Continuum of Care in a Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Program in Ghana: Low Completion Rate and Multiple Obstacle Factors.

Continuum of Care in a Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Program in Ghana: Low Completion Rate and Multiple Obstacle Factors.

<h4>Background</h4>Slow progress has been made in achieving the Millennium Development Goals 4 and 5 in Ghana. Ensuring continuum of care (at least four antenatal visits; skilled birth attendance; postnatal care within 48 hours, at two weeks, and six weeks) for mother and newborn is cruc...

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Main Authors: Francis Yeji, Akira Shibanuma, Abraham Oduro, Cornelius Debpuur, Kimiyo Kikuchi, Seth Owusu-Agei, Margaret Gyapong, Sumiyo Okawa, Evelyn Ansah, Gloria Quansah Asare, Keiko Nanishi, John Williams, Sheila Addei, Charlotte Tawiah, Junko Yasuoka, Yeetey Enuameh, Evelyn Sakeah, Peter Wontuo, Masamine Jimba, Abraham Hodgson, Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research Project Team
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0142849

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