Abraham Oduro

Ministry of Health

289 publications · 8,453 citations · ORCID 0000-0002-4191-7419

Malaria Research and ControlGlobal Maternal and Child HealthMosquito-borne diseases and controlChild Nutrition and Water AccessParasites and Host Interactions

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Abraham Oduro is a public health researcher specializing in epidemiology, disease surveillance, and health system strengthening in Ghana. Oduro's work spans infectious diseases such as malaria and COVID-19, maternal and child health, and the growing burden of non-communicable diseases like cardiovascular conditions. Research activities include evaluating vaccine safety and effectiveness, assessing malaria control interventions, and investigating risk factors for mortality in rural populations.

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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.

Sources

Maternal Depression During Pregnancy and the Postnatal Period — JAMA Psychiatry, 2013
Socioeconomic disadvantage, gestational immune activity, and neurodevelopment in early childhood — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2017
Disrupted beginnings: Neurodevelopmental outcomes of COVID-19 lockdowns in early childhood (Review). — Experimental and therapeutic medicine, 2026
Pregnancy as a period of risk, adaptation, and resilience for mothers and infants — Development and Psychopathology, 2020
The influence of attachment and relational quality on developmental outcomes across the lifespan: a systematic review and meta-analytic insights (2014-2024). — Frontiers in psychology, 2026
Nutrition as the Foundation of Human Capital: Pathways to Holistic Development. — Maternal & child nutrition, 2026
Chronic stress may disrupt covariant fluctuations of vitamin D and cortisol plasma levels in pregnant sheep during the last trimester: a preliminary report — arXiv preprint, 2019
Resilience and Stress during Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Multidimensional Approach in Maternal and Perinatal Health — The Scientific World JOURNAL, 2021
Maternal Stress During Pregnancy and Infant and Child Outcome — Oxford Handbooks Online, 2014
Maternal Docosahexaenoic Acid Status During Pregnancy and Its Impact on Infant Neurodevelopment — 2020

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.

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New developments in tuberculosis diagnosis and treatment — Breathe, 2022
Latent Tuberculosis and HIV Infection — Current Infectious Disease Reports, 2020
Epidemic and pandemic viral infections: impact on tuberculosis and the lung — European Respiratory Journal, 2020
Overcoming barriers to patient adherence: the case for developing innovative drug delivery systems — Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2023
Drug resistant tuberculosis: Implications for transmission, diagnosis, and disease management — Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2022
Updates on the Treatment of Drug-Susceptible and Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis: An Official ATS/CDC/ERS/IDSA Clinical Practice Guideline — American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2024
Efficacy and safety of different regimens in the treatment of patients with latent tuberculosis infection: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials — Archives of Public Health, 2023
Improving Tuberculosis Medication Adherence: The Potential of Integrating Digital Technology and Health Belief Model — Tuberculosis & respiratory diseases, 2023
Mind the gap – Managing tuberculosis across the disease spectrum — EBioMedicine, 2022
Tuberculosis Preventive Treatment in High TB-Burden Settings: A State-of-the-Art Review — Drugs, 2024

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

The dynamics of asymptomatic Plasmodium spp. infections following 10 years of malaria control interventions in Northern Sahelian Ghana

PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness against severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) hospitalisations associated with laboratory-confirmed SARS-CoV-2 in Ghana, June 2022 to March 2024

Vaccine · 2026

Health system strengthening to reduce maternal and perinatal deaths in Central Region of Ghana – project approach

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2026

Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices; Coping Strategies by Working Mothers in Accra, Ghana

Research Square · 2026

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

Barriers and strategies to improve vaccine adverse events reporting: views from health workers and managers in Northern Ghana

BMJ Public Health · 2025 · 4 citations

Experiences and perceptions about vaccines and reporting of adverse events following immunisation: a qualitative study among mothers in Northern Ghana

BMJ Public Health · 2025 · 3 citations

Obesity phenotypes and dyslipidemia in adults from four African countries: An H3Africa AWI-Gen study

PLoS ONE · 2025 · corresponding author · 3 citations

Integrating COVID-19 vaccination into health systems: qualitative findings from seven countries

BMJ Global Health · 2025 · 2 citations

Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

eLife · 2025 · 1 citations

Longitudinal analysis of the prevalence of minor Plasmodium spp. in the reservoir of asymptomatic infections through sequential interventions in Northern Sahelian Ghana

medRxiv · 2025

Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

eLife · 2025

Author response: Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

2025

Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Common Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness: An Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis

UNC Libraries · 2025

Author response: Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

2025

Bayesian and Probit comparative analysis of risk factors for high blood pressure among adults in Kassena-Nankana Districts, Ghana: An AWI-Gen sub-study

Research Square · 2025

Vitamin A supplementation and nutritional status among children 6–36 months in Northern Ghana

Academia Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025

Feasibility, safety, and impact of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine when implemented through national immunisation programmes: evaluation of cluster-randomised introduction of the vaccine in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi

The Lancet · 2024 · 84 citations

Early life ambient air pollution, household fuel use, and under-5 mortality in Ghana

Environment International · 2024 · 9 citations

Cohort Profile: Africa Wits-INDEPTH partnership for Genomic studies (AWI-Gen) in four sub-Saharan African countries

International Journal of Epidemiology · 2024 · 5 citations

Hypertension knowledge, attitudes and perceptions among adults in the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance Site: a mixed methods analysis

BMC Primary Care · 2024 · 3 citations

Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

eLife · 2024 · 1 citations

Author response: Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

2024

Comparison of molecular surveillance methods to assess changes in the population genetics of Plasmodium falciparum in high transmission

Frontiers in Parasitology · 2023 · 29 citations

Impact of community health interventions on maternal and child health indicators in the upper east region of Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2023 · 15 citations

Birth preparedness and complications readiness among women in disadvantaged rural districts of Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2023 · corresponding author · 15 citations

Community perspectives on cardiovascular disease control in rural Ghana: A qualitative study

PLoS ONE · 2023 · 11 citations

Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

2023 · 8 citations

What values drive communities’ nutrition priorities in a resource constrained urban area in South Africa?

BMC Public Health · 2023 · 5 citations

Feasibility, Safety, and Impact of the RTS,S/AS01E Malaria Vaccine When Implemented Through National Immunisation Programmes: Evaluation of Cluster-Randomized Introduction of the Vaccine in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2023 · 5 citations

Documenting capacity and existing gaps in reporting adverse events following immunisation in Northern Ghana: a quantitative cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers

BMJ Public Health · 2023 · 5 citations

Exploring infant and young child‐feeding practices among mothers of well‐nourished children in northern Ghana: An <scp>INPreP</scp> substudy

Food Science & Nutrition · 2023 · 4 citations

Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

medRxiv · 2023 · 3 citations

Genetic diversity of rotavirus infection among young children with diarrhoea in the Kasena-Nankana Districts of Northern Ghana: a seasonal cross-sectional survey

Pan African Medical Journal · 2023 · 3 citations

Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

eLife · 2023 · 2 citations

Author Response: Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

2023 · 1 citations

Reviewer #1 (Public Review): Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

2023

Reviewer #2 (Public Review): Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

2023

Reviewer #3 (Public Review): Measuring changes in Plasmodium falciparum census population size in response to sequential malaria control interventions

2023

Cause specific under-five mortality rates and associated risk factors among children in northern Ghana between 2007 and 2012 using survival analysis techniques.

Journal of African Population Studies · 2023

Hypertension knowledge, attitudes and perceptions among adults in the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance Site: A mixed methods analysis

Research Square · 2023

Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa

Nature Communications · 2022 · 89 citations

Assessing the safety, impact and effectiveness of RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine following its introduction in three sub-Saharan African countries: methodological approaches and study set-up

Malaria Journal · 2022 · 42 citations

Age-specific patterns of DBLα var diversity can explain why residents of high malaria transmission areas remain susceptible to Plasmodium falciparum blood stage infection throughout life

International Journal for Parasitology · 2022 · 38 citations

Clinical evaluation of the BioFire Global Fever Panel for the identification of malaria, leptospirosis, chikungunya, and dengue from whole blood: a prospective, multicentre, cross-sectional diagnostic accuracy study

The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 2022 · 37 citations

Indoor residual spraying with a non-pyrethroid insecticide reduces the reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum in a high-transmission area in northern Ghana

PLOS Global Public Health · 2022 · corresponding author · 36 citations

Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Common Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness: An Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis

Journal of the American Heart Association · 2022 · 29 citations

Carotid Atherosclerosis, Microalbuminuria, and Estimated 10-Year Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa

JAMA Network Open · 2022 · 23 citations

Children born during the hunger season are at a higher risk of severe acute malnutrition: Findings from a Guinea Sahelian ecological zone in Northern Ghana

Maternal and Child Nutrition · 2022 · 20 citations

Urogenital schistosomiasis transmission, malaria and anemia among school-age children in Northern Ghana

Heliyon · 2022 · 16 citations

Non-HDL-C and LDL-C/HDL-C are associated with self-reported cardiovascular disease in a rural West African population: Analysis of an array of lipid metrics in an AWI-Gen sub-study

PLoS ONE · 2022 · 15 citations

Optimising reporting of adverse events following immunisation by healthcare workers in Ghana: A qualitative study in four regions

PLoS ONE · 2022 · 11 citations

Compliance to HIV testing and counseling guidelines at antenatal care clinics in the Kassena-Nankana districts of northern Ghana: A qualitative study

PLoS ONE · 2022 · 9 citations

Bio-efficacy, physical integrity, use and attrition of long-lasting insecticidal nets under operational conditions for malaria prevention in Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2022 · 8 citations

Engaging community members in setting priorities for nutrition interventions in rural northern Ghana

PLOS Global Public Health · 2022 · 7 citations

Efficacy of Cipargamin (KAE609) in a Randomized, Phase II Dose-Escalation Study in Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa With Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria

Clinical Infectious Diseases · 2021 · 86 citations

Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of tobacco and alcohol use in four sub-Saharan African countries: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged adults

BMC Public Health · 2021 · 48 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

Assessing selection procedures and roles of Community Health Volunteers and Community Health Management Committees in Ghana’s Community-based Health Planning and Services program

PLoS ONE · 2021 · 33 citations

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

BMJ Global Health · 2021 · 31 citations

Hepatic safety and tolerability of cipargamin (KAE609), in adult patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a randomized, phase II, controlled, dose-escalation trial in sub-Saharan Africa

Malaria Journal · 2021 · 29 citations

Poor cardiovascular health is associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in apparently healthy sub-Saharan African populations: an H3Africa AWI-Gen study

BMC Medicine · 2021 · 26 citations

Evaluation of pilot implementation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on morbidity in young children in Northern Sahelian Ghana

Malaria Journal · 2021 · corresponding author · 23 citations

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

Malaria Journal · 2021 · 22 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

Health impacts of a randomized biomass cookstove intervention in northern Ghana

BMC Public Health · 2021 · 17 citations

Health-seeking behaviour and cost of fever treatment to households in a malaria-endemic setting of northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open · 2021 · 15 citations

Community engagement and feedback of results in the H3Africa AWI-Gen project: Experiences from the Navrongo Demographic and Health Surveillance site in Northern Ghana

AAS Open Research · 2021 · 15 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

A glimpse into real-world kitchens: Improving our understanding of cookstove usage through in-field photo-observations and improved cooking event detection (CookED) analytics

Development Engineering · 2021 · 11 citations

Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among healthy children in Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana

BMC Infectious Diseases · 2021 · 11 citations

The impact of indoor residual spraying on Plasmodium falciparum microsatellite variation in an area of high seasonal malaria transmission in Ghana, West Africa

Molecular Ecology · 2021 · 9 citations

Constructing a Nurse-led Cardiovascular Disease Intervention in Rural Ghana: A Qualitative Analysis

Annals of Global Health · 2021 · 7 citations

Adiposity Phenotypes and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Adults from Sub–Saharan Africa: An H3Africa AWI–Gen Study

Global Heart · 2021 · 6 citations

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

Malaria Journal · 2021 · 6 citations

Stakeholder Perspectives on Barriers and Facilitators on the Implementation of the 1000 Days Plus Nutrition Policy Activities in Ghana

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health · 2021 · 6 citations

Effect of specificity of health expenditure questions in the measurement of out-of-pocket health expenditure: evidence from field experimental study in Ghana

BMJ Open · 2021 · 5 citations

Social and demographic correlates of cardiovascular mortality in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Ghana: a verbal post-mortem analysis

International Journal of Epidemiology · 2021 · 5 citations

Impact of Community Health Interventions on Maternal and Child Health Indicators in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Research Square · 2021 · 2 citations

PHN volume 24 issue 12 Cover and Back matter

Public Health Nutrition · 2021

Additional file 4 of Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of tobacco and alcohol use in four sub-Saharan African countries: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged adults

Figshare · 2021

Ghana EMBRACE Implementation Research

Figshare · 2021

Additional file 2 of Pharmacokinetic profile of amodiaquine and its active metabolite desethylamodiaquine in Ghanaian patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Figshare · 2021

Additional file 2 of Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of tobacco and alcohol use in four sub-Saharan African countries: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged adults

Figshare · 2021

Additional file 3 of Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of tobacco and alcohol use in four sub-Saharan African countries: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged adults

Figshare · 2021

Evaluation of Pilot Implementation of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention on Morbidity in youngChildren In Northern Sahelian Ghana

Research Square · 2021 · corresponding author

Additional file 1 of Prevalence and socio-demographic correlates of tobacco and alcohol use in four sub-Saharan African countries: a cross-sectional study of middle-aged adults

Figshare · 2021

High-depth African genomes inform human migration and health

Nature · 2020 · 367 citations

Machine learning approaches classify clinical malaria outcomes based on haematological parameters

BMC Medicine · 2020 · 44 citations

Trends and risk factors associated with stillbirths: A case study of the Navrongo War Memorial Hospital in Northern Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2020 · 32 citations

Adapting a nurse-led primary care initiative to cardiovascular disease control in Ghana: a qualitative study

BMC Public Health · 2020 · 24 citations

Impact of an Irrigation Dam on the Transmission and Diversity of Plasmodium falciparum in a Seasonal Malaria Transmission Area of Northern Ghana

Journal of Tropical Medicine · 2020 · 20 citations

Evolution of Antimalarial Drug Resistance Markers in the Reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum Infections in the Upper East Region of Ghana

The Journal of Infectious Diseases · 2020 · 20 citations

Novel and Known Gene-Smoking Interactions With cIMT Identified as Potential Drivers for Atherosclerosis Risk in West-African Populations of the AWI-Gen Study

Frontiers in Genetics · 2020 · 19 citations

Supporting maternal and child nutrition: views from community members in rural Northern Ghana

Public Health Nutrition · 2020 · 18 citations

Optimizing task-sharing in abortion care in Ghana: Stakeholder perspectives

International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics · 2020 · 17 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

Blood Pressure Indices and Associated Risk Factors in a Rural West African Adult Population: Insights from an AWI‐Gen Substudy in Ghana

International Journal of Hypertension · 2020 · 11 citations

Candidate Gene Analysis Reveals Strong Association of CETP Variants With High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and PCSK9 Variants With Low Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol in Ghanaian Adults: An AWI-Gen Sub-Study

Frontiers in Genetics · 2020 · 6 citations

Machine learning approaches classify clinical malaria outcomes based on haematological parameters

medRxiv · 2020 · 5 citations

Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Correlates of Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Four Sub-Saharan African Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study of Middle-Aged Adults

Research Square · 2020 · 3 citations

Adapting a nurse-led primary care initiative to cardiovascular disease control in Ghana: A qualitative study

Research Square · 2020 · 2 citations

Cleaner cooking with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in Northern Ghana: Interdisciplinary experiment measuring willingness to pay, behavior change, and impacts on personal exposure

ISEE Conference Abstracts · 2020 · 1 citations

Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine for the routine treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Northern Ghana

International Journal of Clinical Trials · 2020 · 1 citations

POOR CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH IS ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN POPULATIONS: AN H3AFRICA AWI-GEN STUDY

Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2020

Adapting a nurse-led primary care initiative to cardiovascular disease control in Ghana: A qualitative study

Research Square · 2020

Adapting a nurse-led primary care initiative to cardiovascular disease control in Ghana: A qualitative study

Research Square · 2020

A Non-Inferiority, Individually Randomized Trial of Intermittent Screening and Treatment versus Intermittent Preventive Treatment in the Control of Malaria in Pregnancy

UNC Libraries · 2020

Adapting a nurse-led primary care initiative to cardiovascular disease control in Ghana: A qualitative study

Research Square · 2020

Insights into human behavior to inform exposure assessment using a low-cost, time-resolved location and activity monitoring system: a case study from a Ghanaian household energy study

ISEE Conference Abstracts · 2020

Why Are Babies Dying in the First Month after Birth? A 7-Year Study of Neonatal Mortality in Northern Ghana

UNC Libraries · 2020

Additional file 2 of Machine learning approaches classify clinical malaria outcomes based on haematological parameters

Open MIND · 2020

Kidney damage and associated risk factors in rural and urban sub-Saharan Africa (AWI-Gen): a cross-sectional population study

The Lancet Global Health · 2019 · 103 citations

Adoption of improved biomass stoves and stove/fuel stacking in the REACCTING intervention study in Northern Ghana

Energy Policy · 2019 · 67 citations

Community acceptability of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention of morbidity and mortality in young children: A qualitative study in the Upper West Region of Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2019 · 58 citations

Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: Assessment of the Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine Three-Dose Policy on Birth Outcomes in Rural Northern Ghana

Journal of Tropical Medicine · 2019 · 58 citations

Barriers to healthcare workers reporting adverse events following immunization in four regions of Ghana

Vaccine · 2019 · 40 citations

Persistent female genital mutilation despite its illegality: Narratives from women and men in northern Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2019 · 29 citations

Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and HIV are Associated With Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness in Adults From Sub‐Saharan Africa: Findings From H3Africa AWI‐Gen Study

Journal of the American Heart Association · 2019 · 28 citations

Cost of implementing a community-based primary health care strengthening program: The case of the Ghana Essential Health Interventions Program in northern Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2019 · 26 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

Prevalence and adverse obstetric outcomes of female genital mutilation among women in rural Northern Ghana

European Journal of Public Health · 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

Kitchen Area Air Quality Measurements in Northern Ghana: Evaluating the Performance of a Low-Cost Particulate Sensor within a Household Energy Study

Atmosphere · 2019 · 18 citations

Attributing Air Pollutant Exposure to Emission Sources with Proximity Sensing

Atmosphere · 2019 · 14 citations

Updated Emission Factors from Diffuse Combustion Sources in Sub-Saharan Africa and Their Effect on Regional Emission Estimates

Environmental Science & Technology · 2019 · 13 citations

Adherence to Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Treatment among Patients with Uncomplicated Malaria in Northern Ghana

Journal of Tropical Medicine · 2019 · corresponding author · 11 citations

Exposures to Carbon Monoxide in a Cookstove Intervention in Northern Ghana

Atmosphere · 2019 · 10 citations

Antigenicity and immune correlate assessment of seven Plasmodium falciparum antigens in a longitudinal infant cohort from northern Ghana

Scientific Reports · 2019 · 4 citations

The Impact of Community-Based Primary Health Care Services on Parental Health Seeking Behavior and Child Survival in a Rural Impoverished Locality of Northern Ghana

SSRN Electronic Journal · 2019 · 2 citations

Correction: The burden of dyslipidaemia and factors associated with lipid levels among adults in rural northern Ghana: An AWI-Gen sub-study

PLoS ONE · 2019 · 2 citations

Adapting a nurse-led primary care initiative to cardiovascular disease control in Ghana: A qualitative study

Research Square · 2019

Adapting a nurse-led primary care initiative to cardiovascular disease control in Ghana: A qualitative study

Research Square · 2019

Patients experiences on the use of dihydroartemisinin piperaquine as an alternative first line artemisinin-based combination treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Northern Ghana

International Journal of Clinical Trials · 2019

Male involvement in maternal health: perspectives of opinion leaders

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2018 · 150 citations

Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in Africa: methods used for Phase 1 of the AWI-Gen population cross-sectional study

Global Health Action · 2018 · 146 citations

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

Prevalence and factors associated with female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age in the Bawku municipality and Pusiga District of northern Ghana

BMC Women s Health · 2018 · 85 citations

Cost of malaria treatment and health seeking behaviour of children under-five years in the Upper West Region of Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2018 · 60 citations

Regional and sex-specific variation in BMI distribution in four sub-Saharan African countries: The H3Africa AWI-Gen study

Global Health Action · 2018 · 57 citations

Socio-demographic determinants of low birth weight: Evidence from the Kassena-Nankana districts of the Upper East Region of Ghana

PLoS ONE · 2018 · 55 citations

Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) Supply and Demand for Cooking in Northern Ghana

EcoHealth · 2018 · 53 citations

The role of community-based health services in influencing postnatal care visits in the Builsa and the West Mamprusi districts in rural Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth · 2018 · 51 citations

Socio-demographic and behavioural determinants of body mass index among an adult population in rural Northern Ghana: the AWI-Gen study

Global Health Action · 2018 · 41 citations

The burden of dyslipidaemia and factors associated with lipid levels among adults in rural northern Ghana: An AWI-Gen sub-study

PLoS ONE · 2018 · 39 citations

Informal workers’ access to health care services: findings from a qualitative study in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana

BMC International Health and Human Rights · 2018 · 31 citations

Does the provision of community health services offset the effects of poverty and low maternal educational attainment on childhood mortality? An analysis of the equity effect of the Navrongo experiment in Northern Ghana

SSM - Population Health · 2018 · 19 citations

Signatures of competition and strain structure within the major blood‐stage antigen of Plasmodium falciparum in a local community in Ghana

Ecology and Evolution · 2018 · 15 citations

Prices, peers, and perceptions (P3): study protocol for improved biomass cookstove project in northern Ghana

BMC Public Health · 2018 · 13 citations

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bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2018

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PLoS ONE · 2017 · 22 citations

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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2017 · 20 citations

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PLoS ONE · 2017 · corresponding author · 15 citations

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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2017

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American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene · 2017

H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre: a resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub-Saharan African countries

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Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development · 2016 · 88 citations

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PLoS ONE · 2016 · 51 citations

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PLoS ONE · 2016 · corresponding author · 49 citations

Non-falciparum malaria infections in pregnant women in West Africa

Malaria Journal · 2016 · 42 citations

A qualitative analysis of the effect of a community-based primary health care programme on reproductive preferences and contraceptive use among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana

BMC Health Services Research · 2016 · 37 citations

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Regional Environmental Change · 2016 · 37 citations

Exposures to and origins of carbonaceous PM2.5 in a cookstove intervention in Northern Ghana

The Science of The Total Environment · 2016 · 34 citations

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PLoS ONE · 2016 · 32 citations

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

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The risk of malaria in Ghanaian infants born to women managed in pregnancy with intermittent screening and treatment for malaria or intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine

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PREventing Maternal And Neonatal Deaths (PREMAND): a study protocol for examining social and cultural factors contributing to infant and maternal deaths and near-misses in rural northern Ghana

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BMC Research Notes · 2016 · 7 citations

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International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics · 2016 · 1 citations

Additional file 3: of PREventing Maternal And Neonatal Deaths (PREMAND): a study protocol for examining social and cultural factors contributing to infant and maternal deaths and near-misses in rural northern Ghana

Figshare · 2016

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Figshare · 2016

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Impacts of an Improved Cookstove Intervention on Cooking Behaviors, Emissions, Personal Exposure, and Health

ISEE Conference Abstracts · 2016