Residence-based inequalities in health facility delivery among women in sub-Saharan Africa
This study identified significant rural-urban disparities in health facility delivery in sub-Saharan Africa, favouring urban areas. Key contributing factors included wealth status, antenatal care visits, internet use and educational attainment. Improving health facility delivery in rural areas requires enhancing women's economic status, encouraging more antenatal care visits and prioritising interventions for women without formal education.
Authors
- Florence Gyembuzie Wongnaah
- Precious Adade Duodu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4965-6302)
- Joshua Okyere (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4080-7522)
- Bright Opoku Ahinkorah
- Richard Gyan Aboagye
Institutions
- University of Huddersfield (GB)
- University of Ghana (GH)
- University of Health and Allied Sciences (GH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Karolinska Institutet (SE)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- SA Health (AU)
- Takoradi Technical University (GH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University (ZM)
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- Ghana Communication Technology University (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Health
- Published
- 2026-03-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihag030
- Primary Topic
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00