Effect of one-to-one versus group counseling on uptake of postpartum contraception in selected hospitals in Ghana: A prospective cohort study.

Objective: To compare the effect of one provider to one client counseling and one provider to a group client counseling on the uptake of postpartum contraception.

Methods: This was a hospital-based prospective cohort study among women attending a postpartum clinic at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital and Greater Accra Regional Hospital. Postpartum mothers were recruited daily from April 1, 2017 to November 28, 2017.

Rubella virus IgM and IgG antibodies with avidity in pregnant women and outcomes at a tertiary facility in Ghana.

Background: Congenital rubella syndrome (CRS) is a recognised cause of childhood deafness and blindness caused by the transplacental transmission of rubella virus during pregnancy. Women in the reproductive age group, and by extension their unborn babies may therefore be at increased risk. The prevalence of Rubella virus specific IgM and IgG antibodies, including IgG avidity, was determined in pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at a Teaching Hospital in Ghana.

Effect of intimate partner violence in pregnancy on maternal and perinatal outcomes at the Korle Bu teaching hospital, Ghana: An observational cross sectional study.

Objective: To determine the association between intimate partner violence and pregnancy outcomes.

Methods: This was a descriptive study of sociodemographic characteristics of participants, their partners and intimate partner violence. Participants' delivery records were reviewed for additional medical and obstetric information and abused women and their neonates followed until discharge.

Surgical site infections following caesarean sections in the largest teaching hospital in Ghana.

Background: Surgical site infections complicate up to 15% of all surgical procedures depending on surgery type and underlying patient status. They constitute 14-31% of all hospital-acquired infections, placing huge financial burdens on patients, healthcare institutions and the nation.

Objective: To determine the incidence, risk factors, microbiological aetiology and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of surgical-site infections following caesarean sections (CSs) at Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Accra, Ghana.

Cerebro-placental ratio as a prognostic factor of fetal outcome in pregnancy complicated by maternal sickle cell disease.

Objectives: To assess the role of the cerebro-placental ratio (CPR) in predicting adverse fetal outcomes among women with sickle cell disease (SCD).

Methods: A prospective cohort study at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana, between January and June 2016. Pregnant women with SCD at 34 gestational weeks or more underwent weekly fetal umbilical and middle cerebral artery Doppler assessment until delivery.