Services for sexual violence survivors in health facilities in Ghana 2022 by facility
In 2022, regional hospitals in Ghana registered the highest share of support services for rape and sexual violence survivors, at 74 percent. District hospitals and polyclinics followed, reaching 64 percent and 44 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".
