For news about ghana, see accraexpats how to guide page how to keep posted with ghana news official name. Effect of antimalarial interventions on trends of malaria. The current round four mics4 which is slated for between january and march, 2011, though the pilot is to come up in october, 2010 was designed to provide up to date data information for assessing situation of children and women in nigeria and contribute data for. Child protection issues in ghana 3 alternative care within ghanas child protection systemuniceffor every child 9 out of 10 children in ghana are subject to some form of physical or emotional abuse on a regular basis mics 2011 2 out of 3 girls aged 1519 experience sexual violence during past 3 years dhs 2008 34%of children were beaten by a. Bacterial culture and antimicrobial drug resistance testing of infected wounds in patients in a rural hospital in ghana identified no methicillinresistant staphylococcus aureus or carbapenemresistant enterobacteriaceae but identified high combined resistance of enterobacteriaceae. Mip results in iptp 2008 ghana demographic and health survey dhs 2011 ghana multiple indicator cluster survey mics 46% 42% 44% 65% 65% 64% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%. Eddata ii information for education policy, planning. Data was suppressed for cities where fewer than 50 children had been sampled. Additional information on the global mics project may be obtained from suggested citation. Ghana reduced poverty from 52 percent to 28 percent over the. The survey was carried out in 5 high densely populated localities of accra with the primary objective of providing uptodate information for assessing the. Nigeria multiple indicator cluster survey mics42011.
Geocoordinates for each survey cluster were used to determine. List of surveys and other data sources used for estimation. When data for mics 2011 was collected, only 39% of. Countries are turning to mics to monitor the sdgs, prompting a groundswell in the number of surveys in mics6. 2011 77 66 57 64 50 53 22 155 119 108 111 80 82 40 52 41 30 43 30 32 14 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 gdhs 1988 gdhs 1993 gdhs 1998 gdhs 2003 gdhs 2008 mics 2011 mdg target 2015 infant mortality under 5 mortality neonatal mortality. Ghana multiple indicator cluster survey mics with an enhanced malaria module. It is organised along the continuum of care for mother and child pregnancy, birth. Marriage unit, which intervenes in communities to address cefm in ghana and in 2016, launched the 20172026 national strategic framework for ending child marriage in ghana. Beginning in 2011, a mass campaign of longlasting insecticidal nets llins was implemented, targeting all the population. Ghana mics 201718 had a sample size of,202 households with a 99% response rate the sample size for women 1549 years was 14,609 with a 98% response rate the sample size for men 1549 years was 5,476 with a 97% response rate the sample size for children under 5 years.
Ghana statistical service created on september 02, 2014 last modified september 02, 2014 page views 16509 download 7278 documentation in pdf metadata ddixml json study description. Following unicefs 1990 conceptual framework on the causes of malnutrition, researchers have attempted to explain the role of quality diet in reducing child malnutrition. Country report for ghana country report for ghana december 2012. New estimates on child malnutrition for the indicators of stunting, wasting, severe wasting, and overweight released by unicef, who and the world bank, to describe the magnitude and patterns of malnutrition in children under 5 around the world. Fig 2 share of government of ghana discretionary funds devoted to the social sector, 20082011 20 fig 3 trends in poverty and extreme poverty in ghana, 19912006 22 fig. Erce5, pasec1, pirls2, pisa3, sacmeq4 and timss6 learning 4. Figure 3 overleaf shows, ghana has moved beyond the ghana, the rising star progress in political voice, health and education 3 1 measured by deviationfromfit see samman, 2012. The research and development division of the ghana health service will require more. Oda to mics both for donors and for mics but not all mics are the same to reduce global poverty, traditional donors will need to continue work in the new mics. The impact of these interventions on malaria cases, admissions and. Mics is launching a new rapid mobilephone followup survey with respondents from the mics sample of households.
The ghanaaccra multiple indicator cluster survey mics4 was conducted in 20102011 by the institute of statistical, social and economic research isser at the university of ghana. Ghana national profile demographics1 total population 24,659,000 annual births 623,700 neonatal mortality rate per live births. Gss, ghs, and icf macro, 2009 and additional analysis. Download reports of mics surveys and request access to available datasets. Between 2010 and 2012, ghana health service provided free insecticidetreated betnets in all ten regions, through doortodoor outreach, distributing around 14 million nets over two years with the goal of achieving universal coverage.
For sanitation the survey data demonstrate very low access to improved sanitation, with the jmp reporting coverage at percent in 2008, up from 7 percent in 1990 implying an. Ghana achieves some of the highest rates of pregnant. Ghana is among the countries with the highest rates of violence against children in the world, with close to 90 per cent of children having experienced some form of physical or verbal violence mics 2011. Campaigns in other regions took place after the mics 2011 report. Prevalence of stunting among children under 5 059 months 28% 23%. Hiv testing not collected gps datasets not distributed spa datasets not applicable country. Pdf dietary diversity and child malnutrition in ghana. The government of ghana ascribes high importance to the fisheries sector for its contributions to food security, nutrition, livelihoods, poverty reduction, and foreign revenue, and has identified fish as a key commodity in its food and agriculture sector development policy 12. Ghana loses ghc420 million annually due to poor sanitation. Bangladesh 2007 dhs bolivia 2008 dhs burkina faso 2010 dhs burundi 2010 dhs cambodia 2010 dhs cameroon 2011 dhs congo, dem rep of the 2010 mics egypt 2008 dhs ethiopia 2011 dhs ghana 2008 dhs india 2005 dhs indonesia 2007 dhs kenya 2008 dhs lesotho 2009 dhs. Report of findings of the data capacity assessment of ghanas education sector, june 2011. The northern region has the lowest educa onal a ainment. Background ghana is a mature and stable democracy, ranked in the lowermiddle income status. Promoting m alaria prevention and t reatment prompt.
Early postnatal visits are important for identifying. Poor sanitation costs ghana 420 million cedis each year, equivalent. Wound infections are an emerging medical problem worldwide, frequently neglected in underresourced countries. Antimicrobialresistant bacteria in infected wounds, ghana.
Prevalence of stunting in the west africa region 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 sierra leone 2008 ghana 2008 liberia 2007 mali 2006 benin 2006 43 41 39. Country report on support to statistics cress ghana 2010 20 august 20 ghana statistical service p. Surveys from an additional 12 countries were not yet available. Population reference bureau see notes on page 11 female genital mutilationcutting. Health surveys and multiple indicator cluster surveys. In terms of actual current use of any method the cpr for women aged 1549 years currently married or in union in 2011 was 34. Data and trends update 2014 7 population reference bureau surveyyear prevalence by age % 1549 1519 4549 national lawdecree benin dhs 201112 7. Measuring ghanas progress towards reaching its every. Education data in nigerian national household survey data. Education data in nigerian national household survey reports. Fr262 ghana 2011 multiple indicator cluster survey final report english pdf, 735k. Georgia mics, 2005 e y germany eusilc, 2011 c y ghana dhs, 2008 d y greece eusilc, 2011 c y guatemala nslc, 2006 b y guinea dhs, 2005 d y guineabissau mics, 2006 e y guyana dhs, 2009 d y haiti dhs, 2012 d y honduras national household survey, 2009 a y hungary eusilc, 2011 c y iceland eusilc, 2011 c y. Information for education policy, planning, management, and accountability in ghana.
Ghana demographic and health survey 2003 and 2008, d. Ghana, the risin g star progress in political voice. There are four reasons to continue oda to new mics on a casebycase basis. Subscribe to receive notifications for new reports and datasets. Neonatal and underfive mortality rates as well as total fertility rate are collected from ghana mics 2011 and numbers applied to 2010 births from census. Document type other final reports countrys ghana survey ghana mics, 2011 language english recommended citation ghana statistical service. Eddata ii technical and managerial assistance, task number 11. Since 2005, the government of ghana and its partners, in concerted efforts to control malaria, scaled up the use of artemisininbased combination therapy act and insecticidetreated nets itns. Prompt contribution to malaria prevention in ghana malaria roundtable discussion april 23, 20. Snapshots on key findings ghana multiple indicator cluster. Data on ghana introduction in addition to the data below, the links at the bottom of this page will provide you with more information. Nutritional status of children under five years in ghana from the gdhs iv and ghana mics 4. Africa ghana trade unions in the informal sector by kwasi aduamankwah deputy secretary general ghana trades union congress labour education no 116, ilo organizing informal sector workers requires nurturing dynamic links with the relevant public authorities and institutions, both national and international, that can provide the necessary.
The greater accra region has the highest educa onal a ainment, with mean years of schooling for 1524 year olds around 9. Ghana multiple indicator cluster survey with an enhanced malaria module and biomarker, 2011, final report. Over two decades, more than 300 multiple indicator cluster surveys have been carried out in more than 100 countries. Ghana mics, 2011 multiple indicator cluster survey. Most data had been collected in the late rainy season, as recommended.
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