Early life ambient air pollution, household fuel use, and under-5 mortality in Ghana

Authors: Moro, Ali, Nonterah, Engelbert A., Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Oladokun, Samuel, Welaga, Paul, Ansah, Patrick O., Hystad, Perry, Vermeulen, Roel, Oduro, Abraham R., Downward, George

Source: In Environment International May 2024 187

Effect of national immunisation campaigns with oral polio vaccine on all-cause mortality in children in rural northern Ghana: 20 years of demographic surveillance cohort data

Authors: Welaga, Paul, Mutua, Martin Kavao, Ahmed Hanifi, Syed Manzoor, Ansah, Patrick, Aaby, Peter, Nielsen, Sebastian

Source: In eClinicalMedicine December 2023 66

Social and demographic correlates of cardiovascular mortality in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Ghana: a verbal post-mortem analysis

Authors: Oduro, Abraham R, Francke, Jordan, Ansah, Patrick, Jackson, Elizabeth F, Wak, George, Phillips, James F, Haykin, Leah A, Azongo, Daniel, Bawah, Ayaga A, Welaga, Paul, Hodgson, Abraham, Aborigo, Raymond, Heller, David J

Source: International journal of epidemiology. 51(2):591-603

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Barriers to healthcare workers reporting adverse events following immunization in four regions of Ghana

Authors: Gidudu, Jane F., Shaum, Anna, Dodoo, Alex, Bosomprah, Samuel, Bonsu, George, Amponsa-Achiano, Kwame, Darko, Delese M., Sabblah, George, Opare, Joseph, Nyaku, Mawuli, Owusu-Boakye, Bernice, Oduro, Abraham, Aborigo, Raymond, Conklin, Laura, Welaga, Paul, Ampadu, Hilda H.

Source: Vaccine. 38(5):1009-1014

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Optimising reporting of adverse events following immunisation by healthcare workers in Ghana: A qualitative study in four regions.

Authors: Aborigo, Raymond Akawire¹ (AUTHOR) rayborigo@yahoo.com, Welaga, Paul¹ (AUTHOR), Oduro, Abraham¹ (AUTHOR), Shaum, Anna² (AUTHOR), Opare, Joseph³ (AUTHOR), Dodoo, Alex⁴ (AUTHOR), Ampadu, Hilda⁴ (AUTHOR), Gidudu, Jane F.² (AUTHOR)

Source: PLoS ONE. 12/20/2022, Vol. 17 Issue 12, p1-18. 18p.

Subject Terms: *MEDICAL personnel, *IMMUNIZATION, *QUALITATIVE research, *SYSTEM safety, *SUPERVISORS, *VACCINE safety

Geographic Terms: GHANA

Cost of childbirth in Upper West Region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

Authors: Dalaba, Maxwell A.^1,2 (AUTHOR) mdalaba@uhas.edu.gh, Welaga, Paul^2,3 (AUTHOR), Immurana, Mustapha¹ (AUTHOR), Ayanore, Martin⁴ (AUTHOR), Ane, Justina⁵ (AUTHOR), Danchaka, Laata L.⁶ (AUTHOR), Matsubara, Chieko⁷ (AUTHOR)

Source: BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth. 8/4/2022, Vol. 22 Issue 1, p1-9. 9p.

Status of birth and pregnancy outcome capture in Health Demographic Surveillance Sites in 13 countries

Authors: Waiswa, Peter, Akuze, Joseph, Moyer, Cheryl, Kwesiga, Doris, Arthur, Samuelina, Sankoh, Osman, Welaga, Paul, Bangha, Martin, Eminas, Jacques, Muuo, Sheru, Ziraba, Abdhalah, Kerber, Kate

Source: International journal of public health. 64(6):909-920

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Children born during the hunger season are at a higher risk of severe acute malnutrition: Findings from a Guinea Sahelian ecological zone in Northern Ghana

Authors: Nonterah, Engelbert A., Welaga, Paul, Chatio, Samuel T., Kehoe, Sarah H., Ofosu, Winfred, Ward, Kate A., Godfrey, Keith M., Oduro, Abraham R., Newell, Marie‐Louise

Source: Maternal and child nutrition. 18(2)

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Stopping Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) After Defeating Poliomyelitis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Harmful Unintended Consequences? Review of the Nonspecific Effects of OPV

Authors: Aaby, Peter, Nielsen, Sebastian, Fisker, Ane B, Pedersen, Line M, Welaga, Paul, Hanifi, Syed M A, Martins, Cesario L, Rodrigues, Amabelia, Chumakov, Konstantin, Benn, Christine S

Source: Open forum infectious diseases. 9(8)

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Prevalence and factors associated with female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age in the Bawku municipality and Pusiga District of northern Ghana

Authors: Sakeah, Evelyn, Debpuur, Cornelius, Oduro, Abraham, Welaga, Paul, Aborigo, Raymond, Sakeah, James, Moyer, Cheryl

Source: BMC women's health. 18(1):1-10

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Neonatal mortality rates, characteristics, and risk factors for neonatal deaths in Ghana: analyses of data from two health and demographic surveillance systems

Authors: Dare, Shadrach, Oduro, Abraham R., Owusu-Agyei, Seth, Mackay, Daniel F., Gruer, Laurence, Manyeh, Alfred Kwesi, Nettey, Ernest, Phillips, James F., Asante, Kwaku Poku, Welaga, Paul, Pell, Jill P.

Source: Global health action. 14(1)

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

Authors: Welaga, Paul, Oduro, Abraham, Debpuur, Cornelius, Aaby, Peter, Ravn, Henrik, Andersen, Andreas, Binka, Fred, Hodgson, Abraham

Source: Vaccine. 35(18):2496-2503

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Cost of delivering health care services at primary health facilities in Ghana

Authors: Dalaba, Maxwell, Welaga, Paul, Matsubara, Chieko

Source: BMC health services research. 17(1):1-11

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Birth preparedness and complications readiness among women in disadvantaged rural districts of Ghana.

Authors: Oduro, Abraham Rexford, Anyorikeya, Maria, Ansah, Patrick, Oladokun, Samuel, Tei, Ernest Maya, Oduro-Ayeh, Randy, Welaga, Paul, Deh, Seli

Source: BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth; 10/14/2023, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-12, 12p

Subject Terms: POOR communities, RURAL women, PREPAREDNESS, SOCIAL status, MARITAL status

Geographic Terms: GHANA

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

Authors: Kwarteng, Anthony, Akazili, James, Welaga, Paul, Dalinjong, Philip Ayizem, Asante, Kwaku Poku, Sarpong, Doris, Arthur, Samuelina, Bangha, Martin, Goudge, Jane, Sankoh, Osman

Source: International journal for equity in health. 19(1)

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Situation Analysis of a New Effort of Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) for Maternal Health in Upper West Region in Rural Ghana.

Authors: Matsubara, Chieko, Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba, Danchaka, Laata Latif, Welaga, Paul

Source: International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health; Aug2023, Vol. 20 Issue 16, p6595, 10p

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

Authors: Kwarteng, Anthony, Akazili, James, Welaga, Paul, Dalinjong, Philip Ayizem, Asante, Kwaku Poku, Sarpong, Doris, Arthur, Samuelina, Bangha, Martin, Goudge, Jane, Sankoh, Osman

Source: International journal for equity in health. 19(1)

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Impact of community health interventions on maternal and child health indicators in the upper east region of Ghana.

Authors: Sakeah, Evelyn, Bawah, Ayaga A., Asuming, Patrick O., Debpuur, Cornelius, Welaga, Paul, Awine, Timothy, Anyorikeya, Maria, Kuwolamo, Irene, Oh, Juhwan, Lee, Hoon Sang, Lee, Hwa-Young, Lee, Inseok, Kim, Myeong Seon, Hong, Seoyeon, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Phillips, James F., Aboagye, Patrick, Oduro, Abraham R.

Source: BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth; 4/28/2023, Vol. 23 Issue 1, p1-15, 15p

Subject Terms: HEALTH status indicators, MATERNAL health, CHILDREN'S health, PUBLIC health, MEDICAL personnel, RURAL health clinics

Geographic Terms: GHANA

Factors influencing performance of community-based health volunteers’ activities in the Kassena-Nankana Districts of Northern Ghana.

Authors: Chatio, Samuel¹ schatio@yahoo.co.uk, Welaga, Paul¹, Tabong, Philip Teg-Nefaah², Akweongo, Patricia²

Source: PLoS ONE. 2/20/2019, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p1-12. 12p.

Subject Terms: *VOLUNTEERS' health, *MEDICAL care, *RURAL development, *ACQUISITION of data

Geographic Terms: GHANA

Cost of malaria treatment and health seeking behaviour of children under-five years in the Upper West Region of Ghana.

Authors: Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba¹ madalaba@yahoo.com, Welaga, Paul¹, Oduro, Abraham¹, Danchaka, Laata Latif², Matsubara, Chieko³

Source: PLoS ONE. 4/13/2018, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p1-14. 14p.

Subject Terms: *MEDICAL care costs, *MALARIA treatment, *HELP-seeking behavior, *HEALTH facilities, *POPULATION health, *PUBLIC health

Geographic Terms: GHANA