Nabdam District
Adverse birth outcome rates in Nabdam District are higher than in urban Ghanaian settings, likely due to rural character, food insecurity, and longer distances to skilled birth services. Adolescents in Pelungu subdistrict were nearly three…
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Adverse birth outcome rates in Nabdam District are higher than in urban Ghanaian settings, likely due to rural character, food insecurity, and longer distances to skilled birth services. Adolescents in Pelungu subdistrict were nearly three times more likely to experience an adverse birth outcome than those in the reference Zanlerigu subdistrict. Nabdam District is entirely rural and had the second-highest total fertility rate in the Upper East Region.