The vast majority of North Americans studying in Ghana as of 2020 were from the United States, 228 students. Canada followed as the origin of ten students. Overall, North America was one of the regions with fewer students in Ghana as of the same year.

Ghanaian students at the tertiary level studying in North America and Western Europe amounted to 11,760 in 2021, an increase of 1,117 students compared to the previous year. The number of internationally outbound students from Ghana in this region progressively expanded from 2010 to 2021. Overall, in comparison to Central and Eastern Europe, North America and Western Europe recorded higher numbers of Ghanaian student enrollments in higher education.

Descriptive statistics and correlation for study variables.

Ghana GH: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance data was reported at 474.000 USD in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 474.000 USD for 2016. Ghana GH: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 474.000 USD from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2017, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 474.000 USD in 2017 and a record low of 474.000 USD in 2017. Ghana GH: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. Costs are reported in U.S. dollars. Contributors are asked to convert local currency into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate prevailing on the day they answer the questionnaire. Contributors are private sector experts in international trade logistics and are informed about exchange rates and their movements. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

IntroductionSocial media platforms are used by over 4.9 billion people for networking and community building, as well as for healthcare information seeking and decision-making. Most studies investigating the utilization of social media during pregnancy have focused on high-income countries, despite the surge in social media utilization globally. In this study, we analyzed how pregnant women in Ghana, West Africa, utilize Facebook to inform decision-making on their most salient pregnancy concerns.MethodsWe utilized machine learning techniques (Web Scraping and Latent Dirichlet Allocation) to mine and analyze posts from the Ghana-based MidWife Sally Pregnancy School Facebook group between August 16, 2020 and April 29, 2023. Posts were extracted, cleaned, and analyzed using Gensim python library. Topics were generated based on their probabilities and relevance to the study goal.ResultsA total of 3,328 posts were extracted and 3,322 were analyzed after removing 6 empty posts. Seven major topics with listed subtopics were identified: Pregnant (693 posts): personal physiological changes, exercise during pregnancy, medication (e.g., anti-malarials, pain killers) Delivery (367): emergency delivery, vaginal/caesarean birthing, breastmilk production, exercise during pregnancy Pain (350): location of pain and pain relief modalities (e.g., exercise, medication, sleep) Breastfeeding (248): delivery, emergency service, milk production Water (174): cold water consumption, infant feeding (e.g., gripe water, constipation, formula) Sleeping (165): discomfort, sleeping positions, exercise to induce sleep, sleep as a natural analgesic Antenatal (124): fetal growth, progress, hospital selection Of note, content from “Pregnant”, “Delivery” and “Sleeping” included mentions of depression, while “Breastfeeding” highlighted cultural approaches to increasing milk production. The sentiment analysis showed that 43.4% of the responses were neutral and primarily focused on seeking information. Negative sentiments, which were more distressing, comprised 46.4% of the responses, while positive sentiments, had a celebratory tone and represented 10.2% of the data.ConclusionSocial media analysis, previously employed in high income settings, can provide impactful, granular snapshots of pregnant people's concerns in the African region, which could be used to inform social media interventions aimed at filling educational gaps in antenatal care for those without adequate healthcare access.

This mixed-method study was conducted with contraceptive implant acceptors and providers in Ashanti and Eastern Regions with public-sector Ghana Health Services facilities and Central and Western regions with mobile outreach services by Marie Stopes International Ghana. A cross-sectional phone survey was conducted with 1159 women in public regions and 1073 women in outreach regions and an in-person exit survey was conducted with 50 women receiving implant removal services. In-depth interviews (IDIs) were conducted with 20 implant acceptors and with 15 family planning providers in all regions. Data from IDIs are not included in these data. This work is made possible by a grant from the Gates Foundation and the generous support of the American people through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), provided to FHI 360 through Cooperative Agreement AID-OAA-A-15-00045. Partners on this work include Ghana Health Services/Family Health Division, Population Council of Ghana, Marie Stopes International Ghana.

Sensitivity analysis results of US$/per person treated with a change in exchange rateb'*'.

Ghana GH: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance data was reported at 155.000 USD in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 155.000 USD for 2016. Ghana GH: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 155.000 USD from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2017, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 155.000 USD in 2017 and a record low of 155.000 USD in 2017. Ghana GH: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ghana – Table GH.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. Costs are reported in U.S. dollars. Contributors are asked to convert local currency into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate prevailing on the day they answer the questionnaire. Contributors are private sector experts in international trade logistics and are informed about exchange rates and their movements. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Financial cost of E&T and T&T implementation by NMIMR in Ahanta West district (US$).

This data study contains household and community survey data in support of Africa RISING farming systems analysis. About the project Project title: AfricaRISING- Sustainable Intensification of Maize-Legume-Livestock Integrated Farming Systems in East and Southern Africa Project abstract Sustainable intensification of mixed crop livestock systems is a key pathway towards better food security, improved livelihoods and a healthy environment. As part of the US government’s Feed the Future initiative to address hunger and food security issues in sub-Saharan Africa, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) is supporting three multi-stakeholder agricultural research projects to sustainably intensify key African farming systems. In East and Southern Africa the project is being implemented in Tanzania and Malawi, and Zambia. - In Tanzania the project is being implemented in Babati and Kongwa districts in Manyara region of northern Tanzania and Kiteto district in Dodoma region, central Tanzania. The action sites were selected to acknowledge agroecological differences, allow appropriate targeting of technologies and strategies, and complement the development efforts of another USAID-supported program, the Tanzania Staples Value Chain (NAFAKA) project. - In Malawi, the project is being implemented in Ntechu and Dedza districts in central Malawi where maize-based productions systems are dominant. Agroecological considerations guided the identification of research action sites. The pilot site for the study will be Eastern and Lusaka Provinces in Zambia. Project website: http://africa-rising.net Project start date: 01/04/2013 Project end date : 01/04/2014

In 2019, nearly 2.1 million U.S. dollars of cotton were imported into Ghana, the peak since 2010. This increased from the approximately 1.7 million U.S. dollars in the previous year. Within the period under study, the value of cotton imported into the country fluctuated, the lowest registered in 2016 at 8.78 thousand U.S. dollars.

In 2021, the energy intensity in Ghana amounted to 2.88 megajoules per 2017 U.S. dollar. This followed the steadily decreasing trend observed in the periods studied, from a high of 4.84 megajoules per 2017 U.S. dollar in 2000.

BackgroundFemale genital schistosomiasis (FGS) is a gynaecological complication of urinary schistosomiasis (US) with an estimated burden of 20–120 million cases in endemic areas. A neglected sexual and reproductive health disease in sub-Saharan Africa, FGS increases susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections including cervical cancer and infertility among other morbidities. However, there appears to be limited FGS knowledge among practicing and pre-service health providers with implications for control. We assessed FGS awareness among final-year midwifery students who would soon be delivering primary maternal and reproductive health care.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted among 193 randomly selected final-year students from all three midwifery training institutions in the Volta region of Ghana in August/September, 2022. Data on participants’ demographics and knowledge of the transmission, signs and symptoms, complications, treatment and prevention of both FGS and US were collected using structured questionnaires. Summary statistics were presented as frequencies, proportions and percentages.ResultsOnly 23.3% (44/189) of participants had heard about FGS compared to 64% (123/192) for US. Of the former, 42 (95%), 40 (91%) and 36 (81.8%) respectively identified genital itching/burning sensation, bloody vaginal discharge and pelvic pain/pain during intercourse as part of the symptoms of FGS. Less than a third (13/44) and about half (25/44) of those who indicated hearing about FGS knew it can be a risk for ectopic pregnancies and infertility respectively. Majority of these participants, 40 (91%), wrongly selected antibiotics as treatment for FGS while 9 indicated it is prevented by sleeping in insecticide-treated nets.ConclusionAwareness of FGS was limited among the study participants. The high prevalence of knowledge of some FGS symptoms related to the genitalia needs cautious interpretation. Health care training institutions must make deliberate efforts to highlight FGS in the training of midwives as the condition has diagnostic and management implications for some sexual and reproductive health conditions.

In 2019, nearly 1.7 billion U.S. dollars of transport equipment were imported into Ghana. This decreased from approximately 1.9 billion U.S. dollars registered in the previous year. Within the period under study, the value of transport equipment imported into the country fluctuated, peaking in 2012 at roughly 2.4 billion U.S. dollars.

In 2019, nearly 1.8 billion U.S. dollars of minerals and metals were imported into Ghana. This slightly decreased from the 1.95 billion U.S. dollars registered in the previous year. Within the period under study, the value of minerals and metals imported into the country fluctuated, peaking in 2017 at roughly 2.8 billion U.S. dollars.

In 2019, nearly 233 million U.S. dollars of fish and fish products were imported into Ghana. This decreased from approximately 286 million U.S. dollars in the previous year. Within the period under study, the value of fish and fish products imported into the country fluctuated, peaking in 2013 at roughly 372 million U.S. dollars.

As of the fourth quarter of 2021, Ghana's export of timber and timber products reached a value of 35.4 million U.S. dollars, which was a decrease compared to the same quarter in 2020. Exports of timber and timber products from the country generally decreased throughout the period studied. Overall, in 2020, Ghana accumulated 134 million U.S. dollars from exporting timber and timber products.

In 2022, cocoa powder and cake exported from Ghana amounted to around 199.8 million U.S. dollars. This decreased from the preceding year when around 205.5 million U.S. dollars of the cocoa products were exported. In 2018, nearly 360 million U.S. dollars in powdered and caked cocoa were exported from the country, the highest value considering the period under study. The product is extracted from cocoa beans, and Ghana is a leading exporter of cocoa in Africa and worldwide.

In 2023, personal remittances received in Ghana amounted to 2.4 billion U.S. dollars, increasing slightly from the preceding year. Within the period under study, the peak and trough of personal remittances received in the country were reached in 2015 and 2013, at five billion U.S. dollars and 1.9 billion U.S. dollars, respectively.

In 2019, around 158 million U.S. dollars of sugars and confectionery were imported into Ghana. This decreased from approximately 203 million U.S. dollars in the previous year. Within the period under study, the value of sugars and confectionery imported into the country fluctuated, peaking in 2013 at roughly 212 million U.S. dollars.