Seth Owusu‐Agyei

University of Health and Allied Sciences

363 publications · 15,601 citations · ORCID 0000-0002-0807-1781

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Seth Owusu‐Agyei is a public health researcher and epidemiologist specializing in infectious disease control, maternal and child health, and environmental epidemiology in Ghana. Owusu‐Agyei has contributed extensively to large-scale clinical trials and observational studies, particularly focusing on the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine, household air pollution interventions, and the epidemiology of malaria and epilepsy. The research portfolio demonstrates a strong emphasis on evaluating health interventions in real-world settings and understanding the social determinants of health in rural African communities.

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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.

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COVID-19 and resilience of healthcare systems in ten countries — Nature Medicine, 2022
Community Health Workers Can Provide Psychosocial Support to the People During COVID-19 and Beyond in Low- and Middle- Income Countries — Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Social Impacts and Responses Related to COVID-19 in Low- and Middle-income Countries — OpenDocs (Institute of Development Studies), 2020
Seizing the moment to rethink health systems — The Lancet Global Health, 2021
Use of mHealth in promoting maternal and child health in “BIMARU” states of India “A health system strengthening strategy”: Systematic literature review — PLOS Digital Health, 2024
Investments for effective functionality of health systems towards Universal Health Coverage in Africa: A scoping review — PLOS Global Public Health, 2022
Infant and young child feeding — OECD eBooks, 2023
Facilitators and barriers to the implementation of a Mobile Health Wallet for pregnancy-related health care: A qualitative study of stakeholders’ perceptions in Madagascar — PLoS ONE, 2020
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 trial — Health Policy and Planning, 2024
Seeking digital maternity healthcare during the pandemic health system shock: a systematic review of women's experiences in low- and middle-income countries — Frontiers in Reproductive Health, 2026

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.

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Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 — The Lancet, 2024
Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 — The Lancet, 2024
Determinants of female labor force participation: implications for policy in Qatar — Cogent Social Sciences, 2022
Maternal Mortality and Women’s Political Power — Journal of the European Economic Association, 2023
The labor force participation of Indian women before and after widowhood — Demographic Research, 2020
The public health effects of interventions similar to basic income: a scoping review — The Lancet Public Health, 2020
Differential impact of maternal education on under-five mortality in rural and urban India — Health & Place, 2023
Public Health Expenditure and Under-five Mortality in Nigeria: An Overview for Policy Intervention — Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020
Efficacy of companion-integrated childbirth preparation for childbirth fear, self-efficacy, and maternal support in primigravid women in Malawi — BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
The contribution of female health to economic development — The Economic Journal, 2020

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.

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Plant food anti-nutritional factors and their reduction strategies: an overview — Food Production Processing and Nutrition, 2020
Sustaining Protein Nutrition Through Plant-Based Foods — Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022
Is There Such a Thing as “Anti-Nutrients”? A Narrative Review of Perceived Problematic Plant Compounds — Nutrients, 2020
Faba Bean: An Untapped Source of Quality Plant Proteins and Bioactives — Nutrients, 2022
Nutritional properties and health aspects of pulses and their use in plant‐based yogurt alternatives — Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 2021
Grains – a major source of sustainable protein for health — Nutrition Reviews, 2021
Healthy and Resilient Cereals and Pseudo-Cereals for Marginal Agriculture: Molecular Advances for Improving Nutrient Bioavailability — Frontiers in Genetics, 2020
Protein Quality in Perspective: A Review of Protein Quality Metrics and Their Applications — Nutrients, 2022
Health Benefits of Plant-Based Nutrition: Focus on Beans in Cardiometabolic Diseases — Nutrients, 2021
Bioavailability of Micronutrients From Nutrient-Dense Whole Foods: Zooming in on Dairy, Vegetables, and Fruits — Frontiers in Nutrition, 2020

Publications

Duration and association with protection of NANP-repeat-specific and C-terminus-specific anti-circumsporozoite protein IgG responses following RTS,S/AS01E vaccination: an observational ancillary immunological study of a phase 3 clinical trial

The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2026 · 1 citations

Evaluation of acute hemorrhagic fever syndrome surveillance system in Sawla Tuna Kalba District, Ghana, 2024

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health · 2026

Evaluating the generalisability of region-naïve machine learning algorithms for the identification of epilepsy in low-resource settings

PLOS Digital Health · 2025 · corresponding author · 6 citations

Safety of RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine up to 1 year after the third dose in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi (EPI-MAL-003): a phase 4 cohort event monitoring study

The Lancet Global Health · 2025 · 6 citations

Effectiveness of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine in a real-world setting over 1 year of follow-up after the three-dose primary schedule: an interim analysis of a phase 4 study in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi

The Lancet Global Health · 2025 · 5 citations

Incidence rates of malaria, meningitis, and mortality in children younger than 5 years: a prospective cohort study in Ghana and Kenya before the roll-out of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine from 2016 to 2022

The Lancet Global Health · 2025 · 2 citations

Bacteriological quality of household drinking water and cholera risk in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

Pan African Medical Journal · 2025 · 1 citations

Correction: Evaluating the generalisability of region-naïve machine learning algorithms for the identification of epilepsy in low-resource settings

PLOS Digital Health · 2025

Public health implications of increasing trends in the burden of road traffic accidents in Ho and Hohoe Municipalities in the Volta Region of Ghana

PLOS Global Public Health · 2024 · corresponding author · 3 citations

Evaluating the generalisability of region-naïve machine learning algorithms for the identification of epilepsy in low-resource settings

medRxiv · 2024

A genomic appraisal of invasive Salmonella Typhimurium and associated antibiotic resistance in sub-Saharan Africa

Nature Communications · 2023 · 48 citations

Development and validation of a diagnostic aid for convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective case-control study

The Lancet Digital Health · 2023 · 19 citations

Social-psychological determinants of hormonal contraceptive use intentions among adolescent girls in the Bono East Region of Ghana

Frontiers in Public Health · 2023 · 8 citations

A qualitative analysis of factors influencing the implementation of antiretroviral treatment adherence policy in Ghana: stakeholders perspective

Health Research Policy and Systems · 2023 · 7 citations

A qualitative analysis of factors influencing healthcare providers’ behaviour toward persons living with HIV in Ghana

International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences · 2023 · 5 citations

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

International Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2023 · 3 citations

Association between malaria and household air pollution interventions in a predominantly rural area of Ghana

Malaria Journal · 2023 · 2 citations

Bacteriological quality of household drinking water and cholera risk in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana

2023

Clinical Utility of Monobiomaker-Based Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test Kits at a Military Medical Centre in Ghana: An Exploration Pilot Study

Research Square · 2023

Strong off-target antibody reactivity to malarial antigens induced by RTS,S/AS01E vaccination is associated with protection

JCI Insight · 2022 · 17 citations

Motivators and demotivators to accessing malaria in pregnancy interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-ethnographic review

Malaria Journal · 2022 · 16 citations

The prevalence of molecular markers of resistance to sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women at first antenatal clinic attendance and delivery in the forest-savannah area of Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2022 · 8 citations

“Family Planning Is Not a Bad Thing”: A Qualitative Study of Individual Level Factors Explaining Hormonal Contraceptive Uptake and Consistent Use Among Adolescent Girls in the Kintampo Area of Ghana

Women s Reproductive Health · 2022 · 3 citations

Living with dementia in Kintampo, Ghana: understandings, perceptions & behaviours of older people and their families

HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 2022

Motivators and demotivators to accessing malaria in pregnancy interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-ethnographic review

Research Square · 2022

Exposure to parasitic infections determines features and phenotypes of active convulsive epilepsy in Africa

Wellcome Open Research · 2022 · corresponding author

The effect of clean cooking interventions on mother and child personal exposure to air pollution: results from the Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study (GRAPHS)

Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology · 2021 · 81 citations

COVID-19 vaccine uptake among health care workers in Ghana: a case for targeted vaccine deployment campaigns in the global south

Human Resources for Health · 2021 · 63 citations

A cluster randomised trial of cookstove interventions to improve infant health in Ghana

BMJ Global Health · 2021 · 63 citations

Prenatal and Postnatal Household Air Pollution Exposure and Infant Growth Trajectories: Evidence from a Rural Ghanaian Pregnancy Cohort

Environmental Health Perspectives · 2021 · 58 citations

Neonatal mortality rates, characteristics, and risk factors for neonatal deaths in Ghana: analyses of data from two health and demographic surveillance systems

Global Health Action · 2021 · 42 citations

Prenatal household air pollutant exposure is associated with reduced size and gestational age at birth among a cohort of Ghanaian infants

Environment International · 2021 · 42 citations

Bacterial and Fungal Gut Community Dynamics Over the First 5 Years of Life in Predominantly Rural Communities in Ghana

Frontiers in Microbiology · 2021 · 41 citations

Prenatal and Postnatal Household Air Pollution Exposures and Pneumonia Risk

CHEST Journal · 2021 · 38 citations

A qualitative analysis of factors influencing antiretroviral adherence among persons living with <scp>HIV</scp> in Ghana

Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology · 2021 · 32 citations

Effectiveness of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) in Ghana

BMJ Global Health · 2021 · 31 citations

Prenatal Household Air Pollution Exposure, Cord Blood Mononuclear Cell Telomere Length and Age Four Blood Pressure: Evidence from a Ghanaian Pregnancy Cohort

Toxics · 2021 · 23 citations

Pharmacokinetic profile of amodiaquine and its active metabolite desethylamodiaquine in Ghanaian patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Malaria Journal · 2021 · 22 citations

A Qualitative Exploration of Factors Explaining Non-Uptake of Hormonal Contraceptives Among Adolescent Girls in Rural Ghana: The Adolescent Girls’ Perspective

Open Access Journal of Contraception · 2021 · 21 citations

Evaluation of a package of continuum of care interventions for improved maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes and service coverage in Ghana: A cluster-randomized trial

PLoS Medicine · 2021 · 19 citations

Urban health nexus with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) preparedness and response in Africa: Rapid scoping review of the early evidence

SAGE Open Medicine · 2021 · 19 citations

EMBRACE intervention to improve the continuum of care in maternal and newborn health in Ghana: The RE-AIM framework-based evaluation

Journal of Global Health · 2021 · 13 citations

Potential effect modification of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine efficacy by household socio-economic status

BMC Public Health · 2021 · corresponding author · 10 citations

Is malaria immunity a possible protection against severe symptoms and outcomes of COVID-19?

Ghana Medical Journal · 2021 · 10 citations

Effects of a school-based intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors among secondary school students: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial

PLoS ONE · 2021 · 7 citations

Termination of pregnancy data completeness and feasibility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study

Population Health Metrics · 2021 · 7 citations

Correction to: Pharmacokinetic profile of amodiaquine and its active metabolite desethylamodiaquine in Ghanaian patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Malaria Journal · 2021 · 6 citations

Corrigendum to “Prenatal household air pollutant exposure is associated with reduced size and gestational age at birth among a cohort of Ghanaian infants” [Environ. Int. 155 (2021) 106659]

Environment International · 2021 · 2 citations

Correction: Profiles of Plasmodium falciparum infections detected by microscopy through the first year of life in Kintampo a high transmission area of Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2021 · 2 citations

Determinants of the varied profiles of Plasmodium falciparum infections among infants living in Kintampo, Ghana

Malaria Journal · 2021 · 2 citations

Exposure to parasitic infections determines features and phenotypes of active convulsive epilepsy in Africa

Wellcome Open Research · 2021 · corresponding author · 1 citations

Strong off-target antibody reactivity to malarial antigens induced by RTS,S/AS01E vaccination is associated with increased protection

medRxiv · 2021 · 1 citations

Referral of sick children and levels of adherence by carers: implications on quality health care in the middle belt of Ghana

Ghana Medical Journal · 2021

Prenatal Household Air Pollution Exposure and Birth Weight and Infant Pneumonia: Identifying Sensitive Windows

2021

Additional file 1 of COVID-19 vaccine uptake among health care workers in Ghana: a case for targeted vaccine deployment campaigns in the global south

Figshare · 2021

Immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine and implications for duration of vaccine efficacy: secondary analysis of data from a phase 3 randomised controlled trial

UNC Libraries · 2021

A Competing Risk Analysis of Women Dying of Maternal, Infectious, or Non-Communicable Causes in the Kintampo Area of Ghana

Frontiers in Global Women s Health · 2021

Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research

Figshare · 2021

Randomised comparison of two household survey modules for measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths in five countries: the Every Newborn-INDEPTH study

The Lancet Global Health · 2020 · 123 citations

Safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of a chimpanzee adenovirus vectored Ebola vaccine in adults in Africa: a randomised, observer-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial

The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 76 citations

Epidemiology of malaria among pregnant women during their first antenatal clinic visit in the middle belt of Ghana: a cross sectional study

Malaria Journal · 2020 · 66 citations

Safety, reactogenicity, and immunogenicity of a chimpanzee adenovirus vectored Ebola vaccine in children in Africa: a randomised, observer-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial

The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 64 citations

RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine induces IgA responses against CSP and vaccine-unrelated antigens in African children in the phase 3 trial

Vaccine · 2020 · 15 citations

Immunogenicity and safety of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine co-administered with measles, rubella and yellow fever vaccines in Ghanaian children: A phase IIIb, multi-center, non-inferiority, randomized, open, controlled trial

Vaccine · 2020 · 14 citations

Pooled Multicenter Analysis of Cardiovascular Safety and Population Pharmacokinetic Properties of Piperaquine in African Patients with Uncomplicated Falciparum Malaria

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy · 2020 · 13 citations

Profiles of Plasmodium falciparum infections detected by microscopy through the first year of life in Kintampo a high transmission area of Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2020 · 12 citations

Trends and correlates of maternal, newborn and child health services utilization in primary healthcare facilities: an explorative ecological study using DHIMSII data from one district in the Volta region of Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2020 · 8 citations

Compression force variability in mammography in Ghana – A baseline study

Radiography · 2020 · 7 citations

Estimating Annual Fluctuations in Malaria Transmission Intensity and in the Use of Malaria Control Interventions in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2020 · 4 citations

Bacterial and Fungal Gut Community Dynamics Over the First Five Years of Life in Predominantly Rural Communities in Ghana

Research Square · 2020

Additional file 1 of Trends and correlates of maternal, newborn and child health services utilization in primary healthcare facilities: an explorative ecological study using DHIMSII data from one district in the Volta region of Ghana

Figshare · 2020

Placental malaria, air pollution, and birth outcomes in a cohort of infants in Ghana

ISEE Conference Abstracts · 2020

The temporal dynamics and infectiousness of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in relation to parasite density

Nature Communications · 2019 · 226 citations

Concentration and avidity of antibodies to different circumsporozoite epitopes correlate with RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine efficacy

Nature Communications · 2019 · 161 citations

pfhrp2 and pfhrp3 Gene Deletions That Affect Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Plasmodium falciparum: Analysis of Archived Blood Samples From 3 African Countries

The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2019 · 98 citations

“Every Newborn-INDEPTH” (EN-INDEPTH) study protocol for a randomised comparison of household survey modules for measuring stillbirths and neonatal deaths in five Health and Demographic Surveillance sites

Journal of Global Health · 2019 · 94 citations

Differential Patterns of IgG Subclass Responses to Plasmodium falciparum Antigens in Relation to Malaria Protection and RTS,S Vaccination

Frontiers in Immunology · 2019 · 88 citations

Prevalence of vulvovaginal candidiasis, bacterial vaginosis and trichomoniasis in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic in the middle belt of Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2019 · 88 citations

Safety profile of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in infants and children: additional data from a phase III randomized controlled trial in sub-Saharan Africa

Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics · 2019 · 66 citations

Prevalence of Hypertension in the Middle Belt of Ghana: A Community‐Based Screening Study

International Journal of Hypertension · 2019 · 54 citations

“When someone becomes old then every part of the body too becomes old”: Experiences of living with dementia in Kintampo, rural Ghana

Transcultural Psychiatry · 2019 · 53 citations

Impact of a bottom-up community engagement intervention on maternal and child health services utilization in Ghana: a cluster randomised trial

BMC Public Health · 2019 · 45 citations

Intermittent preventive treatment of pregnant women in Kintampo area of Ghana with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP): trends spanning 2011 and 2015

BMJ Open · 2019 · 44 citations

Knowledge and Health Seeking Behaviour of Breast Cancer Patients in Ghana

International Journal of Breast Cancer · 2019 · 44 citations

RTS,S/AS01E immunization increases antibody responses to vaccine-unrelated Plasmodium falciparum antigens associated with protection against clinical malaria in African children: a case-control study

BMC Medicine · 2019 · 43 citations

Determining the Enablers and Barriers for the Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in the Middle Belt of Ghana—A Qualitative Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2019 · 42 citations

Current respiratory symptoms and risk factors in pregnant women cooking with biomass fuels in rural Ghana

Environment International · 2019 · 40 citations

Examining the relationship between household air pollution and infant microbial nasal carriage in a Ghanaian cohort

Environment International · 2019 · 39 citations

Effect of continuum-of-care intervention package on improving contacts and quality of maternal and newborn healthcare in Ghana: a cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open · 2019 · 25 citations

Safety and immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in infants and children identified as HIV-infected during a randomized trial in sub-Saharan Africa

Vaccine · 2019 · 22 citations

Women’s overall satisfaction with health facility delivery services in Ghana: a mixed-methods study

Tropical Medicine and Health · 2019 · 19 citations

Reproductive-Age Women’s Knowledge and Care Seeking for Malaria Prevention and Control in Ghana: Analysis of the 2016 Malaria Indicator Survey

Journal of Tropical Medicine · 2019 · 16 citations

The Accuracy and Perception of Test-Based Management of Malaria at Private Licensed Chemical Shops in the Middle Belt of Ghana

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2019 · 16 citations

Author Correction: The temporal dynamics and infectiousness of subpatent Plasmodium falciparum infections in relation to parasite density

Nature Communications · 2019 · 12 citations

Determinants of health workers intention to use malaria rapid diagnostic test in Kintampo North Municipality, Ghana - a cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research · 2019 · 12 citations

The Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study (GRAPHS): a cluster randomized trial of Liquified petroleum gas (LPG) and efficient biomass cookstoves delivered during pregnancy

Environmental Epidemiology · 2019 · 9 citations

Potential gains in reproductive-aged life expectancy if maternal mortality were eradicated from the Kintampo districts of Central Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2019 · 7 citations

Health service provider education and/or training in infant male circumcision to improve short‐ and long‐term morbidity outcomes: A systematic review

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health · 2019 · 3 citations

Dynamics of asymptomatic infections and symptomatic malaria show different temporal profiles among infants living in a high transmission area of Ghana

Research Square (Research Square) · 2019

Longitudinal estimation of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in relation to malaria prevention measures in six sub-Saharan African countries

UNC Libraries · 2019

Effects of a school-based intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors among secondary school students: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial

DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2019

PO 8248 DETERMINANTS OF ACCEPTABILITY OF MALARIA RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST AMONG HEALTH WORKERS IN KINTAMPO NORTH MUNICIPALITY, GHANA

BMJ Global Health · 2019

Effects of a school-based intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors among secondary school students: a cluster randomized controlled trial

Research Square · 2019

The coverage of continuum of care in maternal, newborn and child health: a cross-sectional study of woman-child pairs in Ghana

BMJ Global Health · 2018 · 105 citations

Baseline exposure, antibody subclass, and hepatitis B response differentially affect malaria protective immunity following RTS,S/AS01E vaccination in African children

BMC Medicine · 2018 · 97 citations

Epidemiology of soil transmitted Helminth infections in the middle-belt of Ghana, Africa

Parasite Epidemiology and Control · 2018 · 65 citations

Prenatal Household Air Pollution Alters Cord Blood Mononuclear Cell Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number: Sex-Specific Associations

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2018 · 44 citations

Experiences with the Mass Distribution of LPG Stoves in Rural Communities of Ghana

EcoHealth · 2018 · 40 citations

Host-mediated selection impacts the diversity of Plasmodium falciparum antigens within infections

Nature Communications · 2018 · 37 citations

Volunteering for Health Services in the Middle Part of Ghana: In Whose Interest?

International Journal of Health Policy and Management · 2018 · 24 citations

Assessing the performance of only HRP2 and HRP2 with pLDH based rapid diagnostic tests for the diagnosis of malaria in middle Ghana, Africa

PLoS ONE · 2018 · 22 citations

Ethical Considerations for the Participation of Children of Minor Parents in Clinical Trials

Pediatric Drugs · 2018 · 15 citations

Improving the first-line treatment of febrile illnesses in Ghana: willingness to pay for malaria rapid diagnostic tests at licensed chemical shops in the Kintampo area

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation · 2018 · 14 citations

Opinions of Health Professionals on Tailoring Reproductive Health Services to the Needs of Adolescents

International Journal of Reproductive Medicine · 2018 · 10 citations

Ethical Considerations for the Participation of Children of Minor Parents in Clinical Trials

2018

Electronic Supplementary Material for: "Host-mediated selection impacts the diversity of Plasmodium falciparum antigens within infections"

2018

Acute Respiratory Symptoms and Risk Factors in Pregnant Women Cooking with Biomass Fuels in Rural Ghana

ISEE Conference Abstracts · 2018

Urinary Concentrations of Insecticide and Herbicide Metabolites among Pregnant Women in Rural Ghana: A Pilot Study

ISEE Conference Abstracts · 2018

Impact of introduction of rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on antibiotic prescribing: analysis of observational and randomised studies in public and private healthcare settings

BMJ · 2017 · 160 citations

The Impact of Introducing Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests on Fever Case Management: A Synthesis of Ten Studies from the ACT Consortium

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2017 · 94 citations

Knowledge of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic prescription practices among prescribers in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana; a cross-sectional study

BMC Health Services Research · 2017 · 82 citations

Determinants of attending antenatal care at least four times in rural Ghana: analysis of a cross-sectional survey

Global Health Action · 2017 · 78 citations

Low Utilization of Insecticide-Treated Bed Net among Pregnant Women in the Middle Belt of Ghana

Malaria Research and Treatment · 2017 · 78 citations

Longitudinal estimation of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence in relation to malaria prevention measures in six sub-Saharan African countries

Malaria Journal · 2017 · 72 citations

Ambulatory monitoring demonstrates an acute association between cookstove-related carbon monoxide and blood pressure in a Ghanaian cohort

Environmental Health · 2017 · corresponding author · 49 citations

Magnitude and factors associated with nonadherence to antiepileptic drug treatment in Africa: A cross‐sectional multisite study

Epilepsia Open · 2017 · 28 citations

Utilization of community-based health planning and services compounds in the Kintampo North Municipality: a cross-sectional descriptive correlational study

BMC Health Services Research · 2017 · 23 citations

The Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infection and Its Influence on Condom Use among Pregnant Women in the Kintampo North Municipality of Ghana

Journal of Sexually Transmitted Diseases · 2017 · 21 citations

A systematic review and synthesis of the strengths and limitations of measuring malaria mortality through verbal autopsy

Malaria Journal · 2017 · 20 citations

Urinary Concentrations of Insecticide and Herbicide Metabolites among Pregnant Women in Rural Ghana: A Pilot Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2017 · 18 citations

Post-licensure safety evaluation of dihydroartemisinin piperaquine in the three major ecological zones across Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2017 · 15 citations

Two years post affordable medicines facility for malaria program: availability and prices of anti-malarial drugs in central Ghana

Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice · 2017 · 13 citations

Building Capability for Clinical Pharmacology Research in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics · 2017 · 12 citations

Dynamics in multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection among children with asymptomatic malaria in central Ghana

BMC Genetics · 2017 · 12 citations

The influence of socioeconomic factors on choice of infant male circumcision provider in rural Ghana; a community level population based study

BMC Pediatrics · 2017 · 7 citations

“Making the Mentally Ill Count”, lessons from a Health and Demographic Surveillance System for people with mental and neurological disorders in the Kintampo districts of Ghana

International Journal of Mental Health Systems · 2017 · 7 citations

Impact of iron fortification on the geospatial patterns of malaria and non-malaria infection risk among young children: a secondary spatial analysis of clinical trial data from Ghana

BMJ Open · 2017 · 5 citations

The gender gap in relation to happiness and preferences in married couples after childbirth: evidence from a field experiment in rural Ghana

Journal of Health Population and Nutrition · 2017 · 3 citations

The public health and economic implications of infant male circumcision in rural Ghana; a community level population based study

UWA Profiles and Research Repository (University of Western Australia) · 2017

MOESM1 of A systematic review and synthesis of the strengths and limitations of measuring malaria mortality through verbal autopsy

Figshare · 2017

The influence of distance and quality of care on place of delivery in rural Ghana

Scientific Reports · 2016 · 81 citations

Factors Influencing Health Facility Delivery in Predominantly Rural Communities across the Three Ecological Zones in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

PLoS ONE · 2016 · corresponding author · 49 citations

Low level of Hepatitis B knowledge and awareness among pregnant women in the Kintampo North Municipality: Implications for effective disease control

Ghana Medical Journal · 2016 · 43 citations

Quality of Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy for malaria found in Ghanaian markets and public health implications of their use

BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology · 2016 · corresponding author · 34 citations

Economic costs of fever to households in the middle belt of Ghana

Malaria Journal · 2016 · 29 citations

Treatment outcomes in a safety observational study of dihydroartemisinin/piperaquine (Eurartesim®) in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria at public health facilities in four African countries

Malaria Journal · 2016 · 28 citations

The application of a biometric identification technique for linking community and hospital data in rural Ghana

Global Health Action · 2016 · 27 citations

Increasing access to care for sick newborns: evidence from the Ghana Newhints cluster-randomised controlled trial

BMJ Open · 2016 · 26 citations

Motivation and incentive preferences of community health officers in Ghana: an economic behavioral experiment approach

Human Resources for Health · 2016 · 25 citations

Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Test-Based versus Presumptive Treatment of Uncomplicated Malaria in Children under Five Years in an Area of High Transmission in Central Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2016 · 24 citations

Multi-Country Evaluation of Safety of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine Post-Licensure in African Public Hospitals with Electrocardiograms

PLoS ONE · 2016 · 21 citations

Vitamin A status and body pool size of infants before and after consuming fortified home-based complementary foods

Archives of Public Health · 2016 · 17 citations

Non-malaria fevers in a high malaria endemic area of Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 17 citations

Seeking treatment for uncomplicated malaria: experiences from the Kintampo districts of Ghana

Malaria Journal · 2016 · 16 citations

Effect of Test-Based versus Presumptive Treatment of Malaria in Under-Five Children in Rural Ghana – A Cluster-Randomised Trial

PLoS ONE · 2016 · 14 citations

Vaccination timing of low-birth-weight infants in rural Ghana: a population-based, prospective cohort study

Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2016 · 13 citations

CHILDHOOD RESPIRATORY MORBIDITY AND COOKING PRACTICES AMONG HOUSEHOLDS IN A PREDOMINANTLY RURAL AREA OF GHANA

African Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2016 · 11 citations

RTS,S malaria vaccine development: progress and considerations for postapproval introduction

Vaccine Development and Therapy · 2016 · corresponding author · 11 citations

Predictors of Early Sexual Debut and Its Implications among Adolescents in Kintampo, Ghana: A Cross Sectional Survey

International STD Research & Reviews · 2016 · 8 citations

Knowledge, Attitudes and Preventive Practices on Ebola Virus Disease in the Kintampo Districts of Ghana

Health · 2016 · 7 citations

Determinants of morbidity associated with infant male circumcision: community‐level population‐based study in rural Ghana

Tropical Medicine & International Health · 2016 · 7 citations

<i>Anopheles gambiae</i>(Diptera: Culicidae) Susceptibility to Insecticides and Knockdown Resistance Genes Prior to Introduction of Indoor Residual Spraying in 11 Districts in Ghana

Journal of Medical Entomology · 2016 · 6 citations

Geo-spatial factors associated with infection risk among young children in rural Ghana: a secondary spatial analysis

Malaria Journal · 2016 · corresponding author · 6 citations

Health service provider education and/or training in infant male circumcision to improve short- and long-term morbidity outcomes: protocol for systematic review

Systematic Reviews · 2016 · 2 citations

Blood lead levels among young children in a rural area of Ghana

ISEE Conference Abstracts · 2016 · 1 citations

Community health workers’ experiences of mobile device-enabled clinical decision support systems for maternal, newborn and child health in developing countries

The JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports · 2016 · 1 citations

In utero household air pollution and lung development: Evidence from the Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study (GRAPHS)