Equity effect of a community-based primary healthcare program on the incidence of childhood morbidity in rural Northern Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Childhood morbidity is a precursor and contributor to under-five child mortality. Community-based primary healthcare programs are culturally responsive and low-cost strategies for delivering maternal and child health services in rural communities.

Aim

To evaluate the equity effect of the Ghana Essential Health Intervention Program (GEHIP) - a five-year community-based primary healthcare program - on childhood morbidity.

Methods

GEHIP was implemented in the Upper East region of Northern Ghana. Household baseline and end line surveys conducted in 2010/2011 and 2014/2015, respectively, from both intervention and comparison districts were used to assess three childhood morbidity conditions: maternal recall of neonatal illness, the incidence of diarrhoea, and fe

SUBMITTER: Kanmiki EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11883786 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature