Anemia during pregnancy has been observed s one of the most common indirect obstetric causes of maternal mortality globally with the heaviest toll in the developing world. It is responsible for poor maternal and fetal outcomes. The aim of this study was to est...

Usage of family planning services in developing countries has been found to avert unintended pregnancies, and drastically reduce maternal and child mortality. Men as the main decision-makers in most of African families have an important role to play towards ac...

Introduction: Alcohol consumption is a key obstacle to sustainable human development. It is noted worldwide that alcohol consumption and use contribute to 3.3 million deaths every year. The United Nations classified individuals between the ages of 15 to 25 yea...

Introduction: Anaemia during pregnancy is one of the most common indirect obstetric causes of maternal mortality in low-income countries. It is responsible for poor maternal and fetal outcomes. The purpose of this study was to explore the prevalence and factor...

In today’s global environment, employee productivity is an essential element of a company’s success. One of the factors that affect organizational performance is job stress. Workers’ efficiency can be significantly hindered by high levels of stress experienced...

Background Over the years, health care workers have been exposed to blood borne infections like HIV, HCV and HBV as a result of needle stick injuries. The prevalence of needle stick injuries keep on increasing among health care workers, hence its public health...

Analgesics commonly known as pain killers are substances which work in various ways to relieve different types of pain experienced in the body. Analgesics have been reported to be very widely used and abused set of drugs globally. Objectives: This study is to...

A partograph is a simple graphical and pictorial obstetric tool used by skilled birth attendants to detect abnormal labor as early as possible for a good pregnancy outcome (healthy mother and live baby). It is a universally accepted tool which has been endorse...

Health care financing is one of the major challenges facing the healthcare delivery sector in Ghana. Health financing in Ghana prior to independence was predominantly by out-of-pocket payments at the point of service use. Since 2003, the country introduced the...

Adolescents are defined as young people aged 10 to 19 years. Studies show the adolescents are becoming more sexually active in recent times than in the past and may experience several risks in their sexual behaviors that have implications for their health. The...