{"id":1811,"date":"2025-09-15T10:43:34","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T10:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/192.168.0.102\/?page_id=1811"},"modified":"2025-12-21T11:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T11:39:35","slug":"goal-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sdgsghana.gov.gh\/index.php\/goal-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Goal 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Goal 3 aims to “ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages.”<\/strong><\/p>

For Ghana, this means improving healthcare access, quality, and affordability while addressing persistent challenges like maternal and child mortality, infectious diseases (malaria, HIV\/TB), and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases (e.g., hypertension, diabetes). Key priorities include strengthening primary healthcare, achieving universal health coverage through the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), and enhancing health emergency preparedness.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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This is exemplified by the\u00a0Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS)<\/strong>\u00a0initiative, where local nurses and volunteers deliver essential healthcare, health education, and maternal services directly in remote villages, drastically improving accessibility and outcomes from the grassroots level.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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3.1.1<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Maternal Mortality Ratio<\/td>109.3 per 100,000 live births (2023)<\/strong><\/td>GHS, 2025 VNR. Shows a fluctuating but overall improving trend from 117.6 (2019), reflecting enhanced maternal care services.<\/td><\/tr>
3.1.2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Births attended by skilled health personnel<\/td>87.6% (2022)<\/strong><\/td>GHS. Indicates strong and improving access to qualified care during childbirth, a key factor in reducing maternal deaths.<\/td><\/tr>
3.2.1<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Under\u20115 mortality rate<\/td>40 per 1,000 live births (2022)<\/strong><\/td>GHS, UNICEF. Shows significant progress, though work remains to reach the SDG target of 25 per 1,000.<\/td><\/tr>
3.2.2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Neonatal mortality rate<\/td>17 per 1,000 live births (2022)<\/strong><\/td>GHS. Highlights progress in newborn care, with targeted interventions needed to further reduce early infant deaths.<\/td><\/tr>
3.3.1<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 New HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected<\/td>1.53 (2023)<\/strong><\/td>Ghana AIDS Commission. Demonstrates a consistent decline, reflecting effective prevention and awareness programs.<\/td><\/tr>
3.3.2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Tuberculosis incidence per 100,000<\/td>56.3 (2023)<\/strong><\/td>GHS. An increase from previous years indicates improved case detection and surveillance systems.<\/td><\/tr>
3.3.3<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Malaria incidence per 1,000<\/td>188 (2023)<\/strong><\/td>GHS. Remains a major public health focus, with ongoing distribution of nets and access to treatment.<\/td><\/tr>
3.7.1<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Women with family planning needs met by modern methods<\/td>28% (2022)<\/strong><\/td>GDHS. Highlights an area for increased investment to improve reproductive health and autonomy.<\/td><\/tr>
3.7.2<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Adolescent birth rate (15\u201319 years)<\/td>101.1 per 1,000 (2023)<\/strong><\/td>GHS. Underscores the need for targeted sexual and reproductive health education and services for youth.<\/td><\/tr>
3.8.1<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Coverage of essential health services<\/td>50 (Index, 2021)<\/strong><\/td>WHO\/UHC. Shows progress toward universal health coverage, supported by NHIS expansion.<\/td><\/tr>
3.c.1<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Health worker density<\/td>Doctors: 2 per 10,000
Nurses: 19 per 10,000 (2023)<\/strong><\/td>		GHS, MoH. Reflects gradual improvements in the health workforce, though densities remain below WHO recommendations.<\/td><\/tr>
3.d.1<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 IHR capacity & health emergency preparedness<\/td>61 (Score, 2021)<\/strong><\/td>WHO. Indicates strengthening of systems for detecting and responding to public health emergencies.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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