Trends and correlates of maternal, newborn and child health services utilization in primary healthcare facilities: an explorative ecological study using DHIMSII data from one district in the Volta region of Ghana.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sustainable Development Goal 3 aims at reducing global neonatal mortality to at least 12 per 1000 livebirths, under-five mortality to at least 25 per 1000 livebirths and maternal mortality ratio to less than 70 per 100,000 livebirths by 2030. Considering the achievement so far, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana are not likely to achieve these targets. Low utilization of maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) services partly account for this predicament. This study explored the trend and correlates of MNCH services utilization in one administrative district in the Volta Region of Ghana.

Methods

This is an explorative ecological study employing trend analysis of 2015-2017 data from Ghana Health Service District Health Information Management Sy

SUBMITTER: Alhassan RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7499957 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature