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| Title |
Millennium development Goal 5: progress and challenges in reducing maternal deaths in Ghana
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| Published in |
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, March 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12884-016-0840-0 |
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| Authors |
Minerva Kyei-Nimakoh, Mary Carolan-Olah, Terence V. McCann |
| Abstract |
High maternal deaths in developing countries are recognised as a public health issue. To address this concern, targets were set as part of the Millennium Development Goals, launched in 2000 by the United Nations General Assembly. However, despite focused efforts, the maternal health targets in developing regions may not be achieved by 2015. We highlight progress and challenges in reducing maternal deaths, with a particular focus on Ghana. We discuss key issues like the free maternal healthcare package, transportation and referral concerns, human resources challenges, as well as the introduction of direct-entry midwifery training and the Community-based Health and Planning Services rolled out to specifically help curb poor maternal health outcomes. A key contribution to the country's slow progress towards achieving Millennium Development Goal 5 is that policy choices have often been in response to emergency or advancing problems rather than the use of preventive measures. Ghana can benefit greatly from long-term preventive strategies, the development of human resources, infrastructure and community health education. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 1 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 371 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 370 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 94 | 25% |
| Student > Bachelor | 51 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 7% |
| Researcher | 21 | 6% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 21 | 6% |
| Other | 51 | 14% |
| Unknown | 106 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 92 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 66 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 25 | 7% |
| Unspecified | 11 | 3% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 2% |
| Other | 54 | 15% |
| Unknown | 116 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 16 March 2016.
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#15,364,458
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#3,003
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