Background: Breast milk is important for babies because it provides security, cleanliness, and antibodies. It offers energy and nutrients for the first few months before meeting half of a child's nutritional requirements ...
Background: The possibility of the occurrence of floods have increased due to
environmental changes and human activities. These floods have severe impact on human
lives and educational infrastructure and activities. The ...
Ibrahim Damba, Ruhana(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: Risky sexual behavior and knowledge of HIV are critical public health concerns,
especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, which continues to face a significant burden of AIDS. In
Ghana, young female adults are a ...
Asuamah-Tawiah, Akua(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: Flooding commonly refers to the overflow of water that submerge onto dry land. This can occur due to heavy rainfall, storm surges, rapid melting of snow or ice, or the overflow of rivers, lakes, or other water ...
Sarkwah, Hammond Nii(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background:
Although Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention ( was introduced in 2012 to
mitigate challenges with early diagnosis and treatment manual documentation and logistics
issues remain. To address these problems, the ...
Larbi-Sarpong, Deborah Esaa(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: The food environment represents the range of foods that can be accessed in the context where people live and can enable or restrict healthy dietary choices. This includes the availability, affordability, ...
Background: In Ghana, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) was established in
2003 to bridge the gap in the unequal distribution of health services to achieve universal health
coverage. Despite some successes of ...
Azalekor, Mclord Selasi(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: Digital health interventions have gained significant attention in recent years as a
means of improving health care delivery and outcomes. In Ghana, where access to quality
healthcare services remains a ...
Rafat, Kartumi Asuama(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: Pregnant women are particularly susceptible to iodine deficiency due to the fetus's greater need for iodine, and increased renal excretion of iodine during pregnancy. Severe iodine deficiency presents as goiter ...
Turkson, Keren-Happuch(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: In recent years, uptake of modern contraceptives in Ghana appears to be increasing and family planning services have become even more available. However, a substantial number of married and unmarried women still ...
Danikuu, Nobini Robert(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Introduction: Late antenatal care registration can be defined as a pregnant woman visiting a healthcare facility for assessment and booking after twelve weeks gestation. ANC provides both psychological and medical needs ...
Agyeiwaa, Florence(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: Elevated blood pressure levels serve as a risk factor for cardiovascular and kidney diseases. Despite the deadly nature of the disease, most people lack awareness about the causes, effects and ways to prevent ...
Doh, Gladstone Elikem(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: Floods are devastating natural disasters that have significantly impacted global public health, with dam-mediated flood events increasingly contributing to these public health concerns. Africa faces unique ...
Nyamata, Vera Xoese(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: Yaws is a neglected tropical disease (NTD) that affects children less than 15 years old in disadvantaged communities. It is caused by Treponema Pallidum Pertenue, which affects the skin, bones and cartilage ...
Agbenyega, Lydia Fafali(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: Forced sex is a critical public health issue in Ghana, affecting women disproportionately, especially those in their reproductive years. Despite legal efforts to combat gender-based violence, cultural norms and ...
Background: A recent area of interest on a social scale is School Sanitation and Hygiene Education (SSHE) which is also attracting political attention. Hygiene is the discipline that supports health and well-being through ...
Owusu, Mcclean Bismark(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: It is expected that with the National Health Insurance Scheme in place, equitable access to healthcare will be assured for all groups of people because access to quality health insurance has shown to have an ...
Bray, Perpetual Kuukuwa(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: The health status of prison inmates in Ghana is a pressing concern, as prisons fail to provide basic living conditions and adequate healthcare, leading to a higher burden of communicable and non-communicable ...
Background
The patterns and outcomes of admissions in the hospital are a reflection of disease patterns in society; hence, the identification of these patterns is necessary for the assessment of the healthcare system and ...
Osman Nafees, Musfirah(Ensign Global College, 2024-09)
Background: Adolescence is a critical stage in the formation of lifelong dietary habits. However, current trends among Ghanaian adolescents indicate a shift towards less nutritious food choices, which can pose a threat to ...