Background: Short birth intervals are a well-documented, modifiable risk factor for child death in low- and middle-income countries, yet nationally representative evidence from Ghana's most recent Demographic and Health Survey has not been fully examined. This study assessed the association between the preceding birth...
A. I. Siddiq, J. A. Akuffo, A. G. Oppong et al.· medRxiv· 0 citations
Background. Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiometabolic risk factors that may increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, and African studies report a higher prevalence in women than in men. Prevention may depend, in part, on whether women recognise the condition and its modifiable risk fact...
G. D. Aitee, E. Owusu, A. Cann et al.· medRxiv· 0 citations
Background: Anaemia in women of reproductive age is a persistent contributor to maternal morbidity and adverse birth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa. Ghanaian surveys have repeatedly placed national anaemia prevalence in the World Health Organization's severe public health problem range, yet the geographical distributio...
A. I. Siddiq, T. Arthur-Gyimah, G. D. Aitee et al.· medRxiv· 0 citations
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