Ghana abortion care—a model for others: analysis of the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey
Although Ghana has room to improve the safety and accessibility of abortion services, our analysis suggests abortions in Ghana, regardless of reason given for seeking the service or method of abortion, seem to be safe. Translating Ghana's approach to abortion could minimize unsafe abortions globally.
Authors
- Dhanalakshmi K. Thiyagarajan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0306-8214)
- Sarah D. Compton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1539-5397)
- Kwaku Asah‐Opoku (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4770-8837)
Institutions
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Michigan Medicine (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AJOG Global Reports
- Published
- 2024-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xagr.2024.100419
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.22
Funders
- University of Michigan