Health News of Thursday, 15 March 2018Source: citifmonline.comFertility rate reduces over increased contraceptives usage – ReportFile photoThe preliminary results of the 2017 Ghana Maternal Health Survey (GMHS) shows an increase in the usage of contraceptives, contributing to a reduced fertility rate from 4.2 per cent in 2014 to 3.9 per cent in 2017. Presenting the preliminary report on Wednesday, Mr. Peter Peprah, the Head of Field Operations at the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) and the Project Coordinator for the GMHS 2017, said reduction in the fertility rate was greatly due to the increase in contraceptive usage. He said the GMHS 2017 report showed that 31 per cent of married women aged 15-49 used any method of contraception and 38 per cent for sexually active unmarried women. He said 25 per cent of married women and 30 per cent of unmarried women used a modern method of contraception adding that injectable (8 per cent) and implants (7 per cent) were the most used methods. He said there was a decline in child mortality of all forms in 2017 as compared to that of 2014.

Source: GhanaWeb March 14, 2018 19:52 UTC