Estimating the Spatial Accessibility to Blood Group and Rhesus Type Point-of-Care Testing for Maternal Healthcare in Ghana.

Desmond KuupielKwame M AduVitalis BawontuoDuncan A AdogbobaTivani Phosa Mashamba-Thompson

Published in: Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) (2019)

This study enabled the identification of district variations in spatial accessibility to blood group and rhesus type POC testing in the region for policy decisions. We urge the health authorities in Ghana to evaluate and implement recommended POC tests such as slide agglutination tests for blood group and rhesus type testing in resource-limited settings.

Keyphrases

healthcare
public health
mental health
health information
risk assessment
physical activity
body mass index
birth weight
climate change
health insurance
gestational age