In 2022, Ghanian quasi governmental and university health facilities registered the highest share of support services for rape and sexual violence survivors, at 29 percent. Mission-based and faith-based facilities followed, reaching 25 percent.
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 authority
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Ghana Health Service. (December 22, 2023). Share of support services for rape and domestic sexual violence survivors in health facilities in Ghana as of 2022, by authority [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451839/ghana-support-of-sexual-violence-survivors-by-authority/
Ghana Health Service. "Share of support services for rape and domestic sexual violence survivors in health facilities in Ghana as of 2022, by authority." Chart. December 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed January 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451839/ghana-support-of-sexual-violence-survivors-by-authority/
Ghana Health Service. (2023). Share of support services for rape and domestic sexual violence survivors in health facilities in Ghana as of 2022, by authority. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 04, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451839/ghana-support-of-sexual-violence-survivors-by-authority/
Ghana Health Service. "Share of Support Services for Rape and Domestic Sexual Violence Survivors in Health Facilities in Ghana as of 2022, by Authority." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Dec 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451839/ghana-support-of-sexual-violence-survivors-by-authority/
Ghana Health Service, Share of support services for rape and domestic sexual violence survivors in health facilities in Ghana as of 2022, by authority Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451839/ghana-support-of-sexual-violence-survivors-by-authority/ (last visited January 04, 2025)
Share of support services for rape and domestic sexual violence survivors in health facilities in Ghana as of 2022, by authority [Graph], Ghana Health Service, December 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1451839/ghana-support-of-sexual-violence-survivors-by-authority/
