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Ghana
8,617 Number of women aged 15-49 (thousands)1 3.40 Total Fertility Rate (TFR)1 30.3% Percent of Married Women 15-49 Using Contraception, Modern Methods2 0.4% Percent of women using IUDs Among Modern Contraceptive Users3 29.2% Percent of married women with unmet need for modern family planning2
1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, custom data acquired via website.
2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Model-based Estimates and Projections of Family Planning Indicators 2024, custom data acquired via website.
3 UN Contraceptive Use by Method Data Booklet 2019.
Ghana Health Service (GHS)
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is a Public Service body established under Act 525 if 1996 as required by the 1992 constitution. It is an autonomous Executive Agency responsible for implementation of national policies under the control of the Minister for Health through its governing Council – the Ghana Health Service Council. The LNG IUS project in Ghana was originally started in 2008 when the LNG IUS was incorporated in the contraceptive method mix at 3 teaching hospitals and the Greater Accra Regional Health Directorate, and the partnership with Ghana Health Service was invigorated in 2015.
Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana (PPAG)
Established in 1967, PPAG remains the leading civil society organization contributing to the improvement of sexual and reproductive health and rights of women and girls across Ghana through service delivery mechanisms. Over the decades, there has been a focus on specialized interventions that are aimed at directly increasing the knowledge of women and girls towards attaining service uptake and further enhancing health-seeking behaviors. This is strategically done through PPAG’s ten owned health facilities and partnerships with private and public enterprises. The organization works with an estimated 33 government facilities, 98 franchisee and private health facilities, 63 pharmacies and drug sellers, and 245 community-based distributors across the country. Also, PPAG is the national focal point for civil society organizations in Ghana for FP2030 commitments. The main clientele of PPAG are women and girls aged between 15-49 years, and the objective of the collaboration with ICA Foundation is to introduce LNG IUS into PPAG’s contraceptive options, and to contribute to the uptake of LNG IUS and long-term reversible contraceptives in Ghana.
