Unmet need for essential obstetric services in a rural district in northern Ghana: Complications of unsafe abortions remain a major cause of mortality

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 421-426

  Baiden, F ^a   Amponsa Achiano, K ^b   Oduro, A R ^a   Mensah, T A ^c   Baiden, R ^a   Hodgson, A ^a  

^a NAVRONGO HEALTH RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c War Memorial Hospital   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Abortion; Contraceptives; Ghana; Mortality; Obstetrics; Rural

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ABORTION; HEALTH SERVICES; MORTALITY; RURAL AREA;

ABORTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBSTETRICS; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33646480910     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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