Works by Akweongo, Patricia

Results: 87

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

Published in:

PLoS ONE, 2019, v. 14, n. 2, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0212166

By:

Chatio, Samuel;
Welaga, Paul;
Tabong, Philip Teg-Nefaah;
Akweongo, Patricia

Publication type:

Article

Using a theory of change in monitoring, evaluating and steering scale-up of a district-level health management strengthening intervention in Ghana, Malawi, and Uganda - lessons from the PERFORM2Scale consortium.

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2022

By:

Kok, Maryse;
Bulthuis, Susan;
Dieleman, Marjolein;
Onvlee, Olivier;
Murphy, Rebecca;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Namakula, Justine;
Banda, Hastings;
Wyss, Kaspar;
Raven, Joanna;
Martineau, Tim

Publication type:

journal article

Coping Strategies of Young Mothers at Risk of HIV/AIDS in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana.

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African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2009, v. 13, n. 1, p. 61

By:

Acha, Sabastian F.;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Debpuur, Cornelius;
Cleland, John

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Article

Gate-Keeping and Women's Health Seeking Behaviour in Navrongo, Northern Ghana.

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African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2003, v. 7, n. 1, p. 17, doi. 10.2307/3583341

By:

Ngom, Pierre;
Debpuur, Cornelius;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Adongo, Philip;
Binka, Fred N.

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Article

What Do District Health Managers in Ghana Use Their Working Time for? A Case Study of Three Districts.

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2015

By:

Bonenberger, Marc;
Aikins, Moses;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Bosch-Capblanch, Xavier;
Wyss, Kaspar

Publication type:

Case Study

Cost-Effectiveness of Clinical Decision Support System in Improving Maternal Health Care in Ghana.

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PLoS ONE, 2015, v. 10, n. 5, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0125920

By:

Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Aborigo, Raymond Akawire;
Saronga, Happiness Pius;
Williams, John;
Blank, Antje;
Kaltschmidt, Jens;
Sauerborn, Rainer;
Loukanova, Svetla

Publication type:

Article

Adherence and Uptake of Artemisinin-Based Combination Treatments for Uncomplicated Malaria: A Qualitative Study in Northern Ghana.

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PLoS ONE, 2015, v. 10, n. 2, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0116856

By:

Chatio, Samuel;
Aborigo, Raymond;
Adongo, Philip Baba;
Anyorigiya, Thomas;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Oduro, Abraham

Publication type:

Article

Costs Associated with Implementation of Computer-Assisted Clinical Decision Support System for Antenatal and Delivery Care: Case Study of Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana.

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PLoS ONE, 2014, v. 9, n. 9, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0106416

By:

Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Williams, John;
Saronga, Happiness Pius;
Tonchev, Pencho;
Sauerborn, Rainer;
Mensah, Nathan;
Blank, Antje;
Kaltschmidt, Jens;
Loukanova, Svetla

Publication type:

Article

The Economic Burden of Meningitis to Households in Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana.

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PLoS ONE, 2013, v. 8, n. 11, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0079880

By:

Akweongo, Patricia;
Dalaba, Maxwell A.;
Hayden, Mary H.;
Awine, Timothy;
Nyaaba, Gertrude N.;
Anaseba, Dominic;
Hodgson, Abraham;
Forgor, Abdulai A.;
Pandya, Rajul

Publication type:

Article

Factors influencing adverse events reporting within the health care system: the case of artemisinin-based combination treatments in northern Ghana.

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Malaria Journal, 2016, v. 15, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12936-016-1172-2

By:

Chatio, Samuel;
Aborigo, Raymond;
Adongo, Philip Baba;
Anyorigiya, Thomas;
Dalinjong, Philip Ayizem;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Oduro, Abraham

Publication type:

Article

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

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Malaria Journal, 2016, v. 15, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12936-016-1116-x

By:

Tawiah, Theresa;
Asante, Kwaku Poku;
Akua Dwommoh, Rebecca;
Kwarteng, Anthony;
Gyaase, Stephaney;
Mahama, Emmanuel;
Abokyi, Livesy;
Amenga-Etego, Seeba;
Hansen, Kristian;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Owusu-Agyei, Seth

Publication type:

Article

Feasibility and cost of using mobile phones for capturing drug safety information in peri-urban settlement in Ghana: a prospective cohort study of patients with uncomplicated malaria.

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Malaria Journal, 2015, v. 14, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12936-015-0932-8

By:

Kukula, Vida Ami;
Dodoo, Alexander A. N.;
Akpakli, Jonas;
Narh-Bana, Solomon A.;
Clerk, Christine;
Adjei, Alexander;
Awini, Elizabeth;
Manye, Simon;
Nagai, Richard Afedi;
Odonkor, Gabriel;
Nikoi, Christian;
Adjuik, Martin;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Baiden, Rita;
Ogutu, Bernhards;
Binka, Fred;
Gyapong, Margaret

Publication type:

Article

The use of non-prescribed anti-malarial drugs for the treatment of malaria in the Bolgatanga municipality, northern Ghana.

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Malaria Journal, 2013, v. 12, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/1475-2875-12-266

By:

Aborah, Samuel;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Adjuik, Martin;
Atinga, Roger A.;
Welaga, Paul;
Adongo, Philip B.

Publication type:

Article

Using a human resource management approach to support community health workers: experiences from five African countries.

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Human Resources for Health, 2015, v. 13, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12960-015-0034-2

By:

Raven, Joanna;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Baba, Amuda;
Olikira Baine, Sebastian;
Guelaye Sall, Mohamadou;
Buzuzi, Stephen;
Martineau, Tim

Publication type:

Article

The effects of health worker motivation and job satisfaction on turnover intention in Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

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2014

By:

Bonenberger, Marc;
Aikins, Moses;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Wyss, Kaspar

Publication type:

journal article

Maternal birth preparedness and complication readiness in the Greater Accra region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study of two urban health facilities.

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2020

By:

Klobodu, Cynthia;
Milliron, Brandy-Joe;
Agyabeng, Kofi;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Adomah-Afari, Augustine

Publication type:

journal article

Obstetric determinants of preterm delivery in a regional hospital, Accra, Ghana 2016.

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2019

By:

Aseidu, Ernest Konadu;
Bandoh, Delia Akosua;
Ameme, Donne Kofi;
Nortey, Priscilla;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Sackey, Samuel Oko;
Afari, Edwin;
Nyarko, Kofi Mensah;
Kenu, Ernest

Publication type:

journal article

Erratum to: Mapping the use of research to support strategies tackling maternal and child health inequities: evidence from six countries in Africa and Latin America.

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2016

By:

Vargas-Riaño, Emily M;
Becerril-Montekio, Victor;
Gonzalez-Block, Miguel Ángel;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Hazel, Cynthia N A;
Cuembelo, Maria de Fatima;
Limbani, Felix;
Bernardo, Wanderley;
Muñoz, Fernando

Publication type:

corrected article

An exploration of moral hazard behaviors under the national health insurance scheme in Northern Ghana: a qualitative study.

Published in:

2015

By:

Debpuur, Cornelius;
Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba;
Chatio, Samuel;
Adjuik, Martin;
Akweongo, Patricia

Publication type:

journal article

Cost to households in treating maternal complications in northern Ghana: a cross sectional study.

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BMC Health Services Research, 2015, v. 15, n. 1, p. 165, doi. 10.1186/s12913-014-0659-1

By:

Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Aborigo, Raymond Akawire;
Saronga, Happiness Pius;
Williams, John;
Aninanya, Gifty Apiung;
Sauerborn, Rainer;
Loukanova, Svetla

Publication type:

Article

Cost of maternal health services in selected primary care centres in Ghana: a step down allocation approach.

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BMC Health Services Research, 2013, v. 13, n. 1, p. 287, doi. 10.1186/1472-6963-13-287

By:

Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Savadogo, Germain;
Saronga, Happiness;
Williams, John;
Sauerborn, Rainer;
Hengjin Dong;
Loukanova, Svetla

Publication type:

Article

Cost of maternal health services in selected primary care centres in Ghana: a step down allocation approach.

Published in:

2013

By:

Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Savadogo, Germain;
Saronga, Happiness;
Williams, John;
Sauerborn, Rainer;
Dong, Hengjin;
Loukanova, Svetla

Publication type:

journal article

Determinants of health insurance enrolment in Ghana: evidence from three national household surveys.

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2019

By:

Salari, Paola;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Aikins, Moses;
Tediosi, Fabrizio

Publication type:

journal article

Sociodemographic determinants of health insurance enrolment and dropout in urban district of Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

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Health Economics Review, 2019, v. 9, n. 1, p. N.PAG, doi. 10.1186/s13561-019-0241-y

By:

Nsiah-Boateng, Eric;
Nonvignon, Justice;
Aryeetey, Genevieve Cecelia;
Salari, Paola;
Tediosi, Fabrizio;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Aikins, Moses

Publication type:

Article

Adherence to Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Treatment among Patients with Uncomplicated Malaria in Northern Ghana.

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Journal of Tropical Medicine (16879686), 2019, p. 1, doi. 10.1155/2019/5198010

By:

Oduro, Abraham Rexford;
Chatio, Samuel;
Beeri, Paula;
Anyorigiya, Thomas;
Baiden, Rita;
Adongo, Philip;
Akweongo, Patricia

Publication type:

Article

Retention and sustainability of community-based health volunteers' activities: A qualitative study in rural Northern Ghana.

Published in:

PLoS ONE, 2017, v. 12, n. 3, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0174002

By:

Chatio, Samuel;
Akweongo, Patricia

Publication type:

Article

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

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Tropical Medicine & International Health, 2011, v. 16, n. 9, p. 1112, doi. 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02814.x

By:

Anto, Francis;
Asoala, Victor;
Anyorigiya, Thomas;
Oduro, Abraham;
Adjuik, Martin;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Aborigo, Raymond;
Bimi, Langbong;
Amankwa, Joseph;
Hodgson, Abraham

Publication type:

Article

The role of community-based health planning and services strategy in involving males in the provision of family planning services: a qualitative study in Southern Ghana.

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Reproductive Health, 2013, v. 10, n. 1, p. 36, doi. 10.1186/1742-4755-10-36

By:

Adongo, Philip Baba;
Tapsoba, Placide;
Phillips, James F.;
Tabong, Philip Teg-Nefaah;
Stone, Alison;
Kuffour, Emmanuel;
Esantsi, Selina F.;
Akweongo, Patricia

Publication type:

Article

Burden of malaria in mobile populations in the Greater Accra region, Ghana: a cross-sectional study.

Published in:

Malaria Journal, 2017, v. 16, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12936-017-1751-x

By:

Diallo, Nouhoum;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Maya, Ernest;
Aikins, Moses;
Sarfo, Bismark

Publication type:

Article

The Informed Consent Process in a Rural African Setting: A Case Study of the Kassena Nankana District of Northern Ghana.

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IRB: Ethics & Human Research, 2006, v. 28, n. 3, p. 1

By:

Tindana, Paulina Onvomaha;
Kass, Nancy;
Akweongo, Patricia

Publication type:

Article

Indirect costs associated with deaths from the Ebola virus disease in West Africa.

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Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2015, v. 4, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s40249-015-0079-4

By:

Kirigia, Joses Muthuri;
Masiye, Felix;
Kirigia, Doris Gatwiri;
Akweongo, Patricia

Publication type:

Article

Poliovirus neutralizing antibody levels among individuals in three regions of Ghana.

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Ghana Medical Journal, 2019, v. 53, n. 2, p. 170, doi. 10.4314/gmj.v53i2.13

By:

Opare, Joseph K. L.;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Afari, Edwin A.;
Odoom, John k.

Publication type:

Article

Tracking health system performance in times of crisis using routine health data: lessons learned from a multicountry consortium.

Published in:

Health Research Policy & Systems, 2023, v. 21, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12961-022-00956-6

By:

Turcotte-Tremblay, Anne-Marie;
Leerapan, Borwornsom;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Amponsah, Freddie;
Aryal, Amit;
Asai, Daisuke;
Awoonor-Williams, John Koku;
Ayele, Wondimu;
Bauhoff, Sebastian;
Doubova, Svetlana V.;
Gadeka, Dominic Dormenyo;
Dulal, Mahesh;
Gage, Anna;
Gordon-Strachan, Georgiana;
Haile-Mariam, Damen;
Joseph, Jean Paul;
Kaewkamjornchai, Phanuwich;
Kapoor, Neena R.;
Gelaw, Solomon Kassahun;
Kim, Min Kyung

Publication type:

Article

Assessing the scalability of a health management-strengthening intervention at the district level: a qualitative study in Ghana, Malawi and Uganda.

Published in:

Health Research Policy & Systems, 2022, v. 20, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12961-022-00887-2

By:

Bulthuis, Susan;
Kok, Maryse;
Onvlee, Olivier;
Martineau, Tim;
Raven, Joanna;
Ssengooba, Freddie;
Namakula, Justine;
Banda, Hastings;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Dieleman, Marjolein

Publication type:

Article

Are maternal and child health initiatives helping to reduce under-five mortality in Ghana? Results of a quasi-experimental study using coarsened exact matching.

Published in:

2021

By:

Kolekang, Augusta;
Sarfo, Bismark;
Danso-Appiah, Anthony;
Dwomoh, Duah;
Akweongo, Patricia

Publication type:

journal article

Reducing medical claims cost to Ghana's National Health Insurance scheme: a cross-sectional comparative assessment of the paper- and electronic-based claims reviews.

Published in:

2017

By:

Nsiah-Boateng, Eric;
Asenso-Boadi, Francis;
Dsane-Selby, Lydia;
Andoh-Adjei, Francis-Xavier;
Otoo, Nathaniel;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Aikins, Moses

Publication type:

journal article

Factors influencing the work efficiency of district health managers in low-resource settings: a qualitative study in Ghana.

Published in:

BMC Health Services Research, 2016, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12913-016-1271-3

By:

Bonenberger, Marc;
Aikins, Moses;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Wyss, Kaspar

Publication type:

Article

Assessing the sensitivity and specificity of First Response HIV-1-2 test kit with whole blood and serum samples: a cross-sectional study.

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AIDS Research & Therapy, 2016, v. 13, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12981-016-0092-0

By:

Boadu, Raymond;
Darko, George;
Nortey, Priscilla;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Sarfo, Bismark

Publication type:

Article

The economic burden of leprosy treatment to households in Ghana: A cross-sectional study in the Volta Region of Ghana.

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SAGE Open Medicine, 2024, p. 1, doi. 10.1177/20503121241281424

By:

Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba;
Manyeh, Alfred Kwesi;
Immurana, Mustapha;
Ayanore, Martin Amogre;
Agorinya, Isaiah;
Akazili, James;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Quao, Benedict Okoe

Publication type:

Article

High adherence level to artemisinin-based combination therapies in rural settlement 11 years after their introduction in the health system, Nanoro, Burkina Faso.

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Patient Preference & Adherence, 2019, v. 13, p. 371, doi. 10.2147/PPA.S190927

By:

Rouamba, Toussaint;
Sondo, Paul;
Yerbanga, Isidore W;
Compaore, Adelaide;
Traore-Coulibaly, Maminata;
Hien, Franck S;
Diande, Nassirou A;
Valia, Daniel;
Valea, Innocent;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Baiden, Rita;
Binka, Fred;
Kirakoya-Samadoulougou, Fati;
Tinto, Halidou

Publication type:

Article

Prevalence of obesity and overweight and associated factors among financial institution workers in Accra Metropolis, Ghana: a cross sectional study.

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BMC Research Notes, 2015, v. 8, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s13104-015-1590-1

By:

Addo, Prince N. O.;
Nyarko, Kofi M.;
Sackey, Samuel O.;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Sarfo, Bismark

Publication type:

Article

Factors associated with head injury among survivors of motorcycle crashes: a case-control study in northern Ghana.

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Pan African Medical Journal, 2022, v. 43, p. 1, doi. 10.11604/pamj.2022.43.73.35900

By:

Appiah, Anthony Baffour;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Sackey, Samuel;
Morna, Martin Tangnaa;
Kenu, Ernest;
Buunaaim, Alexis Dun Bo-ib;
Debrah, Samuel Akobour Yaw;
Ojo, Thomas Kolawole;
Donkor, Peter;
Mock, Charles

Publication type:

Article

Factors associated with culture proven neonatal sepsis in the Ho municipality 2016.

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Pan African Medical Journal, 2020, v. 36, p. 1, doi. 10.11604/pamj.2020.36.281.20408

By:

Aku, Fortress Yayra;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Nyarko, Kofi Mensah;
Mensah, Lord Graceful;
Amegan-Aho, Kokou;
Kumi, Lawrence;
Afari, Edwin Andrew;
Ameme, Donne Kofi;
Kenu, Ernest

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Article

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

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PLoS ONE, 2015, v. 10, n. 11, p. 1, doi. 10.1371/journal.pone.0142106

By:

Abokyi, Livesy Naafoe;
Asante, Kwaku Poku;
Mahama, Emmanuel;
Gyaase, Stephaney;
Sulemana, Abubakari;
Kwarteng, Anthony;
Ayaam, Jennifer;
Dosoo, David;
Adu-Gyasi, Dennis;
Amenga Etego, Seeba;
Ogutu, Bernhards;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Owusu-Agyei, Seth

Publication type:

Article

It's a woman's thing: gender roles sustaining the practice of female genital mutilation among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana.

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Reproductive Health, 2021, v. 18, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12978-021-01085-z

By:

Akweongo, Patricia;
Jackson, Elizabeth F.;
Appiah-Yeboah, Shirley;
Sakeah, Evelyn;
Phillips, James F.

Publication type:

Article

Impact of free maternal health care policy on maternal health care utilization and perinatal mortality in Ghana: protocol design for historical cohort study.

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Reproductive Health, 2020, v. 17, n. 1, p. N.PAG, doi. 10.1186/s12978-020-01011-9

By:

Azaare, John;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Aryeetey, Genevieve Cecilia;
Dwomoh, Duah

Publication type:

Article

Using the integration of human resource management strategies at district level to improve workforce performance: analysis of workplan designs in three African countries.

Published in:

Human Resources for Health, 2023, v. 21, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12960-023-00838-0

By:

Martineau, Tim;
Mansour, Wesam;
Dieleman, Marjolein;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Amon, Samuel;
Chikaphupha, Kingsley;
Mubiri, Paul;
Raven, Joanna

Publication type:

Article

Factors associated with DELAY in diagnosis among tuberculosis patients in Hohoe Municipality, Ghana.

Published in:

BMC Public Health, 2015, v. 15, n. 1, p. 1, doi. 10.1186/s12889-015-1922-z

By:

Osei, Eric;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Binka, Fred

Publication type:

Article

Factors associated with DELAY in diagnosis among tuberculosis patients in Hohoe Municipality, Ghana

Published in:

BMC Public Health, 2015, v. 15, n. 1, p. 721, doi. 10.1186/s12889-015-1922-z

By:

Osei, Eric;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Binka, Fred

Publication type:

Article

Effectiveness of adjunct telephone-based postnatal care on maternal and infant illness in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana: a randomized controlled trial.

Published in:

2022

By:

Ameme, Donne Kofi;
Akweongo, Patricia;
Afari, Edwin Andrew;
Noora, Charles Lwanga;
Anthony, Richard;
Kenu, Ernest

Publication type:

journal article