Ministry of Health
295 publications · 26,103 citations · ORCID 0000-0002-6617-237X
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Edward Kwabena Ameyaw is a public health researcher specializing in maternal and reproductive health, gender-based violence, and health equity across sub-Saharan Africa. Ameyaw employs quantitative methods, primarily secondary analysis of Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data, to investigate factors influencing skilled birth attendance, contraceptive use, and women's empowerment. Recent work has expanded to include digital health interventions, the intersection of climate change and women's health, and the well-being of vulnerable populations such as refugees and individuals with disabilities.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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BMC Public Health · 2026
The future of scholarly communication: rethinking peer review and editorial roles in the digital age
Research Evaluation · 2026
Prevalence and risk factors of home delivery among rural women: evidence from 28 African countries
Reproductive Health · 2026
BMC Public Health · 2026 · corresponding author
Journal of Public Health Research · 2026
Do children’s feeding practices affect growth outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa? A multi-country study
Journal of Health Population and Nutrition · 2026
JMIR Aging · 2026
Health Science Reports · 2025 · 9 citations
Stages and future of women’s health: A call for a life-course approach
Women s Health · 2025 · 8 citations
What Do Mothers Know About Nutrition? Impacts on Childhood Nutrition Outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Maternal and Child Health Journal · 2025 · 8 citations
BMJ Open · 2025 · corresponding author · 6 citations
Facing the future: The nexus between climate change and women’s health
Women s Health · 2025 · corresponding author · 4 citations
PLoS ONE · 2025 · corresponding author · 3 citations
International Health · 2025 · 3 citations
At the crossroads: Intersectional approaches to women’s health equity
Women s Health · 2025 · 2 citations
Connecting the Dots: Mass Media, Maternal Exposure, and Child Health Outcomes in Benin
Public Health Challenges · 2025 · 2 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2025 · 1 citations
Unveiling 10‐Year Dynamics of Pregnancy Termination Across Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Multilevel Study
Health Science Reports · 2025 · 1 citations
PLoS ONE · 2025 · corresponding author · 1 citations
Mobile Health (mHealth) Across Maternity Care Continuum
2025 · corresponding author · 1 citations
Critical Social Policy · 2025
F1000Research · 2025 · corresponding author
F1000Research · 2025
PLoS ONE · 2025
Maternal and Child Health Journal · 2025
From the margins to the center: Transforming cardiovascular care for women
Women s Health · 2025
The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2024 · 500 citations
The Lancet Psychiatry · 2024 · 152 citations
The Lancet HIV · 2024 · 142 citations
The Lancet · 2024 · 86 citations
BMC Public Health · 2024 · 77 citations
The Lancet · 2024 · 64 citations
Journal of Medical Internet Research · 2024 · corresponding author · 49 citations
Reproductive Health · 2024 · 21 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2024 · corresponding author · 13 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2024 · 6 citations
International Health · 2024 · 5 citations
PLoS ONE · 2024 · corresponding author · 5 citations
PLoS ONE · 2024 · corresponding author · 5 citations
Journal of Migration and Health · 2024 · 4 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2024 · 4 citations
PLoS ONE · 2024 · corresponding author · 4 citations
BMC Public Health · 2024 · 4 citations
PLOS Global Public Health · 2024 · 4 citations
The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific · 2024 · 3 citations
Social determinants of child abuse: Evidence from seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa
PLoS ONE · 2024 · 2 citations
Skilled birth attendance: safeguarding mothers and newborns
The Lancet Global Health · 2024 · corresponding author · 1 citations
BMJ Open · 2024 · 1 citations
PLoS ONE · 2024 · corresponding author · 1 citations
BMC Health Services Research · 2024
The Lancet · 2023 · 4289 citations
The Lancet Haematology · 2023 · 558 citations
The Lancet Global Health · 2023 · 230 citations
The Lancet Global Health · 2023 · 230 citations
The Lancet Neurology · 2023 · 197 citations
The Lancet Public Health · 2023 · 76 citations
The Lancet Public Health · 2023 · 62 citations
BMC Public Health · 2023 · 34 citations
Health Science Reports · 2023 · 26 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2023 · 24 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2023 · 20 citations
Heliyon · 2023 · 19 citations
PLoS ONE · 2023 · corresponding author · 17 citations
International Health · 2023 · 17 citations
Archives of Sexual Behavior · 2023 · 13 citations
Therapeutic Advances in Infectious Disease · 2023 · 13 citations
International Journal of Sexual Health · 2023 · 10 citations
Health Science Reports · 2023 · 10 citations
International Health · 2023 · 10 citations
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine · 2023 · 8 citations
Heliyon · 2023 · corresponding author · 7 citations
Sexual Coercion and Harassment of Students with Disabilities in a Public University in Ghana
Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy · 2023 · 7 citations
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine · 2023 · 6 citations
International Health · 2023 · 6 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2023 · 5 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2023 · 4 citations
Reproductive Health · 2023 · 4 citations
PLoS ONE · 2023 · corresponding author · 3 citations
Research Square · 2023 · 2 citations
Journal of Biosocial Science · 2023 · 1 citations
SSRN Electronic Journal · 2023 · 1 citations
Research Square · 2023
Correction: Women’s household decision-making power and contraceptive use in Mali
Reproductive Health · 2023
Open MIND · 2023
Deakin Research Online (Deakin University) · 2023
Research Square · 2023
BMC Women s Health · 2023
F1000Research · 2023 · corresponding author
Maternal Health Beyond Delivery: action to address multifactorial health inequity
EClinicalMedicine · 2023 · corresponding author
Research Square · 2023
The Lancet · 2022 · 2133 citations
The Lancet · 2022 · 942 citations
The Lancet · 2022 · 563 citations
The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2022 · 317 citations
The Lancet Global Health · 2022 · 245 citations
Supportive Care in Cancer · 2022 · 101 citations
The Lancet Public Health · 2022 · 84 citations
Mapping age- and sex-specific HIV prevalence in adults in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2018
BMC Medicine · 2022 · 56 citations
SAGE Open · 2022 · 44 citations
Economic Modelling · 2022 · 40 citations
Women’s household decision-making power and contraceptive use in Mali
Reproductive Health · 2022 · 33 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2022 · 27 citations
Reproductive Health · 2022 · 27 citations
Factors associated with the number and timing of antenatal care visits among married women in Cameroon: Evidence from the 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey
ResearchOnline - JCU (James Cook University) · 2022 · 23 citations
Mother and newborn skin-to-skin contact in sub-Saharan Africa: prevalence and predictors
BMJ Global Health · 2022 · 23 citations
Trends in total fertility rate in Ghana by different inequality dimensions from 1993 to 2014
BMC Women s Health · 2022 · 22 citations
Malaria Journal · 2022 · corresponding author · 20 citations
Archives of Public Health · 2022 · 20 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2022 · 20 citations
PLoS ONE · 2022 · 17 citations
Reproductive Health · 2022 · 16 citations
SAGE Open Medicine · 2022 · 15 citations
Type of occupation and early antenatal care visit among women in sub-Saharan Africa
BMC Public Health · 2022 · 15 citations
Contraception and Reproductive Medicine · 2022 · 14 citations
Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice · 2022 · 13 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2022 · 13 citations
Inequalities in the use of insecticide-treated nets by pregnant women in Ghana, 2011 and 2017
Malaria Journal · 2022 · 12 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2022 · 12 citations
Health Economics Review · 2022 · 12 citations
BMC Health Services Research · 2022 · corresponding author · 9 citations
Age of Sexual Debut and Modern Contraceptive Use Among Women of Reproductive Age in South Africa
Sexuality & Culture · 2022 · 8 citations
Tropical Medicine and Health · 2022 · 8 citations
PLOS Global Public Health · 2022 · 8 citations
Inequalities in the prevalence of skilled birth attendance in Ghana between 1993 and 2014
International Health · 2022 · 8 citations
High-risk fertility behaviour and childhood anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa
BMJ Open · 2022 · 7 citations
Female genital mutilation and skilled birth attendance among women in sub-Saharan Africa
BMC Women s Health · 2022 · 7 citations
PLoS ONE · 2022 · 6 citations
International Journal of Hypertension · 2022 · 6 citations
Women’s healthcare decision-making and unmet need for contraception in Mali
Reproductive Health · 2022 · corresponding author · 6 citations
International Health · 2022 · 5 citations
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2022 · 5 citations
Association between health and safety perceptions of COVID‐19 vaccine and its uptake in Ghana
Public Health Challenges · 2022 · 5 citations
Journal of Health Population and Nutrition · 2022 · 4 citations
BioMed Research International · 2022 · 4 citations
Research Square · 2022 · 3 citations
Research Square · 2022 · 2 citations
International Journal of Translational Medical Research and Public Health · 2022 · 2 citations
Research Square · 2022 · 2 citations
Health Economics Review · 2022 · 1 citations
Implementation of A Perinatal Problem Identification Program (PPIP) In Zambia: A Feasibility Study
Research Square · 2022 · 1 citations
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2022
Research Square · 2022
The Lancet · 2021 · 482 citations
The Lancet Oncology · 2021 · 279 citations
The Lancet HIV · 2021 · 130 citations
Women empowerment and skilled birth attendance in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis
PLoS ONE · 2021 · 60 citations
COVID-19 Pandemic Worsening Gender Inequalities for Women and Girls in Sub-Saharan Africa
Frontiers in Global Women s Health · 2021 · 60 citations
Impact of COVID-19 on maternal healthcare in Africa and the way forward
Archives of Public Health · 2021 · corresponding author · 57 citations
Reproductive Health · 2021 · 53 citations
Mapping Evidence of Impacts of COVID-19 Outbreak on Sexual and Reproductive Health: A Scoping Review
Healthcare · 2021 · 42 citations
PLoS ONE · 2021 · 41 citations
BMJ Global Health · 2021 · 40 citations
PLoS ONE · 2021 · 38 citations
Archives of Public Health · 2021 · 37 citations
Health facility delivery among women of reproductive age in Nigeria: Does age at first birth matter?
PLoS ONE · 2021 · 35 citations
BMJ Open · 2021 · 31 citations
International Health · 2021 · 30 citations
Maternal and child factors associated with timely initiation of breastfeeding in sub-Saharan Africa
International Breastfeeding Journal · 2021 · 28 citations
International Journal for Equity in Health · 2021 · 27 citations
PLoS ONE · 2021 · 26 citations
Archives of Public Health · 2021 · 26 citations
PLoS ONE · 2021 · 25 citations
Tropical Medicine and Health · 2021 · 21 citations
Africa's preparedness towards COVID-19 vaccines: Demand and acceptability challenges
Current Research in Behavioral Sciences · 2021 · 21 citations
PLoS ONE · 2021 · 21 citations
International Journal of Translational Medical Research and Public Health · 2021 · 20 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2021 · 18 citations
Journal of Public Health · 2021 · 17 citations
BMC Public Health · 2021 · corresponding author · 17 citations
BMC Women s Health · 2021 · 17 citations
BMJ Open · 2021 · 16 citations
Rural-urban variation in hypertension among women in Ghana: insights from a national survey
BMC Public Health · 2021 · 16 citations
Reproductive Health · 2021 · 15 citations
BMC Public Health · 2021 · 14 citations
International Health · 2021 · 14 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2021 · 14 citations
International Health · 2021 · 11 citations
Journal of Biosocial Science · 2021 · 9 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2021 · 9 citations
African Journal of Science Technology Innovation and Development · 2021 · 8 citations
Public Health · 2021 · 7 citations
Reproductive Health · 2021 · 7 citations
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2021 · 6 citations
Demographic and health surveys showed widening trends in polio immunisation inequalities in Guinea
Acta Paediatrica · 2021 · 5 citations
Midwifery · 2021 · corresponding author · 4 citations
PLoS ONE · 2021 · 3 citations
Health Science Reports · 2021 · 3 citations
International Health · 2021 · 3 citations
The Scientific World JOURNAL · 2021 · 2 citations
Tropical Medicine and Health · 2021 · 1 citations
BMC Public Health · 2021 · corresponding author · 1 citations
International Health · 2021 · 1 citations
Research Square · 2021 · 1 citations
Health facility delivery among women of reproductive age in Nigeria: Does age at first birth matter?
DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) · 2021