Editor's Note 

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Note to contributors 

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Infant nutritional Patterns and Trends in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) 1986-1999

Samuel Agyeu-Mensah 

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Overcoming Cultural Barriers to Patient Care for Acute Respiratory Infections in Young Children

A. K. Awedoba 

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Infants' Entitlement and Babies' Capabilities: Explaining Infant Hunger

Christine Oppong 

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Women and Health Seeking Behaviors in Religious Contexts: Reproductive and Antenatal Care In Ghanaian Religious Movements: A case Study of the Twelve Apostles Church

Brigid M. Sackey 

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Resource Contributions, Gender Orientation, and Childbearing Decision Making in Ghana; The case of Urban Couples

Akosua Adomako Ampofo 

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