Placental malaria (PM) poses a major threat to both the mother and the unborn child. Maternal anemia and intrauterine growth retardation are major consequences of PM. The risk of dying from malaria is also higher among ...

Background & aim: In a lower-middle income country, such as Ghana, maternal death still occurs even in case of providing skilled perinatal care. The impact of maternal death on the family, community, and society has been ...

Various strategies have been put in place in Ghana to achieve the United Nations millennium development goal 4 (MDG 4) on reducing childhood mortality rates by two-thirds by 2015. Global under-five mortality rate is ...

Background: Living with a chronic condition such as epilepsy can have a debilitating effect on the individual and their carers. Managing epilepsy among people with learning disabilities may present a challenge because of ...

Cassia occidentalis is widely distributed and very commonly used plant. Itcontained many chemical groups included alkaloids, anthocyanosides, phenolics, proteins, phlobatannins, steroids, tannins, flavonoids, anthroquinone, ...

Introduction: Menstrual disorders are common among females of reproductive age and are a major cause of gynaecological referrals. They result from various individual, family, socioeconomic and environmental factors. It is ...

There is a general notion among Ghanaian women that the labour is a painful process that must be endured. Regardless of this notion, labour pain experience overwhelms most women. The aim of this study was to inquire into ...

Existing ethics guidelines, influential literature and policies on ethical research generally focus on real-time data collection from humans. They enforce individual rights and liberties, thereby lowering need for aggregate ...

Aim: To estimate the rate of IUFD/Stillbirths (SB) Study design: This is a retrospective review of delivery suite records from Jan 1 2013 to Dec 31 2014. Methods: Study was undertaken at the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital ...

Effective communication plays a crucial role in the management of people with learning disabilities with epilepsy. The literature suggests that poor adherence to treatment is higher among people with learning disabilities. ...