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Daniel Ansong

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

249 publications · 12,361 citations · ORCID 0000-0003-1328-9117

Malaria Research and ControlGlobal Maternal and Child HealthMosquito-borne diseases and controlHemoglobinopathies and Related DisordersIron Metabolism and Disorders

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How does the longitudinal trajectory of maternal stress and resilience during pregnancy specifically mediate the association between social determinants of health (e.g., socioeconomic status, structural inequality) and infant cognitive or emotional development outcomes?

Why this gap exists: While the retrieved literature confirms associations between socioeconomic disadvantage, maternal stress, and infant neurodevelopment, it does not resolve the specific question of how longitudinal trajectories of maternal stress and resilience mediate these associations, as the studies focus on broad correlations or static measures rather than dynamic mediation pathways.

What are the comparative efficacy and adherence rates of new short-course latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) regimens versus traditional long-course therapies in high-burden, low-resource settings?

Why this gap exists: While a 2023 network meta-analysis [6] synthesizes general efficacy and adherence data for LTBI regimens, the retrieved evidence lacks direct comparative studies specifically focused on high-burden, low-resource settings, leaving the specific constraints of these environments unresolved.

What is the comparative effectiveness of telemedicine versus traditional in-person care in maintaining essential antenatal coverage and reducing maternal mortality in low-income and middle-income countries during future health system shocks?

Why this gap exists: While abstracts [4], [7], [8], and [9] discuss digital tools and maternity care in low- and middle-income countries, none provide a direct comparative effectiveness analysis of telemedicine versus in-person care regarding maternal mortality during health system shocks, leaving the specific question unresolved.

Sources

  1. COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countriesNature Medicine, 2022
  2. Community Health Workers Can Provide Psychosocial Support to the People During COVID-19 and Beyond in Low- and Middle- Income CountriesFrontiers in Public Health, 2021
  3. Social Impacts and Responses Related to COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-income CountriesOpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies), 2020
  4. Seizing the moment to rethink health systemsThe Lancet Global Health, 2021
  5. Use of mHealth in promoting maternal and child health in “BIMARU” states of India “A health system strengthening strategy”: Systematic literature reviewPLOS Digital Health, 2024
  6. Investments for effective functionality of health systems towards Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A scoping reviewPLOS Global Public Health, 2022
  7. Infant and young child feedingOECD eBooks, 2023
  8. Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of a Mobile Health Wallet for pregnancy-related health care: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions in MadagascarPLoS ONE, 2020
  9. The impact of digital interventions on health insurance coverage for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services utilization in Kakamega, Kenya: a cluster randomized controlled trialHealth Policy and Planning, 2024
  10. Seeking digital maternity healthcare during the pandemic health system shock: a systematic review of women's experiences in low- and middle-income countriesFrontiers in Reproductive Health, 2026

How does the consumption of plant-based proteins, specifically those high in anti-nutritional factors like phytates and trypsin inhibitors, affect mineral bioavailability and growth outcomes in children relying on these proteins as primary staples?

Why this gap exists: While the retrieved papers confirm that anti-nutritional factors like phytates and trypsin inhibitors reduce mineral bioavailability [0, 2], they focus on general adult health or crop improvement [1, 6] and do not provide direct evidence on the specific growth outcomes in children relying on these proteins as primary staples.

How do specific policy interventions aimed at improving female education and labor force participation accelerate the 'maternal mortality transition' in regions currently experiencing high maternal mortality?

Why this gap exists: While the retrieved literature establishes links between female education, political power, and health outcomes (e.g., [3], [6], [9]), no study directly addresses how specific labor or education policy interventions accelerate the 'maternal mortality transition' in high-mortality regions, leaving the mechanism and impact of such specific policies unresolved.

Publications

Malaria

The Lancet · 2023 · 195 citations

Prostration and the prognosis of death in African children with severe malaria

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2023 · 3 citations

Retrospective review of empyema and parapneumonic effusions in hospitalized children in Ghana

Journal of the Pan African Thoracic Society · 2023 · 1 citations

Breast Cancer Risk in Women from Ghana Carrying Rare Germline Pathogenic Mutations

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention · 2022 · 33 citations

Relation of circulating estrogens with hair relaxer and skin lightener use among postmenopausal women in Ghana

Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology · 2022 · 9 citations

Hospitalizations among children with Sickle Cell Disease enrolled into the Kumasi SPARCo database

African Journal of Current Medical Research · 2022 · 1 citations

Global Health Education Amidst COVID-19: Disruptions and Opportunities

Annals of Global Health · 2021 · 49 citations

Abstract 81: Studying Ghanian Cancer Genomes Using Cell-free DNA

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention · 2021

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: A pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

Own your potential (DEAKIN) · 2021

Central Nervous System Virus Infection in African Children with Cerebral Malaria

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020 · 13 citations

Healthcare services utilisation among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Ghana

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine · 2020 · 11 citations

Malaria

Elsevier eBooks · 2020 · 2 citations

List of Contributors

Elsevier eBooks · 2020

Insights into an H1N1 Outbreak, Kumasi Ghana.

African Journal of Current Medical Research · 2020

Decreased Mortality After Establishing a Pediatric Emergency Unit at an Urban Referral Hospital in Ghana

Pediatric Emergency Care · 2019 · corresponding author · 9 citations

Evaluation of Intussusception after Monovalent Rotavirus Vaccination in Africa

New England Journal of Medicine · 2018 · 99 citations

Knowledge and Competencies of Vaccinators on Routine Childhood Vaccination in Ghana

Journal of Vaccines & Vaccination · 2018 · 3 citations

Prevalence of pneumonia and risk factors of pneumonia mortality among children under five years.

African Journal of Current Medical Research · 2018 · 2 citations

Review of Organism Density and Bacteriologic Conversion of Sputum among Tuberculosis Patients

International Scholarly Research Notices · 2017 · 4 citations

Investigating epidemic prone diseases: knowledge and practices of clinical health staff in Ghana

African Journal of Current Medical Research · 2017 · 1 citations

Achieving the Global Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa

African Journal of Current Medical Research · 2017

Factors contributing to delays in diagnosis of breast cancers in Ghana, West Africa

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment · 2016 · 94 citations

Epidemiology of paediatric poisoning reporting to a tertiary hospital in Ghana

South African Journal of Child Health · 2016 · 11 citations

Increasing National Health Insurance Scheme Enrolment in Ghana: Pro-Rata Insurance Premium Payment with Mobile Phone as the Answer

World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences · 2016

Genetic Diversity and Protective Efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01 Malaria Vaccine

New England Journal of Medicine · 2015 · 451 citations

Otoacoustic emission testing in Ghanaian children with sickle‐cell disease

Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2015 · 6 citations

Breast cancer in Sub-Saharan Africa: opportunities for prevention

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment · 2014 · 229 citations