Ghana

Date established 2007
Contact details Marie Stopes International Ghana
C900/4 Mensah Sarbah Road
Kokomelemle
Accra North
Ghana

Telephone: + 233 21 241 514
Email: info@mariestopes.org.gh
Services offered Family planning; health screening; HIV/STIs; maternal health; primary health care; social franchising; advocacy
Number of clinics 3
Outreach / mobile services Yes
Major partners Engender Health; Ipas; Population Council; Willows Foundation
Major donors Private US institutions

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Highlights 

  • established 3 clinics and outreach services within months of the programme being launched in April 2007
  • setting up the BlueStar social franchise network a few months later

Future plans

  • have clinics in every major city in Ghana
  • expand the number of franchisees to 100
  • extend the outreach service

Key statistics for Ghana

Source: UNFPA State of world population 2007
Total population (millions) (2007) 23.0
Average population growth rate (%) (2005 - 2010) 1.9
Projected population (millions) (2050) 40.6
Life expectancy (M / F) 57.4 / 58.3
Total fertility rate (2007) 3.90
% contraceptive prevalence: any method 25
% contraceptive prevalence: modern methods 19
Births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 55
% births with skills attendants 47
Maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) 540
Infant mortality total per 1,000 live births 56
Under 5 mortality (M / F) 92 / 88
HIV prevalence rate (%) (15-49) M / F <1.6 / <3.0
Health expenditure public (% of GNP) 1.4
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