Knowledge of female genital schistosomiasis and urinary schistosomiasis among final-year midwifery students in the Volta Region of Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Female genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a gynaecological complication of urinary schistosomiasis (US) with an estimated burden of 20-120 million cases in endemic areas. A neglected sexual and reproductive health disease in sub-Saharan Africa, FGS increases susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections including cervical cancer and infertility among other morbidities. However, there appears to be limited FGS knowledge among practicing and pre-service health providers with implications for control. We assessed FGS awareness among final-year midwifery students who would soon be delivering primary maternal and reproductive health care.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was conducted among 193 randomly selected final-year students from all three midwifery training in

SUBMITTER: Azanu WK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11065279 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature