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List of works by Abraham Hodgson

"I don't know anything about their culture": the disconnect between allopathic and traditional maternity care providers in rural northern Ghana

scientific article published in June 2014

"it's up to the woman's people": How social factors influence facility-based delivery in Rural Northern Ghana

scientific article published on January 2014

'They treat you like you are not a human being': maltreatment during labour and delivery in rural northern Ghana

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 10 August 2015

A Seroepidemiological Study of Serogroup A Meningococcal Infection in the African Meningitis Belt

scientific article published on 12 February 2016

A phase II, randomized study on an investigational DTPw-HBV/Hib-MenAC conjugate vaccine administered to infants in Northern Ghana

scientific article

A randomized comparative study of chloroquine, amodiaquine and sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Ghana

scientific article published on March 2005

A randomized, controlled trial of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, amodiaquine, or the combination in pregnant women in Ghana

scientific article published on October 2008

Addressing the continuum of maternal and newborn care in Ghana: implications for policy and practice

scientific article published on 28 June 2016

Ageing and adult health status in eight lower-income countries: the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration

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Amodiaquine in future combination treatment of malaria in Ghana

scientific article published on July 2007

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

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An outbreak of serotype 1 Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis in northern Ghana with features that are characteristic of Neisseria meningitidis meningitis epidemics

scientific article published on 10 June 2005

Antibody levels to multiple malaria vaccine candidate antigens in relation to clinical malaria episodes in children in the kasena-nankana district of northern ghana

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Assessing malaria control in the kassena-nankana district of northern Ghana through repeated surveys using the RBM tools

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Cause-specific childhood mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

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Characterization of vaccine antigens of meningococcal serogroup W isolates from Ghana and Burkina Faso from 2003 to 2009.

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Chasing spirits: Clarifying the spirit child phenomenon and infanticide in northern Ghana

scientific article published on 12 May 2010

Clean delivery practices in rural northern Ghana: a qualitative study of community and provider knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs

scientific article

Clinical case definitions and malaria vaccine efficacy

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Clonal groupings in serogroup X Neisseria meningitidis

scientific article published on May 2002

Clonal waves of Neisseria colonisation and disease in the African meningitis belt: eight- year longitudinal study in northern Ghana

scientific article published in March 2007

Cluster randomised trial of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in area of high, seasonal transmission in Ghana

scientific article

Clustering of under-five mortality in the Navrongo HDSS in the Kassena-Nankana District of northern Ghana

scientific article published on August 30, 2010

Community Perspectives Associated With the African PsA-TT (MenAfriVac) Vaccine Trials

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Continuum of Care in a Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Program in Ghana: Low Completion Rate and Multiple Obstacle Factors

scientific article published on 9 December 2015

Correction: A Seroepidemiological Study of Serogroup A Meningococcal Infection in the African Meningitis Belt

scientific article published on 5 July 2016

Correction: Clonal Waves of Neisseria Colonisation and Disease in the African Meningitis Belt: Eight-Year Longitudinal Study in Northern Ghana.

scientific article published on 29 May 2007

Demographic Surveillance Sites and emerging challenges in international health

scientific article published on 22 March 2006

Determinants of attending antenatal care at least four times in rural Ghana: analysis of a cross-sectional survey

scientific article

Effective Linkages of Continuum of Care for Improving Neonatal, Perinatal, and Maternal Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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Effects of an adolescent sexual and reproductive health intervention on health service usage by young people in northern Ghana: a community-randomised trial

scientific article published on 30 April 2015

Efficacy of pentavalent rotavirus vaccine against severe rotavirus gastroenteritis in infants in developing countries in sub-Saharan Africa: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

scientific article published on 6 August 2010

Emergence and genomic diversification of a virulent serogroup W:ST-2881(CC175) Neisseria meningitidis clone in the African meningitis belt

scientific article published on 21 June 2017

Emergence of W135 meningococcal meningitis in Ghana

scientific article published in December 2005

Erratum to: The role of weather in meningitis outbreaks in navrongo, Ghana: A generalized additive modeling approach

research work

Ethical Challenges and Lessons Learned During the Clinical Development of a Group A Meningococcal Conjugate Vaccine

scientific article

Evidence-based training and mentorship combined with enhanced outcomes surveillance to address the leading causes of neonatal mortality at the district hospital level in Ghana

scientific article published on 5 February 2014

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

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Factors affecting antenatal care attendance: results from qualitative studies in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi

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Female autonomy and reported abortion-seeking in Ghana, West Africa

scientific article published on 15 May 2014

Fewer out-of-sequence vaccinations and reduction of child mortality in Northern Ghana

scientific article published on 21 March 2017

Genetic diversification of Neisseria meningitidis during waves of colonization and disease in the meningitis belt of sub-Saharan Africa.

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Genomic epidemiology of the current wave of artemisinin resistant malaria

scholarly article by Roberto Amato et al published 22 May 2015 in bioRxiv

Ghana's Ensure Mothers and Babies Regular Access to Care (EMBRACE) program: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

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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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Grandmothers as gatekeepers? The role of grandmothers in influencing health-seeking for mothers and newborns in rural northern Ghana

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HLA-DRB1*04 allele is associated with severe malaria in northern Ghana.

scientific article published in February 2008

Haplotype analyses of haemoglobin C and haemoglobin S and the dynamics of the evolutionary response to malaria in Kassena-Nankana district of Ghana

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Health inequalities among older men and women in Africa and Asia: evidence from eight Health and Demographic Surveillance System sites in the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE Study

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High Incidence of Neonatal Danger Signs and Its Implications for Postnatal Care in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

Hospital Health Care Cost of Diarrheal Disease in Northern Ghana

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Household crowding, social mixing patterns and respiratory symptoms in seven countries of the African meningitis belt

scientific article

Immunogenicity of Yellow Fever Vaccine Coadministered With MenAfriVac in Healthy Infants in Ghana and Mali

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Impact of combined intermittent preventive treatment of malaria and helminths on anaemia, sustained attention, and recall in Northern Ghanaian schoolchildren

scientific article published on 14 September 2016

Inconsistent reporting of female genital cutting status in northern Ghana: Explanatory factors and analytical consequences

scholarly article

Infant nutrition in the first seven days of life in rural northern Ghana

scientific article

Insecticide resistance profiles for malaria vectors in the Kassena-Nankana District of Ghana

scientific article published on 23 April 2009

Investigation of correlates of protection against pharyngeal carriage of Neisseria meningitidis genogroups W and Y in the African meningitis belt

scientific article published on 10 August 2017

Is the decline in neonatal mortality in northern Ghana, 1996-2012, associated with the decline in the age of BCG vaccination? An ecological study

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices related to meningitis in northern Ghana

scientific article published on 17 June 2013

Lack of antigenic diversification of major outer membrane proteins during clonal waves of Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A colonization and disease

scientific article published on 28 November 2012

Local illness concepts and their relevance for the prevention and control of malaria during pregnancy in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi: findings from a comparative qualitative study

scientific article published on 22 July 2013

Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: Evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites

scientific article

Maternal mortality decline in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana

scientific article published on 23 October 2007

Measles Vaccination Supports Millennium Development Goal 4: Increasing Coverage and Increasing Child Survival in Northern Ghana, 1996–2012.

scientific article published on 12 February 2018

Methods for identifying Neisseria meningitidis carriers: a multi-center study in the African meningitis belt

scientific article

Motivation and incentive preferences of community health officers in Ghana: an economic behavioral experiment approach

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Non-falciparum malaria infections in pregnant women in West Africa

scientific article published on 29 January 2016

Patterns of age-specific mortality in children in endemic areas of sub-Saharan Africa.

scientific article published on December 2007

Prevention and management of malaria during pregnancy: findings from a comparative qualitative study in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi

scientific article

Profile of the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance System

scientific article published on August 2012

Prospective study of a serogroup X Neisseria meningitidis outbreak in northern Ghana

scientific article published on 14 February 2002

Rapid achievement of the child survival millennium development goal: Evidence from the Navrongo experiment in Northern Ghana

scientific article published in May 2007

Research on Emissions, Air quality, Climate, and Cooking Technologies in Northern Ghana (REACCTING): study rationale and protocol

scientific article

Revising the WHO verbal autopsy instrument to facilitate routine cause-of-death monitoring

scientific article published on 13 September 2013

Seasonal profiles of malaria infection, anaemia, and bednet use among age groups and communities in northern Ghana

scientific article published on September 2003

Self-reported health and functional limitations among older people in the Kassena-Nankana District, Ghana

scientific article published on September 27, 2010

Severe falciparum malaria in young children of the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana

scientific article

Should consent forms used in clinical trials be translated into the local dialects? A survey among past participants in rural Ghana

scientific article published on 9 October 2015

Simultaneous administration of praziquantel, ivermectin and albendazole, in a community in rural northern Ghana endemic for schistosomiasis, onchocerciasis and lymphatic filariasis

scientific article published on 20 June 2011

Stillbirths and early neonatal mortality in rural Northern Ghana

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Strengthening standardised interpretation of verbal autopsy data: the new InterVA-4 tool

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Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine-based intermittent preventive treatment, bed net use, and antenatal care during pregnancy: Demographic trends and impact on the health of newborns in the kassena nankana district, northeastern Ghana

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The Role of Weather in Meningitis Outbreaks in Navrongo, Ghana: A Generalized Additive Modeling Approach

scholarly article by Vanja Dukić et al published 3 August 2012 in Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics

The acceptability of intermittent screening and treatment versus intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy: results from a qualitative study in Northern Ghana

scientific article

The coverage of continuum of care in maternal, newborn and child health: a cross-sectional study of woman-child pairs in Ghana

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The economic burden of meningitis to households in Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana

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The evolving demographic and health transition in four low- and middle-income countries: Evidence from four sites in the INDEPTH Network of longitudinal health and demographic surveillance systems

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

The gender gap in relation to happiness and preferences in married couples after childbirth: evidence from a field experiment in rural Ghana

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Understanding and Retention of informed consent process among Parents in a Rural Northern Ghana

scientific article

Using weather forecasts to help manage meningitis in the West African Sahel

research work

Variations in disability and quality of life with age and sex between eight lower income and middle-income countries: data from the INDEPTH WHO-SAGE collaboration

scientific article published on 20 December 2017

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

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Zika virus and microcephaly: why is this situation a PHEIC?

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