title: Reaching out to a community to improve maternal health in Ghana: the story of one midwife.
abstract: The story below of a Ghanaian midwife from the Ashanti region illustrates how one person was able to mobilize local community members in rural Piase in the Bosomtwi district to create demand for, and improve access to and use of, emergency and routine maternal health services. Her story demonstrates how involving communities in maternal health issues can improve both access to services and maternal health outcomes.
authors.affiliation: University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Population Health, The Ethox Centre , Oxford , UK.
authors.forename: John Kuumuori
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Ganle
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D005869:Ghana; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards*; D006801:Humans; D008427:Maternal Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D008880:Midwifery / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011247:Pregnancy; D012424:Rural Population