Adwoa Asante-Poku, Isaac Darko Otchere, Stephen Osei-Wusu, Esther Sarpong, Akosua Baddoo, Audrey Forson, Clement Laryea, Sònia Borrell, Frank Bonsu, Jan Hattendorf, Collins Ahorlu, Kwadwo A. Koram, Sébastien Gagneux, Dorothy Yeboah‐Manu,
Mycobacterium africanum comprises two phylogenetic lineages within the M. tuberculosis complex (MTBC) and is an important cause of human tuberculosis (TB) in West Africa. The reasons for this geographic restriction of M. africanum remain unclear. Here, we performed a prospective study to explore associations between the characteristics of TB patients and the MTBC lineages circulating in Ghana.We genotyped 1,211 MTBC isolates recovered from pulmonary TB patients recruited between 2012 and 2014 using ...
Tópico(s): Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis
2016 - BioMed Central | BMC Infectious Diseases
Richard Odame Phillips, Lucy Owusu, Eric Koka, Edmond Kwaku Ocloo, H Simpson, Abigail Agbanyo, Daniel Okyere, Ruth Dede Tuwor, Adelaide Fokuoh-Boadu, Richard Akuffo, Jacob Novignon, Michael Ntiamoah Oppong, Iris Mosweu, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Jojo Cobbinah, Tara Mtuy, Jennifer Palmer, Collins Ahorlu, Yaw Ampem Amoako, Stephen L. Walker, Dorothy Yeboah‐Manu, Michael Marks, Catherine Pitt, Rachel L. Pullan,
Integrated strategies are recommended to tackle neglected tropical diseases of the skin (skin NTDs), which pose a substantial health and economic burden in many countries, including Ghana. We describe the development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy designed to improve experiences of skin NTDs in Atwima Mponua district in Ashanti Region. A multidisciplinary research team led an iterative process to develop an overall strategy and specific interventions, based on a theory of ...
Tópico(s): Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
2024 - Public Library of Science | PLOS Global Public Health
Daniel Okyere, Edmond Kwaku Ocloo, Lucy Owusu, Yaw Ampem Amoako, Ruth Dede Tuwor, Eric Koka, Jacob Novignon, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Ishaque Mintah Siam, Emmanuel Afreh, Abigail Agbanyo, Richard Akuffo, Solomon Gyabaah, Michael Ntiamoah Oppong, Katherine E. Halliday, H Simpson, Joseph Timothy, Michael Marks, Maria Zuurmond, Stephen L. Walker, Rachel L. Pullan, Collins Ahorlu, Richard Odame Phillips, Dorothy Yeboah‐Manu, Catherine Pitt, Jennifer Palmer,
Integrated approaches to managing co-endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) of the skin within primary healthcare services are complex and require tailoring to local contexts. We describe formative research in Atwima Mponua District in Ghana’s Ashanti Region designed to inform the development of a sustainable intervention to improve access to skin NTD care. We employed a convergent, parallel, mixed-methods design, collecting data from February 2021 to February 2022. We quantitatively assessed ...
Tópico(s): Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment
2024 - Public Library of Science | PLOS Global Public Health
Dorothy Yeboah‐Manu, John Kofi Odoom, Stephen Osei-Wusu, Afia Adoma-Boakye, Griselda Osae-Amoako, Adwoa Asante-Poku, Jewelna Akorli, Benjamin Abuaku, Kwadwo Asamoah Kusi, Collins Ahorlu,
The Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) is a semi-autonomous institute of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon. Founded in 1979, the Institute was built with a grant aid from the Government of Japan as a gift to the people of Ghana in memory of the renowned Japanese medical scientist, Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, who died from Yellow fever infection while conducting research on the disease in Ghana. The Institute has a three-pronged mandate to conduct health related ...
Tópico(s): Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
2023 - Frontiers Media | Frontiers in Tropical Diseases
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Tópico(s): Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
2021 - Elsevier BV | The Lancet Global Health
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Tópico(s): Names, Identity, and Discrimination Research
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