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Ghana
©UNICEF/Quarmyne. Pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic at a Reproductive and Child Health facility in Savelugu, in the Northern Region of Ghana, in 26 May 2015.
Every Woman Every Newborn in Ghana
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National mortality targets
Maternal mortality ratio
196 per 100,000 live births by 2025
Stillbirth rate
10 PER 1,000 total births by 2023
Neonatal mortality rate
18 per 1,000 live births by 2023
Progress to meet the national maternal, newborn mortality and stillbirth reduction targets
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Progress to meet Every Woman Every Newborn Everywhere coverage targets
MNH Acceleration Plan highlights
In 2024, Ghana’s MNH Acceleration Plan is focusing on two priorities:
- Provide quality care during labour and childbirth: Roll out the World Health Organization’s Labour Care Guide, by adapting the content of the guide to the national context. The guide is a tool that aims to support good-quality, evidence-based, respectful care during labour and childbirth, irrespective of the setting or level of health care.
Ensure accountability for the lives of mothers and newborns through a unified and strengthened Maternal and Perinatal Death Surveillance and Response (MPDSR).
©UNICEF/Quarmyne. Pregnant women attending an antenatal clinic at a Reproductive and Child Health facility in Savelugu, in the Northern Region of Ghana, in 26 May 2015.
Quality of care in Ghana
Ghana is one of the 11 countries spearheading efforts to improve quality of care in maternal, newborn and child health services as part of the Quality of Care Network. Ghana’s successes in improving quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health are essential to help reduce maternal and newborn mortality and stillbirths. These include:
- Quality of Care is integrated in Ghana’s ENAP EPMM strategy, in the National Healthcare Quality Strategy as well as in the Networks of Practice.
- Health workers are trained in WHO standards to improve quality of care in health facilities for small and sick newborns care, children and young adolescents care and for maternal and newborn care.
- Community scorecards continue to be used by communities to assess the performance of health facilities on the provision of quality care healthcare including that of MNCH. Through this, the facilities are accountable to the communities and engages the communities in the provision of quality healthcare.
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