Overview
In 1993, the Population Council, in partnership with Ghana’s Ministry of Health, launched an experimental program at the Navrongo Health Research Center to determine the demographic and health impact of deploying health-service nurses and volunteers to village locations. In 2002, the Council consolidated its two regional offices in Africa into a single regional office for sub-Saharan Africa located in Accra to oversee programs in Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, and Zambia. Today, while it no longer functions as a regional office, the Ghana office continues to provide support to Burkina Faso and Mali.
Program focus
The Council has provided research-based evidence and technical advice to the government in the development of its national health policies and programs. The results of the Navrongo experiment demonstrated that affordable and sustainable means of combining nurse services with volunteer community action can accelerate attainment of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. Since 2004, the Council has provided technical assistance to the Ghana Health Service (GHS) in the national expansion of the Navrongo model. Success of the Navrongo pilot and its replication in Nkwanta prompted the government to adopt community-based service delivery as the health component of its national poverty-reduction strategy. Demographic monitoring tools developed at Navrongo have been replicated for use at 28 other research sites around the world. With support from USAID, the Navrongo model, called Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS), is currently being implemented in 30 districts by the GHS with technical assistance from the Population Council and the project consortium members.
A second major initiative in Ghana is a program to support the Government of Ghana in its efforts to reach Millennium Development Goal 5 (improve maternal health) by 2015, with particular focus on the reduction of maternal morbidity and mortality due to unsafe abortion by improving access to and the quality of contraceptive services. The Council is coordinating a consortium of five partner agencies that is providing technical assistance to local collaborators.
Highlights of past and present work
- Supported the Ghana Ministry of Health (MOH) and the GHS with policy-relevant operations research projects, including (1) introducing the levonorgestrel-releasing intrauterine system in the country to increase women’s choice of long-term contraceptive methods; (2) assessing the profile of abortion seekers in Ghana and their decisionmaking processes to support the GHS in program design and implementation of client-oriented services, especially those aimed at reducing maternal mortality; and (3) conducting a study to learn what female students know about preventing unwanted pregnancy and abortion and their attitudes toward and access to services.
- Helped the MOH and the GHS identify barriers to use of the intrauterine device (IUD) and develop messages to encourage providers and clients to consider the IUD as a contraceptive option.
- Developed the economic evaluation and marketing skills of two major private providers of reproductive health services: the Christian Health Association of Ghana and Ghana Social Marketing Foundation Enterprises.
- Assisted the GHS with policy changes and means of improving STI service delivery. Supported the strengthening of the national STI/RTI program, including private-sector involvement in STI management and increased access to effective management of male urethral discharge, particularly for rural populations.
- Partnered with the World Health Organization (WHO) to support the government in a study to review RTIs, identify client and service needs, assist in defining policy, and contribute to informed decisionmaking concerning RTI programs.
- Supported the GHS in assessing the national antenatal care policy adapted from the WHO’s Healthy Motherhood package.
- Examined the effect of Ghana’s health-sector reorganization on reproductive health goals.
- Provided technical and financial support to the GHS to develop and test the effect of a revised in-service responsive training and learning approach and other performance-improvement factors on enhancing the quality of safe motherhood services and improving maternal health outcomes in Ghana.
Projects
Addressing the Balance of Burden in AIDS (ABBA) (more)
The Population Council is working within the ABBA Research Programme Consortium on an intervention targeting adolescents in secondary schools in peri-urban communities in the Durban metro area of South Africa.
(6/2006 - ongoing)
HIV care, support, and treatment; Vulnerable populations
Community-based Health Planning and Services (more)
The CHPS program of service delivery change is achieved by forging partnerships between health care providers and the communities they serve.
(1/1991 - ongoing)
Community-based services
Scaling Up the Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative in Nkwanta District (more)
Nkwanta District has pioneered the implementation of a national program based on the Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project.
(7/2001 - ongoing)
Scaling up interventions
Adolescent Safe Spaces, Health, and Skills for Adulthood in Urban Ghana (more)
This safe spaces program will provide 12–15-year-old urban adolescent females in Ghana with social, economic, and health assets.
(1/2009 - 3/2011)
Financial literacy/livelihoods; Schooling; Social isolation/support
Demographic Data for Development (more)
The Demographic Data for Development project conducted case studies in Ethiopia, Ghana, Senegal, and Uganda to examine accessibility, use, and demand for demographic data.
(8/2008 - 11/2009)
Population policy and demographic analysis
Ghana Essential Medicines Initiative (more)
The Council is collaborating with the Nkwanta Health Development Centre and U.S.-based pharmaceutical firms in a public–private partnership to provide new mechanisms for providing essential medicines for improved maternal and child health services in rural Ghana.
(6/2006 - 6/2009)
Community-based services; Newborn/infant health; Postpartum maternal care; Safe pregnancy/antenatal and delivery care
Female Condom Exploratory Mapping Exercise (more)
The Population Council conducted a mapping exercise to gain an understanding of female condom (FC) procurement, distribution, and programming in Ghana and to explore the viability of enhancing national FC promotion.
(2/2008 - 11/2008)
Access to contraceptive methods; Condoms (male and female); HIV prevention
Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality Through Increased Access to Comprehensive Abortion Care and Family Planning Services in Ghana (more)
The Reducing Maternal Morbidity and Mortality program is supporting the Government of Ghana in achieving its contraceptive prevalence goal of 39 percent by 2015 and reducing mortality and morbidity due to unsafe abortion in three focus regions.
(9/2007 - 8/2008)
Access to contraceptive methods; Postabortion care; Safe abortion; Strengthening health systems
Comparing the Effectiveness and Costs of Alternative Strategies for Improving Access to Information and Services for the IUD in Ghana (more)
Council researchers worked to train health personnel to educate clients in Ghana on long-term contraceptive devices, in particular the IUD.
(11/2004 - 4/2007)
Access to contraceptive methods
Testing Prepackaged Therapy for Male Urethral Discharge Syndrome in Ghana: A Feasibility Study (more)
Council research assessed whether chemical sellers can provide appropriate treatment for urethral discharge and whether men will seek and accept prepackaged therapy from chemical sellers, with the ultimate goal of reducing the rate of sexually transmitted infections in Ghana.
(10/2004 - 6/2007)
RTIs/STIs
Resources
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer Registers--Instruction ManualPublication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer Training Manual (Facilitator's Guide), Volume 1
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer Training Manual (Facilitator's Guide), Volume 2
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer Training Manual (Facilitator's Guide), Volume 3
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer's Training Workbook, Volume 1
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer's Training Workbook, Volume 2
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Officer's Training Workbook, Volume 3
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Community Health Volunteers Training Manual
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Preceptor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 1
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Preceptor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 2
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Preceptor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 3
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Tutor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 1
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Tutor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 2
Publication date: 2009
Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS): Tutor's Guide for Community Health Nursing Training Schools, Volume 3
Publication date: 2009
Day of Dialogue: Sharing insights and evidence on the female condom in Ghana (PDF)
report from a 24 November 2008 consultation in Accra, Ghana
Publication date: 2009
Demographic data for development in sub-Saharan Africa (PDF)
Baldwin,Wendy; Diers,Judith A.
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper (no. 13)
Publication date: 2009
Demographic Data for Development: Ghana (PDF)
Awusabo-Asare,Kofi; Baldwin,Wendy; Engebretsen,Sarah
final report
Publication date: 2009
Enhancing promotion of the female condom (PDF)
Population Briefs 15(2)
Publication date: 2009
Home Management of Malaria, Acute Respiratory Infection and Diarrhoea in Ghana: Implementation Guidelines
Publication date: 2009
Home Management of Malaria, Acute Respiratory Infection and Diarrhoea in Ghana: Manual for Community Based Agents
Publication date: 2009
The adolescent experience in-depth: Using data to identify and reach the most vulnerable young people--Ghana 2003 (PDF) (HTML)
Publication date: 2009
Enhancing women's protection
(PDF)
GEMI (Ghana Essential Medicines Initiative) Progress Report, (Fall)
Publication date: 2008
Adapting focused antenatal care: Lessons from three African countries (PDF)
Birungi,Harriet
FRONTIERS Program Brief (no. 11)
Publication date: 2008
Comparing the effectiveness and costs of alternative strategies for improving access to information and services for the IUD in Ghana (PDF)
Osei,Ivy; Voetagbe,Gertrude; Aikins,Moses; Gyapong,John; Nyarko,Philomena; Birungi,Harriet; Asare,Gloria Quansah; Odoi-Agyarko,Henrietta; Aglah,Olivia
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2008
The female condom in Ghana: Exploring the current state of affairs and gauging potential for enhanced promotion (PDF)
Naik,Reshma; Brady,Martha
Publication date: 2008
Unmet need for family planning (PDF)
GEMI (Ghana Essential Medicines Initiative) Progress Report, (Winter)
Publication date: 2008
Assessing the equitable distribution of essential medicines for rural maternal and child health care: Baseline report, Nkwanta District, Ghana (PDF)
GEMI (Ghana Essential Medicines Initiative) Progress Report, (June)
Publication date: 2007
Evidence-based scaling up of health and family planning service innovations in Bangladesh and Ghana (PDF)
Phillips,James F.; Nyonator,Frank K.; Jones,Tanya C.; Ravikumar,Shruti; Simmons,Ruth; Fajans,Peter; Ghiron,Laura
from Scaling Up Health Service Delivery: From Pilot Innovations to Policies and Programmes, pp. 113-134
Publication date: 2007
Focused antenatal care acceptable, tricky to implement (PDF)
Population Briefs 13(1)
Publication date: 2007
Innovative program dramatically lowers child mortality in Ghana (PDF)
Population Briefs 13(2)
Publication date: 2007
Maquiladoras and market mamas: Women's work and childcare in Guatemala City and Accra (abstract)
Quisumbing,Agnes R.; Hallman,Kelly; Ruel,Marie T.
Journal of Development Studies 43(3): 420-455
Publication date: 2007
Premarital sex and schooling transitions in four sub-Saharan African countries (PDF)
Biddlecom,Ann E.; Gregory,Richard; Lloyd,Cynthia B.; Mensch,Barbara S.
Poverty, Gender, and Youth Working Paper (no. 5)
Publication date: 2007
Rapid achievement of the child survival Millennium Development Goal: Evidence from the Navrongo experiment in Northern Ghana (abstract)
Binka,Fred N.; Bawah,Ayaga A.; Phillips,James F.; Hodgson,Abraham; Adjuik,Martin; MacLeod,Bruce
Tropical Medicine and International Health 12(5): 578-583
Publication date: 2007
Scaling up experimental project success with the Community-based Health Planning and Services initiative in Ghana (PDF)
Nyonator,Frank K.; Akosa,Agyeman Badu; Awoonor-Williams,John Koku; Phillips,James F.; Jones,Tanya C.; Simmons,Ruth; Fajans,Peter; Ghiron,Laura
from Scaling Up Health Service Delivery: From Pilot Innovations to Policies and Programmes, pp. 89-112
Publication date: 2007
Spotlight on child malnutrition (PDF)
GEMI (Ghana Essential Medicines Initiative) Progress Report, (Fall)
Publication date: 2007
The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project (abstract)
Pence,Brian Wells; Nyarko,Philomena; Phillips,James F.; Debpuur,Cornelius
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 35(6): 599-608
Publication date: 2007
Accelerating reproductive and child health programme impact with community-based services: The Navrongo experiment in Ghana
(abstract)
Phillips,James F.; Bawah,Ayaga A.; Binka,Fred N.
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 84(12): 949-953
Publication date: 2006
Acceptability and feasibility of introducing the WHO focused antenatal care package in Ghana (PDF)
Birungi,Harriet; Nyarko,Philomena; Armar-Klemesu,Margaret; Arhinful,Daniel; Deganus,Sylvia; Odoi-Agyarko,Henrietta; Brew,Gladys
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
Costs of reproductive health services provided by four Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) hospitals (PDF)
Boateng,James; Surnye,Henry; Mensah,Alex; Boateng,Bismark; Nyarko,Philomena; Munguti,Nzoya; Bratt,John H.
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
Could eliminating malaria significantly extend life expectancy? (PDF)
Population Briefs 12(2)
Publication date: 2006
Face-to-face complementary selling of health products in Ghana (PDF)
Bruce,Egbert; Mensah,Daniel; Idun,John; Ashabley,Francis; Foreit,James R.; Nyarko,Philomena
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
Ghana: Combine learning approaches to improve maternal care (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 57)
Publication date: 2006
In our own hands: SWAA-Ghana champions the female condom (PDF)
Cravero,Kathleen; Skaer,Michelle; Ebin,Victoria; Brady,Martha
Quality/Calidad/Qualité (no. 17)
Publication date: 2006
Priority setting for reproductive health at the district level in the context of health sector reforms in Ghana (PDF)
Birungi,Harriet; Nyarko,Philomena; Askew,Ian; Ajayi,Ayorinde; Addico,Gifty; Addai,Edward; Jehu-Appiah,Caroline
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2006
TB baseline survey in 30 districts implementing CHPS in seven southern regions of Ghana
final report
Publication date: 2006
The impact of immunization on the association between poverty and child survival: Evidence from Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana (PDF)
Bawah,Ayaga A.; Phillips,James F.; Adjuik,Martin; Vaughan-Smith,Maya; MacLeod,Bruce; Binka,Fred N.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 218)
Publication date: 2006
Accelerating reproductive and child health program development: The Navrongo initiative in Ghana (PDF)
Phillips,James F.; Bawah,Ayaga A.; Binka,Fred N.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 208)
Publication date: 2005
An assessment of trends in the use of the IUD in Ghana: National results dissemination and utilization (PDF)
Osei,Ivy; Gyapong,John; Wanjiru,Monica; Askew,Ian
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2005
Expanding a successful health care initiative (PDF)
Population Briefs 11(3)
Publication date: 2005
From experiment to program: Examining a successful initiative (PDF)
Population Council Annual Report 2004
Publication date: 2005
Guiding the Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services approach to scaling up with qualitative systems appraisal (abstract)
Nyonator,Frank K.; Jones,Tanya C.; Miller,Robert A.; Phillips,James F.; Awoonor-Williams,John Koku
International Quarterly of Community Health Education 23(3): 189-213
Publication date: 2005
How many years of life could be saved if malaria were eliminated from a hyperendemic area of northern Ghana? (PDF)
Bawah,Ayaga A.; Binka,Fred N.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 203)
Publication date: 2005
Improving the Ghanaian Safe Motherhood Programme (PDF)
Osei,Ivy; Garshong,Bertha; Banahene,Gertrude; Gyapong,John; Tapsoba,Placide; Askew,Ian; Ahiadeke,Clement; Killian,Richard; Bonku,Edward; Combary,Perle; Sampson,William
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2005
Review of antenatal-linked voluntary counseling and HIV testing in sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons and options for Ghana (abstract)
Baiden,Frank; Baiden,Rita; Williams,John; Akweongo,Patricia; Clerk,Christine; Debpuur,Cornelius; Phillips,James F.; Hodgson,Abraham
Ghana Medical Journal 39(1): 8-13
Publication date: 2005
The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project (PDF)
Pence,Brian Wells; Nyarko,Philomena; Phillips,James F.; Debpuur,Cornelius
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 200)
Publication date: 2005
The Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative for scaling up service delivery innovation (abstract)
Nyonator,Frank K.; Awoonor-Williams,John Koku; Phillips,James F.; Jones,Tanya C.; Miller,Robert A.
Health Policy and Planning 20(1): 25-34
Publication date: 2005
Transferring Ghana's system of evidence-based health program development: Program for an initial exchange with Sierra Leone and Burkina Faso (PDF)
FRONTIERS Report
Publication date: 2005
What happened to the IUD in Ghana? (abstract) (HTML)
Osei,Ivy; Birungi,Harriet; Addico,Gifty; Askew,Ian; Gyapong,John
African Journal of Reproductive Health 9(2): 76-91
Publication date: 2005
What works? What fails? Compendium of newsletters from the Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project 2001-2004
Publication date: 2005
Bridging the gap between evidence-based innovation and national health-sector reform in Ghana (abstract) (PDF)
Awoonor-Williams,John Koku; Feinglass,Ellie S.; Tobey,Rachel; Vaughan-Smith,Maya; Nyonator,Frank K.; Jones,Tanya C.
Studies in Family Planning 35(3): 161-177
Publication date: 2004
Bridging the gap between evidence-based innovation and national health-sector reform in Ghana (PDF)
Awoonor-Williams,John Koku; Feinglass,Ellie S.; Tobey,Rachel; Vaughan-Smith,Maya; Nyonator,Frank K.; Jones,Tanya C.; Phillips,James F.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 191)
Publication date: 2004
Investigating IUD demand in Ghana and Guatemala (PDF)
Population Briefs 10(1)
Publication date: 2004
Maquiladoras and market mamas: Women's work and childcare in Guatemala City and Accra (PDF)
Quisumbing,Agnes R.; Hallman,Kelly; Ruel,Marie T.
Food Consumption and Nutrition Division Discussion Paper (no. 153)
Publication date: 2003
An assessment of trends in the use of the IUD in Ghana (PDF)
Gyapong,John; Addico,Gifty; Osei,Ivy; Abbey,Mercy; Kobinah,Dominic Atweam; Agyarko,Henrietta Odoi; Asare,Gloria Quansah; Birungi,Harriet; Askew,Ian
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2003
Evidence-based development of health and family planning programs in Bangladesh and Ghana (PDF)
Phillips,James F.; Jones,Tanya C.; Nyonator,Frank K.; Ravikumar,Shruti
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 175)
Publication date: 2003
Ghana and Guatemala: Clients and providers need better support and guidance on IUDs (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 32)
Publication date: 2003
Ghana y Guatemala: Clientas y proveedores requieren de apoyo y orientación sobre DIU [Ghana and Guatemala: Clients and providers need better support and guidance on IUDs] (PDF)
FRONTERAS Resumen de Investigación Operativa (número 21)
Publication date: 2003
Inconsistent reporting of female genital cutting status in northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and analytical consequences (abstract) (PDF)
Jackson,Elizabeth F.; Akweongo,Patricia; Sakeah,Evelyn; Hodgson,Abraham; Asuru,Rofina; Phillips,James F.
Studies in Family Planning 34(3): 200-210
Publication date: 2003
Innovative strategies reduce fertility in Ghana (PDF)
Population Briefs 9(2)
Publication date: 2003
Selected DHS data on 10-14-year-olds: Ghana (PDF)
annex to "Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey: Statistical tables for program planning"
Publication date: 2003
Social interaction and contraceptive change in northern Ghana (abstract)
Feyisetan,Bamikale J.; Phillips,James F.; Binka,Fred N.
African Population Studies 18(2): 47-67
Publication date: 2003
Social organization and reproductive behavior in southern Ghana
Agyeman,Dominic K.; Casterline,John B.; Agyei-Mensah,Samuel
from Reproduction and Social Context in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Collection of Micro-Demographic Studies, pp. 7-35
Publication date: 2003
Stratégies innovatrices pour réduire la fertilité au Ghana (PDF)
Population Briefs, October 2003 (French edition)
Publication date: 2003
The Ghana Community-based Health Planning and Services Initiative: Fostering evidence-based organizational change and development in a resource-constrained setting (PDF)
Nyonator,Frank K.; Awoonor-Williams,John Koku; Phillips,James F.; Jones,Tanya C.; Miller,Robert A.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 180)
Publication date: 2003
Women's denial of having experienced female genital cutting in northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and consequences for analysis of survey data (PDF)
Jackson,Elizabeth F.; Akweongo,Patricia; Sakeah,Evelyn; Hodgson,Abraham; Asuru,Rofina; Phillips,James F.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 178)
Publication date: 2003
Bridging the safe motherhood knowledge gap (PDF)
Population Briefs 8(1)
Publication date: 2002
Friends strongly influence contraceptive use in Ghana (PDF)
Population Briefs 8(2)
Publication date: 2002
Social organization and reproductive behavior in southern Ghana (PDF)
Agyeman,Dominic K.; Casterline,John B.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 167)
Publication date: 2002
The impact of the Navrongo project on contraceptive knowledge and use, reproductive preferences, and fertility (abstract) (PDF)
Debpuur,Cornelius; Phillips,James F.; Jackson,Elizabeth F.; Nazzar,Alex; Ngom,Pierre; Binka,Fred N.
Studies in Family Planning 33(2): 141-164
Publication date: 2002
Facts about adolescents from the Demographic and Health Survey--Statistical tables for program planning: Ghana 1998 (PDF)
Publication date: 2001
Ghana: Community workers can communicate STI and HIV/AIDS messages effectively (PDF)
FRONTIERS OR Summary (no. 21)
Publication date: 2001
Immunization benefit for child survival confirmed [Arabic] (PDF)
Population Briefs 7(3)
Publication date: 2001
Immunization status and child survival in rural Ghana (PDF)
Nyarko,Philomena; Pence,Brian Wells; Debpuur,Cornelius
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 147)
Publication date: 2001
Social networks and contraceptive dynamics in southern Ghana (PDF)
Montgomery,Mark R.; Kiros,Gebre-Egziabher; Agyeman,Dominic K.; Casterline,John B.; Aglobitse,Peter; Hewett,Paul C.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 153)
Publication date: 2001
Validity of women's self-reported obstetric complications in rural Ghana (abstract) (PDF)
Sloan,Nancy L.; Amoaful,Esi; Arthur,Paul; Winikoff,Beverly; Adjei,Sam
Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 19(2): 45-51
Publication date: 2001
An assessment of the community based distribution programs in Ghana (PDF)
Chege,Jane; Sanogo,Diouratie; Askew,Ian; Bannerman,Angela; Grey,Steve; Glover,Evam Kofi; Yankey,Francis; Nerquaye-Tetteh,Joana
FRONTIERS Final Report
Publication date: 2000
Hideyo Noguchi's last stand: The yellow fever commission in Accra, Africa (1927-8)
Koide,Samuel S.
Journal of Medical Biography 8(2): 97-101
Publication date: 2000
Overview of youth centre assessments in Kenya, Zimbabwe and Ghana
Publication date: 2000
Assessing population dynamics in a rural African society: The Navrongo Demographic Surveillance System (abstract)
Binka,Fred N.; Ngom,Pierre; Phillips,James F.; Adazu,Kubaje; MacLeod,Bruce
Journal of Biosocial Science 31(3): 375-391
Publication date: 1999
Women's fears and men's anxieties: The impact of family planning on gender relations in northern Ghana (abstract) (PDF)
Bawah,Ayaga A.; Akweongo,Patricia; Simmons,Ruth; Phillips,James F.
Studies in Family Planning 30(1): 54-66
Publication date: 1999
Ethnicity and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (PDF)
Brockerhoff,Martin; Hewett,Paul C.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 107)
Publication date: 1998
Social networks and the diffusion of fertility control (PDF)
Montgomery,Mark R.; Casterline,John B.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 119)
Publication date: 1998
The changing social environment for adolescents in Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana: Implications for reproductive behavior (PDF)
Mensch,Barbara S.; Bagah,Daniel; Clark,Wesley H.; Binka,Fred N.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 110)
Publication date: 1998
The influence of traditional religion on fertility regulation among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana (abstract) (PDF)
Adongo,Philip B.; Binka,Fred N.; Phillips,James F.
Studies in Family Planning 29(1): 23-40
Publication date: 1998
The determinants of contraceptive innovation: A case-control study of family planning acceptance in a traditional African society
Phillips,James F.; Binka,Fred N.; Adjuik,Martin; Nazzar,Alex; Adazu,Kubaze Frank
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 93)
Publication date: 1997
Developing a culturally appropriate family planning program for the Navrongo experiment (abstract)
Nazzar,Alex; Adongo,Philip B.; Binka,Fred N.; Phillips,James F.
Studies in Family Planning 26(6): 307-324
Publication date: 1995
The Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project (abstract)
Binka,Fred N.; Nazzar,Alex; Phillips,James F.
Studies in Family Planning 26(3): 121-139
Publication date: 1995
The tradeoff between the number of children and their schooling: Evidence from Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana
Montgomery,Mark R.; Kouame,Aka; Oliver,Raylynn
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 82)
Publication date: 1995
Unmet need for contraception: Unmet need in a traditional West African setting
Population Council Project Summary
Publication date: 1995
Gender Inequalities and Demographic Behavior: Ghana/Kenya
Gage,Anastasia J.; Njogu,Wamucii
Publication date: 1994
Does sibsize matter? The implications of family size for children's education in Ghana
Lloyd,Cynthia B.; Gage,Anastasia J.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 45)
Publication date: 1992
Women's role in maintaining households: Poverty and gender inequality in Ghana
Lloyd,Cynthia B.; Brandon,Anastasia J.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 25)
Publication date: 1991
Women's childrearing strategies in relation to fertility and employment in Ghana
Blanc,Ann K.; Lloyd,Cynthia B.
Policy Research Division Working Paper (no. 16)
Publication date: 1990
Ghana Fast Facts
| Population (millions) | 23.8 |
|---|---|
| Total fertility rate | 4.0 |
| Infant deaths per 1,000 live births | 50 |
| Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births | 560 |
| Girls aged 20-24 married by age 18 (%) | 22 |
| HIV/AIDS prevalence (%) | 1.9 |
| Living below US $2 per day (%) | 54 |
What's New
- The Interagency Gender Working Group has published a new synthesis of evidence of the effect of equitable gender initiatives on reproductive health outcomes. All three of the Population Council’s research programs are featured in this volume entitled Gender Perspectives Improve Reproductive Health Outcomes: New Evidence. "We are proud of the Council's contribution to this and other evidence bases linked to improved reproductive health results," says John Townsend, director of the Council's Reproductive Health program. (offsite link)
- BMJ has announced the nominees for its prestigious annual award for "Getting Research into Practice." The Sexual Health and HIV Evidence into Practice (SHHEP) group—to which ABBA, a Population Council–led consortium, belongs—was nominated for successfully "advocating research findings to change the law in Ghana so that survivors of gender based and sexual violence are no longer forced to pay for their own medical tests to prove assault in court." Read more about this on page 6 of the linked PDF. (offsite link)
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