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Background Information, Communication, and Technology (ICT) is a vital tool in combating disease, promoting individual health and well-being, and making health systems more responsive, effective, and efficient. Despite the expansion of digital health tools in Ghana, there is limited empirical evidence on the behavioral drivers that influence CHWs’ acceptance and sustained use of these technologies, particularly biometric applications for patient identification and data management.
Abstract The effect of COVID-19 has manifested both in the capacity of healthcare systems to provide services as well as create a good balance between pandemic management and maintenance of essential health services. Earlier studies in Ghana during the pandemic reported low patronage of family planning (FP) services but a sudden spike in emergency contraceptive pill utilization.
The study findings reveal several important insights into the state of routine immunization coverage among children under two years of age in the Eastern and Oti regions of Ghana. Overall, the results indicate that while coverage for individual antigens is relatively high, full immunization coverage remains suboptimal, particularly for the national schedule and basic antigens.
Helen H. Habib1*, Jefferson Mwaisaka1, Kwasi Torpey1, Ernest T. Maya1 and Augustine Ankomah2 1Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Ghana 2Population Council, Ghana Provisionally accepted: The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Intrapartum mistreatment of women by health professionals is a widespread global public health challenge.
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