Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of preterm live births in a tertiary health facility in Ghana

• Anthony Kwame Dah ,

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

  ¶☯ These authors contributed equally to the work and are joint first authors.

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

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• Joseph Osarfo ,

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

  * E-mail: josarfo@uhas.edu.gh

  ¶☯ These authors contributed equally to the work and are joint first authors.

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5366-3997

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• Hintermann Mbroh,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

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• Gifty Dufie Ampofo,

  Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Community Health, School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

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• Adu Appiah-Kubi,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7730-8252

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• Wisdom Klutse Azanu,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

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• Michael Amoh,

  Roles Project administration, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

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• Emmanuel Senanu Komla Morhe

  Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, School of Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ho Teaching Hospital, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

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