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Conducting an audit to improve the facilitation of emergency maternal and newborn referral in northern Ghana

John Koku Awoonor-WilliamsRegional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, Ghana;Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Socinstrasse, Basel, Switzerland (associated with University of Basel, Peterplatz, Basel, Switzerland)
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Patricia E. BaileyAverting Maternal Death & Disability, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, NY, USA;FHI 360, Durham, North Carolina, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Francis YejiNavrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana
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Ayire Emmanuel AdongoRegional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Bolgatanga, Upper East Region, Ghana
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Peter BaffoeRegional Hospital of Bolgatanga, Bolgatanga, Ghana
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Afua WilliamsWar Memorial Hospital, Navrongo, Ghana
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Sarah MercerAverting Maternal Death & Disability, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, NY, USA;FHI 360, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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Pages 1118-1133 | Received 28 May 2014, Accepted 03 Feb 2015, Published online: 01 Apr 2015

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Hamson Kanyesigye, Joseph Ngonzi, Edgar Mulogo, Yarine Fajardo & Jerome Kabakyenga. (2022) Health Care Workers’ Experiences, Challenges of Obstetric Referral Processes and Self-Reported Solutions in South Western Uganda: Mixed Methods Study. Risk Management and Healthcare Policy 15, pages 1869-1886.
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Patricia E. Bailey, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, Victoria Lebrun, Emily Keyes, Mario Chen, Patrick Aboagye & Kavita Singh. (2019) Referral patterns through the lens of health facility readiness to manage obstetric complications: national facility-based results from Ghana. Reproductive Health 16:1.
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Mawuli K. Kushitor, Adriana A. Biney, Kalifa Wright, James F Phillips, John Koku Awoonor-Williams & Ayaga A. Bawah. (2019) A qualitative appraisal of stakeholders’ perspectives of a community-based primary health care program in rural Ghana. BMC Health Services Research 19:1.
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Minerva Kyei-Onanjiri, Mary Carolan-Olah, John Koku Awoonor-Williams & Terence V. McCann. (2018) Review of emergency obstetric care interventions in health facilities in the Upper East Region of Ghana: a questionnaire survey. BMC Health Services Research 18:1.
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Hema Magge, Roma Chilengi, Elizabeth F. Jackson, Bradley H. Wagenaar & Almamy Malick Kante. (2017) Tackling the hard problems: implementation experience and lessons learned in newborn health from the African Health Initiative. BMC Health Services Research 17:S3.
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Padmore Adusei Amoah & David R. Phillips. (2017) Strengthening the Referral System through Social Capital: A Qualitative Inquiry in Ghana. Healthcare 5:4, pages 80.
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Minerva Kyei-Nimakoh, Mary Carolan-Olah & Terence V. McCann. (2016) Millennium development Goal 5: progress and challenges in reducing maternal deaths in Ghana. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 16:1.
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John Koku Awoonor-Williams, James F. Phillips & Ayaga A. Bawah. (2016) Catalyzing the scale-up of community-based primary healthcare in a rural impoverished region of northern Ghana. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management 31:4, pages e273-e289.
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