Hypertension as a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease has proven its importance as a worldwide public health challenge because of its frequency and the associated complications and for its position as a leading ...

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) ...

Background and objective: The World Health Organization recommends three strategies for infant feeding: putting new born babies to breast within 30 minutes after birth, exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for the first 6 months ...

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 ...

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 ...

Health Insurance is a formal contractual arrangement between the insurer and the insured to the effect that the insurer provides cover for part or all healthcare cost of the insured as agreed between the two parties for a ...

Background Modern contraceptives usage is instrumental in the realm of prevention of unwanted pregnancy, prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases and overall reducing maternal mortality and improvement ...

There is a general impression that most Emergency Departments are crowded and that affects the quality of care of patients that visit the ED. This research sought to study the factors that influence crowding and patients ...

In times past, Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) have been the leading human resource for women during childbirth. In rural areas of developing countries, their role differs across cultures and at different times, but ...

In the days of old, having many children gave economic might because the more people gave birth, the more hands were available to till the land and cultivate crops. However, with pressure on social amenities, scarce ...