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Citation: Gyapong M, Dalaba MA, Immurana M, Manyeh AK, Arogundade K, Jacobson J, et al. (2024) Breaking the silence of female genital schistosomiasis in Ghana’s health system: A case of health workers within the FAST project. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 18(9): e0012443. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012443 Editor: Guilherme L. Werneck, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, BRAZIL Received: February 21, 2024; Accepted: August 7, 2024; Published: September 23, 2024 Copyright: © 2024 Gyapong et al.

1. Introduction An improvement in maternal mortality has been a priority agenda for sub-Saharan African countries, and many global, regional, and national initiatives have been established, and there has been significant progress since 2000. The maternal mortality worldwide declined by 34% from 2000 to 2020, from 342 deaths to 223 deaths per 100,000 live births; however, there were 545 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in sub-Saharan Africa in 2020 [1].

Loading metrics Open Access Peer-reviewed Research Article Abstract This study used “Choosing All Together” (CHAT), a deliberative engagement tool to prioritise nutrition interventions and to understand reasons for intervention choices of a rural community in northern Ghana. The study took an exploratory cross-sectional design and used a mixed method approach to collect data between December 2020 and February 2021.