Effectiveness of a community-based intervention package in maternal health service utilization: A cross-sectional quasi-experimental study in rural Ghana

• Hirotsugu Aiga ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hirotsuguaiga@gmail.com, hirotsugu_aiga@yahoo.co.jp, hiroaiga@gwu.edu

  Affiliations School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Institute of Tropical Medicine (NEKKEN), Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, Human Development Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5910-3379

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• Yoshito Kawakatsu,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology

  Affiliation Department of Nursing, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Nobuhiro Kadoi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Human Development Department, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Tokyo, Japan

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• Emmanuel Obeng,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ghana Country Office, The Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP), Suhum, Eastern Region, Ghana

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• Frank Tabi Addai,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ghana Country Office, The Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP), Suhum, Eastern Region, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6162-4116

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• Frederick Ofosu,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Suhum Municipal Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service (GHS), Suhum, Eastern Region, Ghana

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• Kazuki Fujishima,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Program, The Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP), Tokyo, Japan

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• Mayumi Omachi,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Interfaculty Initiative in Planetary Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

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• Etsuko Yamaguchi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation International Program, The Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP), Tokyo, Japan

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