Assessment of the Knowledge, Prevalence, and Control Strategies of Malaria Among Households in Sunyani Municipality, Bono Region, Ghana.

Background: Malaria remains a global public health concern for centuries. The study assessed the knowledge, prevalence and control strategies of malaria among households in the Sunyani Municipality, Bono Region, Ghana.

Method: A simple random sampling method was used to administer semi-structured questionnaires to the respondents (n = 422).

Assessing the inequalities in demand for family planning satisfied in Ghana: evidence from the 1993-2014 Demographic and Health Surveys.

Background: Family planning is essential in promoting the well-being of women and their families and communities and ensuring quality of care in contraceptive use. This study sought to assess the trend and inequalities in the demand for family planning satisfied (DFPS) in Ghana from 1993 to 2014.

Methods: The World Health Organization's Health Equity Assessment Toolkit was employed to analyse the data.

Age, geographical and socio-economic related inequalities in contraceptive prevalence: evidence from the 1993-2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys.

Background: Contraceptives afford individuals the opportunity to meet their reproductive needs and reduce maternal mortality. We aimed at assessing the trend and inequalities of contraceptive use in Ghana based on the 1993-2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Surveys.

Methods: We used the World Health Organization's Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT) software in analysing the data.

Trends and inequalities in children aged 6-59 months who received Vitamin A supplementation: evidence from the 2003, 2008 and 2014 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey.

Background: Vitamin A deficiency is considered a public health issue, particularly among children under 5 years. Vitamin A supplementation is among the ten key essential nutrition actions put in place to tackle malnutrition in children and helps to reduce under-five mortality by almost a quarter in Vitamin A deficient areas. We, therefore, examined inequalities in Vitamin A uptake among children 6-59 months in Ghana.

Inequalities in the use of insecticide-treated nets by pregnant women in Ghana, 2011 and 2017.

Background: Pregnant women and children are the most vulnerable group of people usually affected by malaria. The use of insecticide-treated nets is one of the proven interventions for mitigating malaria and its associated deaths in endemic regions, including Ghana. Meanwhile, there is limited evidence on the extent of inequality in insecticide-treated nets use by pregnant women in Ghana.

Determinants of Nutrition Care Practice by Midwives and Nurses in the Antenatal and Postnatal Care Settings: A Multi-Site Cross-Sectional Survey From Ghana.

Midwives and nurses are critical in nutrition care for pregnant women and lactating mothers. Ghanaian nurses and midwives' perception of the adequacy and their satisfaction with nutrition education received during training in school, level of nutrition care competencies, and nutrition practice behavior is unknown. We evaluated the adequacy of nutrition education received in nursing and midwifery school; nutrition care competencies; self-efficacy and the nutrition care practice of midwives and nurses.