Table 3 Profile and characteristics of scientific contributions of staff from the Ghana Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Service and related agencies
| Â | Authors | Author of interest | Title of paper | Place of work | Name of Journal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Ganyaglo and Hill, 2012 [76] | Gabriel YK Ganyaglo | A 6-Year (2004–2009) Review Of Maternal Mortality at the Eastern Regional Hospital, Koforidua, Ghana | Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana | Seminars in Perinatology |
2. | Orish et al., 2012 [77] | Verner N Orish | Adolescent Pregnancy and the Risk of Plasmodium falciparum Malaria and Anaemia – A Pilot Study from Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis, Ghana | Department of Internal Medicine, Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital Sekondi-Takoradi, Sekondi, Western Region, Ghana | Acta Tropica |
3. | Ö Tunçalp et al., 2013 [78] | Kwame Adu-Bonsaffoh | Assessment of Maternal Near-Miss and Quality of Care in a Hospital-Based Study in Accra, Ghana | Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana | International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
4. | Abdullah et al., 2011 [79] | Francis Abantanga, Elias Sory Hayley Osen | Assessment of Surgical and Obstetrical Care at 10 District Hospitals in Ghana Using On-site Interviews | Department of Surgery, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana Ghana Health Services, Accra, Ghana | Journal of Surgical Research |
5. | Asundep et al., 2013 [80] | Cornelius Archer Turpin | Determinants of Access to Antenatal Care and Birth Outcomes in Kumasi, Ghana | Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana | Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health |
6. | Kirkwood et al., 2010 [48] | S Amenga-Etego C Tawiah C Zandoh, S Danso S Owusu-Agyei, P Arthur | Effect of Vitamin A Supplementation in Women of Reproductive Age on Maternal Survival in Ghana (ObaapaVitA): A Cluster-Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Trial | Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ministry of Health, Kintampo, Ghana | Lancet |
7. | Dassah et al., 2015 [81] | Edward T. Dassah Yaw Adu-Sarkodie | Estimating the Uptake of Maternal Syphilis Screening and Other Antenatal Interventions before and after National Rollout of Syphilis Point-of-Care Testing in Ghana | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana | International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
8. | Rominski et al., 2014 [82] | 1. Raymond Aborigo 2. Abraham Hodgson | Female Autonomy and Reported Abortion-Seeking in Ghana, West Africa | Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Navrongo, Ghana Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana | International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
9. | Hussein et al., 2005 [83] | Mercy Abbey | How do Women Identify Health Professionals at Birth in Ghana? | Ghana Health Service, Health Research Unit, Accra, Ghana | Midwifery |
10. | Geynisman et al., 2011 [84] | Anthony Ofosu | Improving Maternal Mortality Reporting at the Community Level with a 4-Question Modified Reproductive Age Mortality Survey (RAMOS) | Ghana Health Service and Ministry of Health, Accra, Ghana | International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
11. | Morhe et al., 2012 [85] | Emmanuel S.K. Morhe Frank K. Ankobea Kwabena A. Danso | Reproductive Experiences of Teenagers in the Ejisu-Juabeng District of Ghana. | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana | International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
12. | Okiwelu et al., 2007 [86] | Daniel Arhinful Margaret Armar-Klemesu | Safe Motherhood in Ghana: Still on the Agenda? | Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana | Health Policy |
13. | Witter et al., 2007 [87] | Sawudatu Zakariah-Akoto | The Experience of Ghana in Implementing a User Fee Exemption Policy to Provide Free Delivery Care | Researcher, IMMPACT, Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research, University of Ghana | Reproductive Health Matters |
14. | Subramanian et al., 2010 [88] | Nicholas Kanlisi | The Ghana Vasectomy Initiative: Facilitating Client–Provider Communication on No-scalpel Vasectomy | Ghana R3M Project, Engender Health, Accra, Ghana | Patient Education and Counseling |
15. | Ako and Akweongo, 2009 [89] | Matilda Aberese Ako, Patricia Akweongob | The Limited Effectiveness of Legislation Against Female Genital Mutilation and the Role of Community Beliefs in Upper East Region, Ghana | Research Fellow, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Upper East Region, Ghana | Reproductive Health Matters |
16. | Moyer et al., 2014 [90] | Raymond A. Aborigo Abraham Hodgson, | ‘They Treat you like you are not a Human Being’: Maltreatment During Labour and Delivery in Rural Northern Ghana | Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Upper East Region, Ghana | Midwifery |
17. | Masters et al., 2013 [91] | 1. George Amofah 2. Patrick Abaogye | Travel Time to Maternity Care and its Effect on Utilization in Rural Ghana: A Multilevel Analysis | Ghana Health Service, Kumasi, Ghana Reproductive and Child Health Dept., Family Health Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana | Social Science & Medicine |
18. | Baiden et al., 2006 [92] | Baiden F, Amponsa-Achiano K, Oduro AR, Mensah TA, Baiden R, Hodgson A | Unmet Need for Essential Obstetric Services in a Rural District in Northern Ghana: Complications of Unsafe Abortions Remain a Major Cause of Mortality | 1. Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Upper East Region, Ghana 2. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana 3. War Memorial Hospital, Navrongo, Upper East Region, Ghana | Public Health |
19. | Powell-Jackson et al., 2014 [93] | Evelyn K Ansah | Who Benefits from Free Healthcare? Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Ghana | Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Ghana | Journal of Development Economics |
20. | Sinclair et al., 2013 [94] | Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Brian Asare, Augustina Koduah | Integrating Global and National Knowledge to Select Medicines for Children: The Ghana National Drugs Programme | Ghana National Drugs Programme, Accra, Ghana | PLoS Medicine |
21. | Dassah et al., 2015 [95] | Edward Tieru Dassah, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie | Factors Associated with Failure to Screen for Syphilis During Antenatal Care in Ghana: A Case Control Study | Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana | BMC Infectious Diseases |
22. | Cofie et al., 2015 [96] | Sodzi Sodzi-Tettey | Birth Location Preferences of Mothers and Fathers in Rural Ghana: Implications for Pregnancy, Labor and Birth Outcomes | Project Fives Alive!/Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Accra, Ghana | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth |
23. | Atuahene et al., 2013 [97] | David Mensah and Martin Adjuik | A Cross-Sectional Study of Determinants of Birth Weight of Neonates in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana | National Malaria Control Programme, Accra, Ghana. 3INDEPTH Network Secretariat, Accra, Ghana | Maternal Health, Neonatology, and Perinatology |
24. | Nakua et al., 2015 [98] | Justice Thomas Sevugu | Home Birth without Skilled Attendants Despite Millennium Villages Project Intervention in Ghana: Insight from a Survey of Women’s Perceptions of Skilled Obstetric Care | Sekyere-Kumawu Health Directorate, Kumasi, Ghana | Pregnancy and Childbirth |
25. | Dalaba et al., 2015 [99] | Maxwell A Dalaba Raymond A Aborigo John Williams Gifty A Aninany | Cost to Households in Treating Maternal Complications in Northern Ghana: A Cross Sectional Study | Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana | Health Services Research |
26. | Manu et al., 2015 [100] | Gloria Quansah Asare, Kwasi Odoi-Agyarko | Parent–Child Communication about Sexual and Reproductive Health: Evidence from the Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana | Family Health Division, Ghana Health Service, Private Mail Bag, Ministries, Accra, Ghana RHI Medical Centre, Amanokrom, Mampong-Akuapem, Eastern Region, Ghana | Reproductive Health |
27. | Achana et al., 2015 [101] | Fabian Sebastian Achana, Paul Welaga, Timothy Awine, Abraham Oduro, John Koku Awoonor-Williams | Spatial and Socio-Demographic Determinants of Contraceptive use in the Upper East Region of Ghana | Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Upper East Region, Ghana Regional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service PMB, Upper East Region, Bolgatanga, Ghana | Reproductive Health |
28. | Adjei et al., 2015 [102] | 1. Kwame K. Adjei, Martha A. Abdulai, Sam Newton, and Seth Owusu-Agyei 2. Sam Adjei | A Comparative Study on the Availability of Modern Contraceptives in Public and Private Health Facilities in a Peri-Urban Community in Ghana | Kintampo Health Research Centre, Ghana Health Service, Kintampo, Ghana Centre for Health and Social Services, Accra, Ghana | Reproductive Health |
29. | Amoakoh-Coleman et al., 2015 [103] | Charles Brown-Davies Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch | Completeness and Accuracy of Data Transfer of Routine Maternal Health Services Data in the Greater Accra Region | Ghana Health Service, Greater Accra Region, Accra, Ghana Research and Development Division, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana | Research Notes |
30. | Hall et al., 2015 [104] | Kwabena Danso | A Retrospective Analysis of the Impact of an Obstetrician on Delivery and Care Outcomes at Four District Hospitals in Ghana | Ghana Health Service, Sekyere Kumawu District Health Directorate, Kumawu, Ghana | International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
31. | Bawah et al., 2009 [105] | Ayaga Bawah | The Impact of Immunization on the Association between Poverty and Child Survival: Evidence from Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana | The INDEPTH Network | Scandinavian Journal of Public Health |
32. | Adongo et al., 1997 [106] | Adongo B. Philip | Cutural Factor Constraining the Introduction of Family Planning among the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana | Navrongo Health Research Centre, Ministry of Health, Navrongo, Ghana | Social Science & Medicine |
33. | Amoakohene, 2004 [107] | Amoakohene | Violence against Women in Ghana: A Look at Women’s Perceptions and Review of Policy and Social Responses | Ghana Health Service | Social Science & Medicine |
34. | Witter et al., 2009 [108] | Margaret Armar-Klemesu | Providing Free Maternal Health Care: Ten Lessons from an Evaluation of the National Delivery Exemption Policy in Ghana | Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, Ghana | Ghana Global Health Action |
35. | Oppong et al., 2015 [109] | Samuel A. Oppong, Michael Y. Ntumy, Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Deda Ogum-Alangea, Emefa Modey-Amoah | Gestational Diabetes Mellitus among Women Attending Prenatal Care at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana | Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana | International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
36. | Obrist et al., 2014 [110] | Ernest Osei-Bonsu, Baffour Awuah | Factors Related to Incomplete Treatment of Breast Cancer in Kumasi, Ghana | Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Department of Medical Oncology and Radiation, & Central Administration, Kumasi, Ghana | Breast |
37. | Shelus et al., 2015 [111] | Stephen Mensah, Kafui Dzasi | Lessons from a Geospatial Analysis of Depot Medroxyprogesterone Acetate Sales by Licensed Chemical Sellers in Ghana | Global Health Population and Nutrition, Accra, Ghana | International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics |
38. | Sukums et al., 2015 [112] | Nathan Mensah, Afua Williams | Promising Adoption of an Electronic Clinical Decision Support System for Antenatal and Intrapartum Care in Rural Primary Healthcare Facilities in Sub-Saharan Africa: The QUALMAT Experience | Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana | International Journal of Medical Informatics |
39. | Aborigo et al., 2015 [113] | Akawire Aborigo | The Traditional Healer in Obstetric Care: A Persistent Wasted Opportunity in Maternal Health | Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghana | Social Science & Medicine |