Inequities in maternal and child health outcomes and interventions in Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

With the date for achieving the targets of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaching fast, there is a heightened concern about equity, as inequities hamper progress towards the MDGs. Equity-focused approaches have the potential to accelerate the progress towards achieving the health-related MDGs faster than the current pace in a more cost-effective and sustainable manner. Ghana's rate of progress towards MDGs 4 and 5 related to reducing child and maternal mortality respectively is less than what is required to achieve the targets. The objective of this paper is to examine the equity dimension of child and maternal health outcomes and interventions using Ghana as a case study.

Methods

Data from Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2008 report is analyzed f

SUBMITTER: Zere E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3338377 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature