the possible association between Haptoglobin (Hp) phenotypes and diabetes retinopathy in some Ghanaians determine whether a specific Hp phenotype predisposes diabetics retinopathy. A total of 110 were enrolled into study. Blood samples taken from each participant analyzed for selected biochemical indices – fasting blood glucose, pressure, AST ALT. The results indicated that most diabetic retinopathics 2-2 phenotype, whereas without 1-1, 2-1 or 2-1M...