is 84.1% while the rate is 62.8% in rural areas \[[@CR38]\]. Although English is the official language in the country, the population is ethnically heterogeneous with multilingualism.

Like many other low-and middle-income countries, the health system in Ghana is overly stretched due to inadequate health facilities, lack of equipment and high burden of communicable diseases. There is in place a National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) which aims to promote equity in access to health care. However, less than one-half of the population are members of the NHIS. Though a Mental Health Law (Act 846) was passed in 2012, psychiatric care and access to mental health services are limited \[[@CR39]\].

Regarding press freedom, Ghana made great strides in history for the freedom of the media when the Criminal Libel Law whichwere not provided.

An instance of framing VAWG as commonplace included: "A 39-year-old electrician, Reuben Yartey, who sexually abused his 15- year- old daughter over a four-year period was on Wednesday sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by an Accra Circuit Court" (GNA; 05--03-14). In another article where a 12-year old girl was sexually abused by the father, the first two lines and the conclusion captured the story as follows: "A 30-year-old driver has been arrested for incest with his 12-year old biological daughter at Otoase near Nsawam in the Eastern Region. The police said Benjamin Tetteh \[perpetrator\], admitted to sexually abusing his daughter, a class two pupil on 10 different occasions and attributed his diabolical act to the devil...Tetteh was arrested and during interrogation admitted the crime and claimed