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"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

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"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.

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A combined analysis of immunogenicity, antibody kinetics and vaccine efficacy from phase 2 trials of the RTS,S malaria vaccine

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A phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African infants

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

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Adherence to Artesunate-Amodiaquine Therapy for Uncomplicated Malaria in Rural Ghana: A Randomised Trial of Supervised versus Unsupervised Drug Administration

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

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Amplification of GTP-cyclohydrolase 1 gene in Plasmodium falciparum isolates with the quadruple mutant of dihydrofolate reductase and dihydropteroate synthase genes in Ghana

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

An evaluation of the immunogenicity and safety of a new trivalent meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine

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An open label, randomised trial of artesunate+amodiaquine, artesunate+chlorproguanil-dapsone and artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria

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Analysis of Preventive Interventions for Malaria: Exploring Partial and Complete Protection and Total and Primary Intervention Effects

scientific article published on 27 May 2015

Analysis of partial and complete protection in malaria cohort studies

scientific article published on 05 October 2013

Antibody Reactivity to Merozoite Antigens in Ghanaian Adults Correlates With Growth Inhibitory Activity Against Plasmodium falciparum in Culture

scientific article published on 28 May 2019

Assessing the impact of differences in malaria transmission intensity on clinical and haematological indices in children with malaria

scientific article published on March 2017

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

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Assessment of severe malaria in a multicenter, phase III, RTS, S/AS01 malaria candidate vaccine trial: case definition, standardization of data collection and patient care ⬇️

scientific article published on August 4, 2011

Association of Carbon Monoxide exposure with blood pressure among pregnant women in rural Ghana: Evidence from GRAPHS

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Associations between Red Cell Polymorphisms and Plasmodium falciparum Infection in the Middle Belt of Ghana

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

scientific article published on 31 October 2018

Baseline malaria vector transmission dynamics in communities in Ahafo mining area in Ghana

scientific article

Biochemical and hematologic parameters for children in the middle belt of Ghana

scholarly article

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

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Community engagement in biomedical research in an African setting: the Kintampo Health Research Centre experience

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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

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Community perceptions of a malaria vaccine in the Kintampo districts of Ghana

scientific article published on 7 May 2013

Community perceptions of malaria and malaria treatment behaviour in a rural district of Ghana: implications for artemisinin combination therapy

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Community-level antibiotic access and use (ABACUS) in low- and middle-income countries: Finding targets for social interventions to improve appropriate antimicrobial use - an observational multi-centre study.

scientific article published on 28 July 2017

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

scientific article published on 15 May 2019

Correction: Randomized Controlled Trial of RTS,S/AS02D and RTS,S/AS01E Malaria Candidate Vaccines Given According to Different Schedules in Ghanaian Children.

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

scientific article published on 24 January 2019

Detection of Dengue Virus among Children with Suspected Malaria, Accra, Ghana

scholarly article

Determinants of Inappropriate Antibiotics Use in Rural Central Ghana Using a Mixed Methods Approach

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

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

scientific article published on 04 April 2019

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

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Drawing blood from young children: lessons learned from a trial in Ghana

scientific article published on 19 January 2009

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

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

scientific article published on 6 February 2016

Efficacy of RTS,S malaria vaccines: individual-participant pooled analysis of phase 2 data

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Enhancing LPG adoption in Ghana (ELAG): a factorial cluster-randomized controlled trial to Enhance LPG Adoption & Sustained use.

scientific article published on 4 June 2018

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

scientific article published on 23 October 2020

Epidemiology of malaria in the forest-savanna transitional zone of Ghana

scientific article published on 28 September 2009

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

scientific article published on 30 April 2018

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

scientific article published on 21 September 2020

Estimating malaria parasite density: assumed white blood cell count of 10,000/μl of blood is appropriate measure in Central Ghana

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Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy of CareStart G6PD deficiency Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) in a malaria endemic area in Ghana, Africa

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Evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01 E malaria candidate vaccine when integrated in the expanded program of immunization

scientific article published on October 2010

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

scientific article published on 10 September 2019

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

scientific article published on 19 September 2018

Exposure to carbon monoxide and particulate matter among cassava grits processors in the middle belt of Ghana: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published in 2020

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

scientific article

Family Planning Awareness, Perceptions and Practice among Community Members in the Kintampo Districts of Ghana

scientific article published in 2015

Family Planning Needs of Adolescents in Predominantly Rural Communities in the Central Part of Ghana

scientific article published in 2015

First results of phase 3 trial of RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine in African children

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Genetic diversity of SARS-CoV-2 infections in Ghana from 2020-2021

research article

Ghana randomized air pollution and health study (GRAPHS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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Ghana's Rural Liquefied Petroleum Gas Program Scale Up: A case study

scientific article published on 07 July 2018

Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Haemoglobin Drop after Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine Use for Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria during Pregnancy in Ghana - A Cohort Study

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Haematological and biochemical reference values for healthy adults in the Middle Belt of Ghana

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

scientific article published on 11 April 2018

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

scientific article published on 17 March 2020

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

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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

scientific article published on 31 January 2018

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

scientific article published on 22 June 2019

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

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

scientific article published on 27 October 2017

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

scientific article published on 30 July 2017

Making Family Planning Services Relevant to Adolescents: Perspectives from Rural Communities in Central Ghana

scientific article published in 2014

Malaria Transmission Intensity Likely Modifies RTS, S/AS01 Efficacy Due to a Rebound Effect in Ghana, Malawi, and Gabon

scientific article published in 2022

Malaria case detection using rapid diagnostic test at the community level in Ghana: consumer perception and practitioners' experiences

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Malaria epidemiology in the Ahafo area of Ghana

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Malaria parasite density estimated with white blood cells count reference value agrees with density estimated with absolute in children less than 5 years in central ghana

scientific article published on 7 April 2015

Malaria vaccine deployment in Africa: focus on Ghana

scientific article published on 01 June 2019

Modelling of supply and demand-side determinants of liquefied petroleum gas consumption in peri-urban Cameroon, Ghana and Kenya

scientific article published in 2021

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

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Patterns and seasonality of malaria transmission in the forest-savannah transitional zones of Ghana

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Pesticide exposures in a malarious and predominantly farming area in Central Ghana

scientific article published on 30 August 2015

Placental malaria and the risk of malaria in infants in a high malaria transmission area in Ghana: A prospective cohort study

scientific article published on August 2013

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

scientific article published on 23 October 2019

Predictors of abortions in Rural Ghana: a cross-sectional study

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

scholarly article by Seyram Kaali et al published 22 December 2018 in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Prenatal Household Air Pollution is Associated with Impaired Infant Lung Function with Sex-Specific Effects: Evidence from GRAPHS, a Cluster Randomized Cookstove Intervention Trial

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Prenatal maternal stress and birth outcomes in rural Ghana: sex-specific associations

scientific article published on 29 October 2019

Prescribing patterns and compliance with World Health Organization recommendations for the management of severe malaria: a modified cohort event monitoring study in public health facilities in Ghana and Uganda

research work

Prevalence of chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from three areas in Ghana

Prevalence of chloroquine and antifolate drug resistance alleles in Plasmodium falciparum clinical isolates from three areas in Ghana

scientific article published on 3 December 2018

Prevalence of clinically captured and confirmed malaria among HIV seropositve clinic attendants in five hospitals in Ghana

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

scientific article published on 23 September 2019

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

scientific article published on 19 October 2020

Prostration and the Prognosis of Death in African Children with Severe Malaria

Provider compliance to artemisinin-based combination therapy at primary health care facilities in the middle belt of Ghana

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

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RTS,S/AS01<sub>E</sub> malaria vaccine induces IgA responses against CSP and vaccine-unrelated antigens in African children in the phase 3 trial

scientific article published on 24 December 2020

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

scientific article published on 14 August 2019

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

scientific article published on 01 April 2020

Randomized controlled trial of RTS,S/AS02D and RTS,S/AS01E malaria candidate vaccines given according to different schedules in Ghanaian children

scientific article published on 2 October 2009

Respiratory risks from household air pollution in low and middle income countries

scientific article

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)

scholarly article

Safety and efficacy of the RTS, S/AS01 E candidate malaria vaccine given with expanded-programme-on-immunisation vaccines: 19 month follow-up of a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial

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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

scientific article published on 07 November 2019

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

scientific article published on 23 April 2019

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

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

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

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

Seasonality in malaria transmission: implications for case-management with long-acting artemisinin combination therapy in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 19 August 2015

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

scientific article published on 20 February 2016

T cell responses to the RTS,S/AS01e and RTS,S/AS02D malaria candidate vaccines administered according to different schedules to Ghanaian children

scientific article (publication date: 27 April 2011)

Tackling dementia globally: the Global Dementia Prevention Program (GloDePP) collaboration

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

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

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

The Influence of Apparent Temperature on Mortality in the Kintampo Health and Demographic Surveillance Area in the Middle Belt of Ghana: A Retrospective Time-Series Analysis

scientific article published on 22 September 2020

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

scientific article published on 26 January 2017

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

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The benefits or otherwise of managing malaria cases with or without laboratory diagnosis: the experience in a district hospital in Ghana

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The effect of immunization schedule with the malaria vaccine candidate RTS,S/AS01E on protective efficacy and anti-circumsporozoite protein antibody avidity in African infants

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The experience of caregivers of people living with serious mental disorders: a study from rural Ghana

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

The state of enrollment on the National Health Insurance Scheme in rural Ghana after eight years of implementation

scientific article published on 31 December 2019

Time Use Implication of Clean Cookstoves in Rural Settings in Ghana: A Time Use Study

scientific article published on 29 December 2020

To sell or not to sell; the differences between regulatory and community demands regarding access to antibiotics in rural Ghana

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

scientific article published on 27 January 2016

Trends in multiplicity of plasmodium falciparum infections among asymptomatic residents in the middle belt of Ghana

scientific article published on 17 January 2013

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

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

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Use of Antimalarial in the Management of Fever during a Community Survey in the Kintampo Districts of Ghana

scientific article published on 18 November 2015

Utilization of the national cluster of district health information system for health service decision-making at the district, sub-district and community levels in selected districts of the Brong Ahafo region in Ghana

scientific article published on 06 June 2020

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

scientific article published on 7 March 2016

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

scholarly article

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