Measuring regional and district variations in the incidence of pregnancy-induced hypertension in Ghana: challenges, opportunities and implications for maternal and newborn health policy and programmes.

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Published in Trop Med Int Health on November 16, 2015

Authors

Edward Antwi¹^,2, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch²^,3, Gloria Quansah Asare¹, Kwadwo A Koram⁴, Diederick Grobbee², Irene A Agyepong²^,5

Author Affiliations

1: Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana.
2: Julius Global Health, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
3: Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
4: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
5: School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.

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