Use and Availability of Family Planning Services Show Marked Improvement in Ghana.
PR Newswire Europe, September, 2005
CALVERTON, Maryland, September 26 /PRNewswire/ --
- Greater Access to Healthcare Facilities and Better Education Cited as Factors
Knowledge and use of family planning have increased markedly in Ghana, and the country is well on its way to achieving the population policy goals set forth by the Ghanaian government. A trends report published recently by the MEASURE DHS project found that Ghana has now surpassed its goal of lowering the nation's total fertility rate to 5.0 children per woman by the year 2000, as it now stands at 4.4. The current contraceptive prevalence rate of 19 percent for modern methods is another government-established goal that has been exceeded -- 15 percent by the year 2000.
Mass media exposure apparently played a large...
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