As of 2022, health facilities in Greater Accra registered the highest share of support services for rape and sexual violence survivors in Ghana, with 23 percent. The North East and Upper East regions followed, reaching 22 percent and 15 percent, respectively.
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines sexual violence as "any sexual act, attempt to obtain a sexual act, or other act directed against a person’s sexuality using coercion, by any person regardless of their relationship to the victim, in any setting. It includes rape, defined as the physically forced or otherwise coerced penetration of the vulva or anus with a penis, other body part or object, attempted rape, unwanted sexual touching and other non-contact forms".
Share of support services for rape and domestic sexual violence survivors in health facilities in Ghana as of 2022, by region
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Ghana Health Service. (December 1, 2023). Share of support services for rape and domestic sexual violence survivors in health facilities in Ghana as of 2022, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 18, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451755/ghana-support-of-sexual-violence-survivors-by-region/
Ghana Health Service. "Share of support services for rape and domestic sexual violence survivors in health facilities in Ghana as of 2022, by region." Chart. December 1, 2023. Statista. Accessed February 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451755/ghana-support-of-sexual-violence-survivors-by-region/
Ghana Health Service. (2023). Share of support services for rape and domestic sexual violence survivors in health facilities in Ghana as of 2022, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: February 18, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451755/ghana-support-of-sexual-violence-survivors-by-region/
Ghana Health Service. "Share of Support Services for Rape and Domestic Sexual Violence Survivors in Health Facilities in Ghana as of 2022, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451755/ghana-support-of-sexual-violence-survivors-by-region/
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