Background: Anemia during pregnancy is a repetitive peculiarity in Ghana. It can cause drowsiness and mortality in both mother and child and postpone accomplishing manageable improvement objectives, particularly objective 3. The Bolgatanga Regional Hosital continues to record high number of anaemia in pregnancy of the years. The goal of the study was to portray the birth results of anemia in pregnancy and the risk factors related to anemia in Bolgatanga Regional Hospital. Method: A quantitative method involved 380 pregnant women. A questionnaire was used together with birth results taking verifiable records from the maternal wellbeing record booklet and past data from the client to learn anemia status during pregnancy and variables that could have added to the anemia. Results: There were statistically significant differences in anemia levels (hemoglobin levels below 11g/dl) among groups of different educational levels (p < 0.05), marital status anemia in pregnancy (p=.013), and occupation of workers and anemia in pregnancy (P=.001)—the more the gestational age at first contact increases, the tendency to have hemoglobin level decreasing. Conclusion: Attending ANC services at early gestational age is essential if the woman benefits from iron, folic acid, IPTp, and bed net interventions to prevent anemia and its adverse birth outcomes. Strengthening information, education, and communication (IEC) on early ANC attendance through pregnancy school, health clubs and mass media (Television/Radio) is highly recommended.

Child marriage remains a challenge in Ghana. Over the years, government and development partners have made various commitments and efforts to curb the phenomenon of child marriage. However, there is little empirical evidence on the predictors, norms and practices surrounding the practice to support their efforts, a gap this study sought to fill. Methods: The study adopted an explanatory research design and quantitative research approach in which simple random and convenient sampling technique were used to select ninety-three respondents from Kongo-Pitanga of Nabdam district. The study used structured questionnaires as a tool for data collection. Findings : From the qualitative data, the study identified poverty, teenage pregnancy, and cultural norms such as, exchange of girls for marriage and pressure from significant others as the drivers of child marriage. Conclusion: The findings show that various socio-economic and cultural factors such as education, teenage pregnancy, and poverty influence child marriage. Hence, efforts to curb child marriage should be geared towards retention of girls in school, curbing teenage pregnancy, empowering girls economically, enforcing laws on child marriage in Ghana, as well as designing tailored advocacy programs to educate key stakeholders and adolescent girls on the consequences of child marriage. Additionally, there is the need to address socio-cultural norms/practices to help end child marriage.