Postnatal care utilisation among women in rural Ghana: analysis of 2014 Ghana demographic and health survey

• Main Authors: Francis Appiah (Author), Tarif Salihu (Author), Justice Ofosu Darko Fenteng (Author), Andrews Ohene Darteh (Author), Patience Kannor (Author), Patience Ansomah Ayerakwah (Author), Edward Kwabena Ameyaw (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Maternal mortality is high in Ghana, averaging 310 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2017. This is partly due to inadequate postnatal care especially among rural communities. Ghana can avert the high maternal deaths if women meet the World Health Organisation's reco...