Ghana

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • A Non-Inferiority, Individually Randomized Trial of Intermittent Screening and Treatment versus Intermittent Preventive Treatment in the Control of Malaria in Pregnancy. 
  • Adapting a multifaceted U.S. HIV prevention education program for girls in Ghana. 
  • Advancing obstetric and neonatal care in a regional hospital in Ghana via continuous quality improvement. 
  • An Investigation of Organic and Inorganic Mercury Exposure and Blood Pressure in a Small-Scale Gold Mining Community in Ghana. 
  • Assessment of mercury exposure among small-scale gold miners using mercury stable isotopes. 
  • Association between chromosome 2p16.3 variants and glaucoma in populations of African descent. 
  • Blindness and visual impairment in an urban West African population: the Tema Eye Survey. 
  • Building health system capacity to improve maternal and newborn care: a pilot leadership program for frontline staff at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. 
  • Causes of childhood blindness in Ghana: results from a blind school survey in Upper West Region, Ghana, and review of the literature. 
  • Control of meningococcal disease in west Africa. 
  • Early results of prostate cancer radiation therapy: an analysis with emphasis on research strategies to improve treatment delivery and outcomes. 
  • Emergency vaccination against epidemic meningitis in Ghana: implications for the control of meningococcal disease in West Africa. 
  • Glaucoma in Ghana, West Africa: clinical features and the role of mutations in Myocilin. 
  • Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana-Part 2: Natural Sciences Review. 
  • Integrated assessment of artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Ghana--part 1: human health review. 
  • Lack of association between LOXL1 variants and primary open-angle glaucoma in three different populations. 
  • Life-course socio-economic status and adult BMI in Ghana; analysis of the WHO study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE). 
  • Longitudinal Change in Central Corneal Thickness in the Tema Eye Survey. 
  • Measuring the impact of a quality improvement collaboration to decrease maternal mortality in a Ghanaian regional hospital. 
  • Meningococcal immunisation in Ghana. 
  • Mercury Exposure Assessment and Spatial Distribution in A Ghanaian Small-Scale Gold Mining Community. 
  • Mitochondrial genetic background in Ghanaian patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. 
  • Multidisciplinary team partnerships to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes: the Kybele experience. 
  • No association between OPA1 polymorphisms and primary open-angle glaucoma in three different populations. 
  • Optineurin coding variants in Ghanaian patients with primary open-angle glaucoma. 
  • Prevalence of glaucoma in an urban West African population: the Tema Eye Survey. 
  • Prevalence of myocilin mutations in adults with primary open-angle glaucoma in Ghana, West Africa. 
  • Pulmonary function and respiratory health of rural farmers and artisanal and small scale gold miners in Ghana. 
  • Quality of health care, survival and health outcomes in Ghana. 
  • Religion and perceptions of community-based conservation in Ghana, West Africa. 
  • SAVVY (C31G) gel for prevention of HIV infection in women: a Phase 3, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in Ghana. 
  • Sexual health experiences of adolescents in three Ghanaian towns. 
  • Socioeconomic Disparities in the Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Ghanaian Women. 
  • Survey of glaucoma in an eye clinic in Ghana, West Africa. 
  • Teaching neuraxial anesthesia techniques for obstetric care in a Ghanaian referral hospital: achievements and obstacles. 
  • Temporal Variation and Association of Aflatoxin B₁ Albumin-Adduct Levels with Socio-Economic and Food Consumption Factors in HIV Positive Adults. 
  • The cost effectiveness of a quality improvement program to reduce maternal and fetal mortality in a regional referral hospital in Accra, Ghana. 
  • The effect of community nurses and health volunteers on child mortality: the Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project. 
  • The effect of medical therapy on IOP control in Ghana. 
  • The geography of malaria genetics in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A complex and fragmented landscape. 
  • The introduction of a midwife-led obstetric triage system into a regional referral hospital in Ghana. 
  • The role of psychological safety and learning behavior in the development of effective quality improvement teams in Ghana: an observational study. 
  • The role of relationship types on condom use among urban men with concurrent partners in Ghana and Tanzania. 
  • The third delay: understanding waiting time for obstetric referrals at a large regional hospital in Ghana. 
  • Transforming Maternal and Neonatal Outcomes in Tertiary Hospitals in Ghana: An Integrated Approach for Systems Change. 
  • Traumatic Brain Injury and Infectious Encephalopathy in Children From Four Resource-Limited Settings in Africa. 
  • Use of sleeping trees by ursine colobus monkeys (Colobus vellerosus) demonstrates the importance of nearby food. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Kelly, Roy, Professor of the Practice of Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy, Sanford School of Public Policy
  • Liu, Yutao, Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Medicine, Medical Genetics