Compliance with the World Health Organization’s 2016 prenatal care contact recommendation reduces the incidence rate of adverse birth outcomes among pregnant women in northern Ghana

• Leticia Achangebe Akum,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Population and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

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• Eunice Amina Offei,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Midwifery and Women’s Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

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• Mary Rachael Kpordoxah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Global and International Health, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

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• Daudi Yeboah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Disease Control, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

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• Abdul-Nasir Issah,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Health Services, Policy, Planning, Management and Economics, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

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• Michael Boah

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: mboah@uds.com, boahmichael@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Disease Control, School of Public Health, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5660-2292

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