Institution:
Ghana Health Service
Department/Unit:
Research and Development Division
Country:
Ghana
Field of study:
Qualifications:
BSc MBChB MSc MA PhD FGCP JP
PhD Institution:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London
PhD country:
United Kingdom
PhD dissertation title:
Evaluation of different Indices of Malaria
Current research interests and projects:
Clinical Trials, Health Systems, Health Measurements, NCDs, NTDs, MNCH
ORCID ID:
Selected publication 1:
Abraham Rexford Oduro, George Wak, Daniel Azongo, Cornelius Debpuur, Peter Wontuo, Felix Kondayire, Paul Welaga, Ayaga Bawah, Alex Nazzar, John Williams, Abraham Hodgson, Fred Binka, Profile of the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance System, International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 41, Issue 4, August 2012, Pages 968–976, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys111
Selected publication 2:
Oduro, A.R., Koram, K.A., Rogers, W. et al. Severe falciparum malaria in young children of the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana. Malar J 6, 96 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-6-96
Selected publication 3:
Oduro, A.R., Conway, D.J., Schellenberg, D. et al. Seroepidemiological and parasitological evaluation of the heterogeneity of malaria infection in the Gambia. Malar J 12, 222 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-12-222
Selected publication 4:
Oduro, A.R., Maya, E.T., Akazili, J. et al. Monitoring malaria using health facility based surveys: challenges and limitations. BMC Public Health 16, 354 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2858-7
Selected publication 5:
Oduro AR, Bojang KA, Conway DJ, Corrah T, Greenwood BM, Schellenberg D (2011) Health Centre Surveys as a Potential Tool for Monitoring Malaria Epidemiology by Area and over Time. PLoS ONE 6(11): e26305. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026305
Selected publication 6:
Tiedje KE, Oduro AR, Bangre O, Amenga-Etego L, Dadzie SK, Appawu MA, Frempong K, Asoala V, Ruybal-Pésantez S, Narh CA, Deed SL, Argyropoulos DC, Ghansah A, Agyei SA, Segbaya S, Desewu K, Williams I, Simpson JA, Malm K, Pascual M, Koram KA, Day KP. Indoor residual spraying with a non-pyrethroid insecticide reduces the reservoir of Plasmodium falciparum in a high-transmission area in northern Ghana. PLOS Glob Public Health. Epub 2022 May 18.
Selected publication 7:
Ansah PO, Ansah NA, Malm K, Awuni D, Peprah N, Dassah S, Yarig S, Manful C, Agbenyeri J, Awoonor-Williams J, Ofosu W, Oduro AR. Evaluation of pilot implementation of seasonal malaria chemoprevention on morbidity in young children in Northern Sahelian Ghana. Malar J. 2021 Nov 18;20(1):440.
Selected publication 8:
A.R Oduro, P Ansah, A Hodgson, T.M Afful, F Baiden, P Adongo, K.A KoramTrends in th.e prevalence of female genital muti-lation and its effect on delivery outcomes in the kassena-nankana district of northern Ghana DOI: 10.4Ghana Medical Journal 314/gmj.v40i3.55258
Selected publication 9:
Abraham R Oduro, Jordan Francke, Patrick Ansah, Elizabeth F Jackson, George Wak, James F Phillips, Leah A Haykin, Daniel Azongo, Ayaga A Bawah, Paul Welaga, Abraham Hodgson, Raymond Aborigo, David J Heller, Social and demographic correlates of cardiovascular mortality in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Ghana: a verbal post-mortem analysis, International Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 51, Issue 2, April 2022, Pages 591–603, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyab244
Selected publication 10:
Oduro, A.R., Anyorigiya, T., Hodgson, A., Ansah, P., Anto, F., Ansah, N.A., Atuguba, F., Mumuni, G. and Amankwa, J. (2005), A randomized comparative study of chloroquine, amodiaquine and sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Ghana. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 10: 279-284. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01382.x
Capstone assignment title:
Experts Perspectives on Doctoral Supervision in the Ghanaian Context.
Capstone assignment abstract:
None submitted
