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Henrietta Asante-Sarpong

Ms. Henrietta Asante – Sarpong holds dual masters degrees in Development Studies and Population Studies from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the University of Ghana respectively. She also holds a BA degree in Geography and Resource Development from the University of Ghana. Prior to her admission to the PhD programme she was a programme officer for research at the Alliance for Reproductive Health Rights. Her research interest is in the area of reproductive health particularly on maternal health and child health and adolescent reproductive health.

PhD TOPIC: ACCESS TO AND UTILIZATION OF SKILLED CARE AT BIRTH IN AN ERA OF FREE MATERNAL HEALTHCARE IN GHANA: VIEWS FROM PROVIDERS AND COMMUNITIES IN THE NEW JUABEN MUNICIPAL AREA OF THE EASTERN REGION

Achieving Millennium Development Goal (MDG) five – improving maternal health through reducing the 1990 maternal mortality ratio by three quarters by 2015 and guaranteeing universal access to reproductive health, has gained attention in several national and international for a. Especially recent reports (UN MDGs Report 2010, 2008 Ghana Millennium Development Goals Report) point to the fact that a lot more needs to be done to meet the set target.

A key intervention to improving maternal health whose impact has been empirically proven is increasing access to skilled or supervised care for pregnant women. With the view to increase access to skilled care for pregnant women, the Ghanaian government in 2004 introduced the free maternal healthcare policy to cater for the maternal healthcare needs of all pregnant women who report at a health facility.

This study seeks to assess the extent to which the introduction of free maternal healthcare policy has influenced the use of skilled care services by women and young girls in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

It is hoped that the findings of this research will contribute to available micro-level evidence of the policy’s performance for purposes of programming and planning on improving maternal and child healthcare in Ghana.

 

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