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Childbirth in Ghana is often seen as a joyous occasion in Ghanaian society, as children represent wealth, status, and the continuation of a lineage. Pregnant women are often given special privileges and are considered to be beautiful, fragile, and vulnerable to evil spirits.
Maternal deaths: The annual number of female deaths from any cause related to or aggravated by pregnancy or its management (excluding accidental or incidental causes) during pregnancy and childbirth or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and site of the pregnancy, expressed per 100,000 live births, for a ...
Abortion in Ghana is banned except when there is a valid exemption. The abortion should also be conducted only at a government hospital; registered private hospital, clinics registered under the Private Hospitals and Maternity Homes Act, 1958 (No. 8) and a place approved by the Minister of Health by a Legislative Instrument.
Ghana entered the top 10 for the first time last year, taking ninth place with 0.6% of live births. Germany fell out of the top 10, having been there since ONS records began for this measure in 2003.
FGM in Ghana can be performed at multiple points in a girls life. [54] Babies can face FGM at birth if the mother is not circumcised. [54] FGM will be performed on many girls at puberty, as this is seen as a rite of puberty. [54] Additionally, FGM can be performed at death to insure the deceased woman is accepted into the ancestral world. [54]
Replacement fertility is the total fertility rate at which women give birth to enough babies to sustain population levels, assuming that mortality rates remain constant and net migration is zero. [8] If replacement level fertility is sustained over a sufficiently long period, each generation will exactly replace itself. [ 8 ]
A Ghanaian woman gave birth to a baby boy during a United Airlines flight from Ghana to the United States on Sunday.
Ghana excelled in taking action to bring down the under-five mortality rate, and as a result has seen a progressive reduction in deaths from 155 to 60 per 1,000 live births between 1990 and 2014. Though this did not quite reach the MDG 4 target of 40 deaths per 1,000 live births, it represents an overall reduction of under-five mortality of 58% ...