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The implementation of the free maternal health policy in rural Northern Ghana: synthesised results and lessons learnt [1]

A free maternal health policy was implemented under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme to promote the use of maternal health services. Under the policy, women are entitled to free services throughout pregnancy and at childbirth. A mixed methods study involving women, providers and insurance managers was carried out in the Kassena-Nankana municipality of Ghana. It explored the afordability, availability, acceptability and quality of services. In this manuscript, we present synthesised results categorised as facilitators and barriers to access as well as lessons learnt (implications).

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
29/05/2018
Philip Ayizem Dalinjong [3], Alex Y. Wang [4], Caroline S. E. Homer [5]
BMC Research Notes [6]
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Tags:
Maternal Health [7], Health Policy [8], Ghana [9], Africa [10], Health Care [11], Child Health [12]
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[2] https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13104-018-3452-0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/philip-ayizem-dalinjong
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/alex-y-wang
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/caroline-s-e-homer
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/bmc-research-notes
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/maternal-health
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-policy
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ghana
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/africa
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/health-care
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/child-health