Editor's Preface                                                                                                            

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Policy Implications of the Variations in Ghana's Fertility Transition                          

1

Delali Badasu

Abstract

Sexual Behaviour and the Risks of HIV/AIDS and other STDs among Young People in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Review                                                                                                                        

15

Chuks J. Mba

Abstract

To Change or Not to Change: Obstacles and Resistance to Sexual Behavioural Change among the Youth in Ghana in the Era of AIDS                                                                                           

27

John Kwasi Anarfi                                                                                                          

Abstract

Maternal Mortality in Ghana: the Other Side                                                           

47

Kodjo Senah

Abstract

Abortion: the Case of Chenard Ward, Korle Bu from 2000 to 2001                        

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Richard W.N. Yeboah and Monica C. Kom

Abstract

Nutrition and Reproduction                                                                                       

67

Clara Opare-Obisaw

Family Resources and Reproductive Health of Girls: a Focus on Money and Tugbewcwc Puberty Rites among the Dodome Ewes                                                                                           

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Laetitia A.P. Hevi-Yiboe

Abstract

Book Review

S.A. Mensah and J.B. Casterline, editors, Reproduction and Social Context in Sub Saharan Africa.         

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Christine Oppong