Table 1. High-risk funeral and burial practices in Ghana.

Region	Care of the corpse	Funeral practices	Burial practices
Greater Accra	Bathing the dead	Sharing cigarette and drinks with the dead	Holding the body of dead during burial
	Performing ablution	Hand Shaking	Burying deaths that occur at home without autopsy
Western	Bathing the dead	Use of handkerchief to wipe discharges from the dead	Holding the body of dead during burial
	Performing ablution	Widows rites	Burying deaths that occur at home without autopsy
		Drinking water used to rinse the dead
		Sharing cigarette and drinks with the dead
		Handshaking
Volta	Bathing the dead	Use of handkerchief to wipe discharges from the dead	Holding the body of dead during burial
	Performing ablution	Handshaking	Burying deaths that occur at home without autopsy
Ashanti	Bathing the dead	Use of handkerchief to wipe discharges from the dead	Holding the body of dead during burial
	Performing ablution	Handshaking	Burying deaths that occur at home without autopsy
Northern	Bathing the dead	Use of handkerchief to wipe discharges from the dead	Holding the body of dead during burial
	Performing ablution	Throwing money at the dead which get contaminated by discharges from the dead	Burying deaths that occur at home without autopsy
		Handshaking
		Bathing children with water used to rinse the body of the dead
		Allowing children to drink the water used to rinse the body of the dead