Examining the Impact of Perinatal Deaths on the Mothers in the Tamale Metropolis, Northern Ghana

Abstract

Perinatal loss has serious implications on the lives of the affected women and sometimes on the family. However, not much is known in the empirical literature, especially in the Tamale Metropolitan area. This paper sets out to examine the impact of neonatal deaths on women. The study was conducted in three major hospitals in Tamale and involved 384 women and 10 medical officers. The study employed mainly interviews, questionnaires and a review of secondary data including hospital records. The study found that, apart from the emotional trauma, affected women sometimes suffer stigma and are subjected to traditional rituals in order to ‘cleans’ them. The women also entertained the fear of getting a miscarriage or suffering from perinatal death in the future, the study recommends counseling and sensitization for pregnant women to avoid future perinatal deaths.

Entrepreneurial Behaviour and the Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in South-West, Nigeria

“…As a result, they are critical to the growth and development of any economy. Quainoo (2011), cited by Abubakari et al (2022), noted that small enterprises represent the backbone of the economies of several industrialised countries, including the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Canada, and Japan. Meanwhile, the estimates for SMEs' contributions to GDP and other benefits range from 60.0% in China to 57% in Germany to 55.3% in Japan to 50.0% in Korea to 38.2% in Malaysia (Hidayati & Rachman 2021).…”

“…Also, in most developing countries, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) are known for their contributions to the economy and rural economic development. Prempeh (2015), cited in Abubakari et al (2022) asserted that almost 90% of all businesses in Africa, are in the SMEs sub-sector. They contribute to the economy by reducing poverty through jobs creation in rural and urban locations across Africa.…”

Measuring crowdfunding success for small and medium‐sized enterprises sustainable development: Insight from the social networking theory

“…This research investigates thoroughly whether the social network of fund seekers has any connection with funding success on the crowdfunding platform considering factors such as: The number of social network handles operated by an entrepreneur such as Facebook, WeChat, Weibo, Twitter, WhatsApp, and many others, the activeness of an entrepreneur on a social network, Number of social network friends of the entrepreneur and the availability of an entrepreneur project videos on the social network of the entrepreneur. Studies such as (Abubakari et al, 2022; Attrams & Makgopa, 2022; Nyanzu & Quaidoo, 2017; Osano & Languitone, 2015; Quaye et al, 2014) explored how assess to finance can be enhanced by SME's but failed to explore it from the perspective from crowdfunding and social networking theory. This leaves a huge gap in the SME's finance literature that needs to be filled.…”

“…This makes crowdfunding the best fund-seeking alternative for SMEs in the sub-region. Also, information obtained from (Abubakari et al, 2022;Attrams & Makgopa, 2022;Nyanzu & Quaidoo, 2017;Osano & Languitone, 2015;Quaye et al, 2014) explored how assess to finance can be enhanced by SME's but failed to explore it from the perspective from crowdfunding and social networking theory. This leaves a huge gap in the SME's finance literature that needs to be filled.…”