Safe motherhood in Ghana: Still on the agenda?

Health Policy

Volumn 84, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 359-367

  Okiwelu, Tamunosa ^a   Hussein, Julia ^b   Adjei, Sam ^b   Arhinful, Daniel ^c   Armar Klemesu, Margaret ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENIN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Ghana   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; Health policy; Maternal mortality; Safe motherhood; Sector Wide Approaches (SWAPs)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; GHANA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MOTHER; PUERPERIUM; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GHANA; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY;

EID: 35449007588     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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