Publications

Scientific Articles

  • Vulnerable newborn types: analysis of subnational, population-based birth cohorts for 541 285 live births in 23 countries, 2000-2021
  • “I don’t want to have anything to do with someone suspected of COVID-19”: a genuine infection avoidance interests or inappropriate concerns related to stigma?
  • A qualitative analysis of factors influencing healthcare providers’ behaviour toward persons living with HIV in Ghana
  • Socio-economic, physical and health-related determinants of causes of death among women in the Kintampo districts of Ghana
  • Risk factors for COVID-19 virus infection among health workers: A case-control study in the Bono East Region of Ghana
  • Community Knowledge and Perception of COVID-19 in the Middle Belt of Ghana
  • Poor early childhood growth is associated with impaired lung function: Evidence from a Ghanaian pregnancy cohort
  • Estimating Annual Fluctuations in Malaria Transmission Intensity and in the Use of Malaria Control Interventions in Five Sub-Saharan African Countries.
  • Effect of household air pollution on pneumococcal carriage.
  • Barriers and facilitators to nationwide implementation of the malaria vaccine in Ghana
  • Prediction of personal exposure to PM2.5 in mother-child pairs in rural Ghana.
  • Interventions to improve dispensing of antibiotics at the community level in low and middle income countries: a systematic review
  • Strong off-target antibody reactivity to malarial antigens induced by RTS,S/AS01E vaccination is associated with protection
  • Exploring the economic impact of inappropriate antibiotic use: the case of upper respiratory tract infections in Ghana
  • 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
  • Characterizing sleep-wake patterns in mothers and children in an agrarian community: results from the Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study
  • Challenges and lessons learned during the planning and early implementation of the RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine in three regions of Ghana: a qualitative study
  • Malaria Transmission Intensity Likely Modifies RTS, S/AS01 Efficacy Due to a Rebound Effect in Ghana, Malawi, and Gabon
  • Efficacy of Cipargamin (KAE609) in a Randomized, Phase II Dose-Escalation Study in Adults in Sub-Saharan Africa With Uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum Malaria
  • Risk factors for COVID-19 virus infection among health workers: A case-control study in the Bono East Region of Ghana
  • A qualitative analysis of factors influencing health-seeking behavior of people living with HIV, hypertension and diabetes in an urban area of Ghana
  • Evaluation of a protein-to-creatinine dipstick diagnostic test for proteinuria screening in selected antenatal care clinics in three Districts in the Bono-East Region of Ghana
  • 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
  • Assessing the relationship between gravidity and placental malaria among pregnant women in a high transmission area in Ghana
  • Antibiotic Use in a Municipal Veterinary Clinic in Ghana
  • Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Drinking Water from the Greater Accra Region, Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study, December 2021–March 2022
  • Antimicrobial, Multi-Drug and Colistin Resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in Healthy Pigs in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, 2022: A Cross-Sectional Study
  • A Competing Risk Analysis Of Women Dying Of Maternal, Infectious, Or Non- Communicable Causes In The Kintampo Area Of Ghana
  • Termination of pregnancy data completeness and feasibility in population-based surveys: EN-INDEPTH study
  • 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]
  • Prenatal and Postnatal Household Air Pollution Exposures and Pneumonia Risk: Evidence From the Ghana Randomized Air Pollution and Health Study
  • Prenatal and Postnatal Household Air Pollution Exposure and Infant Growth Trajectories: Evidence from a Rural Ghanaian Pregnancy Cohort
  • Effects of a school-based intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk factors among secondary school students: A cluster-randomized, controlled trial
  • A Qualitative Exploration of Factors Explaining Non-Uptake of Hormonal Contraceptives Among Adolescent Girls in Rural Ghana: The Adolescent Girls' Perspective
  • 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
  • Stakeholder perspectives on adapting and disseminating Ghana's physical activity guidelines: a qualitative study
  • Uptake of Task-Strengthening Strategy for Hypertension (TASSH) control within Community-Based Health Planning Services in Ghana: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
  • The trials and tribulations of the world’s first malaria vaccine
  • Profiles of Plasmodium falciparum infections detected by microscopy through the first year of life in Kintampo a high transmission area of Ghana (Oct 19, 2020)
  • Adopting Task-Shifting Strategies for Hypertension Control in Ghana: Insights From a Realist Synthesis of Stakeholder Perceptions
  • Capacity and Readiness for Implementing Evidence-Based Task-Strengthening Strategies for Hypertension Control in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study
  • The Accuracy and Perception of Test-Based Management of Malaria at Private Licensed Chemical Shops in the Middle Belt of Ghana.
  • Determining the Enablers and Barriers for the Adoption of Clean Cookstoves in the Middle Belt of Ghana-A Qualitative Study.
  • Knowledge and Health Seeking Behaviour of Breast Cancer Patients in Ghana
  • Enhancing LPG adoption in Ghana (ELAG): a factorial cluster-randomized controlled trial to Enhance LPG Adoption & Sustained use.
  • Safety Experience During Real-World Use of Injectable Artesunate in Public Health Facilities in Ghana and Uganda: Outcomes of a Modified Cohort Event Monitoring Study (CEMISA)
  • Detection of Dengue Virus among Children with Suspected Malaria, Accra, Ghana
  • Amplification of GTP-cyclohydrolase 1 gene in Plasmodium falciparum isolates with the quadruple mutant of dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes in Ghana
  • Prevalence of chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from three areas in Ghana
  • Comprehensive abortion care in the Tain District of Ghana: an analysis of DHIMS-2 data for 2010-2016
  • Host-mediated selection impacts the diversity of Plasmodium falciparum antigens within infections
  • Epidemiology of soil transmitted Helminth infections in the middle-belt of Ghana, Africa
  • Lessons learned in Central Ghana regarding the pandemic influenza a vaccine and how they could be used conserving new ebola virus vaccine
  • The “Hygiene” Hypothesis: repercussions of infectious diseases control programmes
  • Volunteering for Health Services in the Middle Part of Ghana: In Who’s Interest?
  • Differential Patterns of IgG Subclass Responses to Plasmodium falciparum Antigens in Relation to Malaria Protection and RTS,S Vaccination.
  • Baseline exposure, antibody subclass, and hepatitis B response differentially affect malaria protective immunity following RTS,S/AS01E vaccination in African children.
  • Prenatal Household Air Pollution Alters Cord Blood Mononuclear Cell Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number: Sex-Specific Associations
  • Prenatal household air pollution is associated with impaired infant lung function with sex-specific effects: Evidence from GRAPHS, a cluster randomized cookstove intervention trial
  • 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
  • Ghana’s rural liquefied petroleum gas program scale up: A case study.
  • To sell or not to sell; the differences between regulatory and community demands regarding access to antibiotics in rural Ghana
  • Knowledge, Attitudes and Preventive Practices on Ebola Virus Disease in the Kintampo Districts of Ghana.
  • Quality of Artemisinin-based Combination Therapy for malaria found in Ghanaian markets and public health implications of their use.
  • Multi-Country Evaluation of Safety of Dihydroartemisinin/Piperaquine Post-Licensure in African Public Hospitals with Electrocardiograms.
  • Community health workers’ experiences of mobile device-enabled clinical decision support systems for maternal, newborn and child health in developing countries: a qualitative systematic review protocol.
  • Low level of Hepatitis B knowledge and awareness among pregnant women in the Kintampo North Municipality: implications for effective disease control.
  • 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.
  • Motivation and incentive preferences of community health officers in Ghana: an economic behavioral experiment approach.
  • The influence of distance and quality of care on place of delivery in rural Ghana.
  • Non-malaria fevers in a high malaria endemic area of Ghana.
  • Geo-spatial factors associated with infection risk among young children in rural Ghana: a secondary spatial analysis.
  • Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) Susceptibility to Insecticides and Knockdown Resistance Genes Prior to Introduction of Indoor Residual Spraying in 11 Districts in Ghana.
  • Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) Susceptibility to Insecticides and Knockdown Resistance Genes Prior to Introduction of Indoor Residual Spraying in 11 Districts in Ghana.
  • Increasing access to care for sick newborns: evidence from the Ghana Newhints cluster-randomised controlled trial.
  • Vaccination timing of low-birth-weight infants in rural Ghana: a population-based, prospective cohort study.
  • Pesticide exposures in a malarious and predominantly farming area in Central Ghana.
  • Gametocyte carriage in uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria following treatment with artemisinin combination therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual patient data.
  • Effect of Test-Based versus Presumptive Treatment of Malaria in Under-Five Children in Rural Ghana–A Cluster-Randomised Trial.
  • Factors Influencing Health Facility Delivery in Predominantly Rural Communities across the Three Ecological Zones in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study.
  • Factors Influencing Health Facility Delivery in Predominantly Rural Communities across the Three Ecological Zones in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study.
  • The application of a biometric identification technique for linking community and hospital data in rural Ghana.
  • Vitamin A status and body pool size of infants before and after consuming fortified home-based complementary foods.
  • Health service provider education and/or training in infant male circumcision to improve short- and long-term morbidity outcomes: protocol for systematic review.
  • Seeking treatment for uncomplicated malaria: experiences from the Kintampo districts of Ghana.
  • Economic costs of fever to households in the middle belt of Ghana.
  • Cost and cost-effectiveness of newborn home visits: findings from the Newhints cluster-randomised controlled trial in rural Ghana.
  • Association of Carbon Monoxide exposure with blood pressure among pregnant women in rural Ghana: Evidence from GRAPHS.
  • 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.