Background: Late stage neoplastic breast lesions abound in Ghana, especially, late-stage early-age breast cancer and therefore low survival rates after treatment of breast cancer is prevalent. The median age at diagnosis ...

Background: Congenital heart defects (CHD) are the singular most common congenital anomalies and account for a significant fraction of childhood mortality and morbidity. CHD occurs in ~ 1% of livebirths globally and often ...

Neonatal mortality is a significant problem in many low-resource countries, yet for every death there are many more newborns who suffer a life-threatening complication but survive. These “near-misses” are not well defined, ...

Objective: To raise awareness of the existence of a rare type of malignant trophoblastic tumor and discuss the diagnostic challenges and management of this lesion in a low resource setting. Case report and intervention: ...

Adolescents and youth form the vast majority of sexually active individuals. Many of these young people are at risk with the consequences of unexpected pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STI). The objective ...

The partographis a useful tool for improving the quality of care during labour (pictorial overview of labour progress, clinical audit, training of health care workers and facilitating the transfer of care). The WHO recommends ...

Background: Social Health Insurance (SHI) is widely used by countries attempting to move toward Universal Health Coverage (UHC). While evidence suggests that SHI is a promising strategy for achieving UHC, low-income countries ...

Objective: To examine factors influencing contraceptive use among women living with HIV/AIDS. Methods: The present cross-sectional study included a randomly selected sample of sexually active females aged 15–60 years who ...

Objective To explore the incidence and factors associated with maternal near-miss. Design Cross-sectional study with an embedded case–control study. Setting Three tertiary referral hospitals in southern Ghana. Population ...

Background: Burkina Faso is a high endemicity country for HBV infection. However, there are few data on vaccine coverage against HBV. The aim of this study was to contribute to the improvement of HBV vaccine coverage in ...