Study Design and Settings
The prospective cohort study included pregnant women with SCD at the
Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Ghana, from May 2015 to December
2016. The primary outcomes of the study were maternal and perinatal
mortality rates. KBTH is a tertiary referral hospital in Ghana’s
capital, Accra, and the largest specialist hospital in Ghana. The
maternity unit attends to about 11 000 pregnant women annually including
~200 pregnant women with SCD.