Internships: viewing all internships from Ghana

, 2011
Pregnant women sitting with a Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) at a health facility

Joanna worked with Venture Strategies Innovations (VSI) and Ghana Health Service (GSH) to conduct monitoring and evaluation of a Misoprostol pilot project in Ghana. The project aimed to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity due to postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) by providing women with Misoprostol—a life-saving drug that has been shown to effectively prevent PPH.

, 2008
Bixby intern, Sirina Keesara interviews a woman about contraception Nakpanduri, Ghana. She explored the barriers to fertility regulation focusing on the fear of side effects an important and often undocumented barrier to family planning.

Sirina’s conducted qualitative interviews with 110 women in the north of Ghana, Northern Region (TFR 7.0), and the south of Ghana, Greater Accra Region (TFR 2.9).

, 2007
Ghana map

Maura’s internship involved investigating barriers to sustainable manual vacuum aspiration (MVA) supply in Ghana.