期刊名称：The Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (JSDA)
电子版ISSN：1520-5509
出版年度：2010
卷号：12
期号：5
出版社：Institute of Sustainable Development in Africa
摘要：Governments all over the world in their quest to reducing poverty have adopted the Millennium Development Goals.
These goals set the framework towards poverty reduction and reflect the national development strategies, but in spite of
the efforts in achieving these goals, prospects are more uncertain for the realization of the goals of reducing maternal
mortality in Ghana. Neonatal mortality rates increased from 30 per 1,000 live births in 1998 to 43 per 1,000 live births in
2003. Gaps in antenatal care, unsupervised deliveries, and inadequate postnatal care account for the high levels of
maternal deaths. It is the light of the above that this study seeks to establish the relationship between rural transport and
efforts in achieving a reduction in maternal mortality in Ghana. A total of 160 household questionnaires, targeted at
pregnant women, lactating mothers, and women who have ever given birth, were administered. The paper establishes,
among other things, that the poor state of transport infrastructures and services in the Gushegu District have adversely
affected the ability of pregnant women to seek healthcare in the recognized health institutions, thereby relying on
tradition birth attendants who lack the necessary skills and equipments to deal of complications
