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  1. An effective malaria vaccine, deployed in conjunction with other malaria interventions, is likely to substantially reduce the malaria burden. Efficacy against severe malaria will be a key driver for decisions ...

    Authors: Johan Vekemans, Kevin Marsh, Brian Greenwood, Amanda Leach, William Kabore, Solange Soulanoudjingar, Kwaku Poku Asante, Daniel Ansong, Jennifer Evans, Jahit Sacarlal, Philip Bejon, Portia Kamthunzi, Nahya Salim, Patricia Njuguna, Mary J Hamel, Walter Otieno…
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2011 10:221
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  2. Termination of pregnancy (TOP) is a common cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in low- and middle-income countries. Population-based surveys are the major data source for TOP data in LMICs but are known ...

    Authors: Yeetey Akpe Kwesi Enuameh, Francis Dzabeng, Hannah Blencowe, Sanne M. Thysen, Solomon Mekonnen Abebe, Kwaku Poku Asante, Charlotte Tawiah, Vladimir Sergeevich Gordeev, Wisdom Adeapena, Doris Kwesiga, Simon Kasasa, Charles Zandoh, Md. Ali Imam, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Sam K. Newton, Seth Owusu-Agyei…
    Citation: Population Health Metrics 2021 19(Suppl 1):12
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 19 Supplement 1

  3. Malaria is associated with an increase in HIV viral load and a fall in CD4-cell count. Conversely, HIV infection disrupts the acquired immune responses to malaria and the efficacy of antimalarial drugs. This s...

    Authors: Dennis Adu-Gyasi, Caterina I Fanello, Frank Baiden, John DH Porter, Dan Korbel, George Adjei, Emmanuel Mahama, Alexander Manu, Kwaku Poku Asante, Sam Newton and Seth Owusu-Agyei
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2013 12:382
    Content type: Research Published on:

  4. Ghana changed their antimalarial drug policy from monotherapies to Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies in 2004 in order to provide more efficacious medicines for treatment of malaria. The policy change can...

    Authors: Mathilda Tivura, Isaac Asante, Albert van Wyk, Stephaney Gyaase, Naiela Malik, Emmanuel Mahama, Dana M. Hostetler, Facundo M. Fernandez, Kwaku Poku Asante, Harparkash Kaur and Seth Owusu-Agyei
    Citation: BMC Pharmacology and Toxicology 2016 17:48
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  5. Skilled birth delivery has increased up to nearly 74% in Ghana, but its quality has been questioned over the years. As understanding women’s satisfaction could be important to improving service quality, this s...

    Authors: Kwame K. Adjei, Kimiyo Kikuchi, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Yeetey Enuameh, Akira Shibanuma, Evelyn Korkor Ansah, Junko Yasuoka, Kwaku Poku-Asante, Sumiyo Okawa, Margaret Gyapong, Charlotte Tawiah, Abraham Rexford Oduro, Evelyn Sakeah, Doris Sarpong, Keiko Nanishi, Gloria Quansah Asare…
    Citation: Tropical Medicine and Health 2019 47:41
    Content type: Research Published on:

  6. In 2004, Ghana implemented a national health insurance scheme (NHIS) as a step towards achieving universal health coverage. In this paper, we assessed the level of enrollment and factors associated with NHIS m...

    Authors: Anthony Kwarteng, James Akazili, Paul Welaga, Philip Ayizem Dalinjong, Kwaku Poku Asante, Doris Sarpong, Samuelina Arthur, Martin Bangha, Jane Goudge and Osman Sankoh
    Citation: International Journal for Equity in Health 2019 19:4
    Content type: Research Published on:

  7. Malaria infection during pregnancy can cause significant morbidity and mortality to a pregnant woman, her fetus and newborn. In areas of high endemic transmission, gravidity is an important risk factor for inf...

    Authors: Ayodele Akinnawo, Kaali Seyram, Ellen Boamah Kaali, Samuel Harrison, David Dosoo, Matthew Cairns and Kwaku Poku Asante
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2022 21:240
    Content type: Research Published on:

  8. Though anecdotal evidence suggests that smoke from HAP has a repellent effect on mosquitoes, very little work has been done to assess the effect of biomass smoke on malaria infection. The study, therefore, sou...

    Authors: Kwaku Poku Asante, Blair J. Wylie, Felix B. Oppong, Ashlinn Quinn, Stephaney Gyaase, Alison G. Lee, Kenneth Ayuurebobi Ae-Ngibise, Katrin Burkart, Ellen Abrafi Boamah-Kaali, Seyram Kaali, Steven Chillrud, Patrick L. Kinney, Seth Owusu-Agyei and Darby Jack
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2023 22:106
    Content type: Research Published on:

  9. The prevalence of disclosure of status to children living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is low in most sub-Saharan African countries, leading to poor compliance and adverse psychological outcomes...

    Authors: Margaret Amankwah-Poku, Delight Abla Klutsey and Kwaku Oppong Asante
    Citation: AIDS Research and Therapy 2021 18:13
    Content type: Research Published on:

  10. White blood cells count (WBCc) is a bedrock in the estimation of malaria parasite density in malaria field trials, interventions and patient management. White blood cells are indirectly and relatively used in ...

    Authors: Dennis Adu-Gyasi, Mohammed Adams, Sabastina Amoako, Emmanuel Mahama, Maxwell Nsoh, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Frank Baiden, Kwaku Poku Asante, Sam Newton and Seth Owusu-Agyei
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2012 11:238
    Content type: Methodology Published on:

  11. Long-acting artemisinin-based combination therapy (LACT) offers the potential to prevent recurrent malaria attacks in highly exposed children. However, it is not clear where this advantage will be most importa...

    Authors: Matthew E Cairns, Patrick G T Walker, Lucy C Okell, Jamie T Griffin, Tini Garske, Kwaku Poku Asante, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Diadier Diallo, Alassane Dicko, Badara Cisse, Brian M Greenwood, Daniel Chandramohan, Azra C Ghani and Paul J Milligan
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2015 14:321
    Content type: Research Published on:

  12. Cervical cancer knowledge and awareness, as well as an individual’s perceptions about cervical cancer have been shown to significantly influence the screening practices of female students. Despite these studie...

    Authors: Francis Mensah Annan, Kwaku Oppong Asante and Nuworza Kugbey
    Citation: BMC Women's Health 2019 19:140
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  14. Abortion continues to be used as a method of family planning by many women. The complications of unsafe abortions are a major contributor to maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, including Ghana. This stud...

    Authors: George Adjei, Yeetey Enuameh, Kwaku Poku Asante, Frank Baiden, Obed Ernest A Nettey, Sulemana Abubakari, Emmanuel Mahama, Stephaney Gyaase and Seth Owusu-Agyei
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2015 15:202
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  15. Physician shortage is a major barrier to hypertension (HTN) control in Ghana, with only one physician to 10,000 patients in 2015, thus limiting its capacity for HTN control at the primary care level such as th...

    Authors: Kwaku Poku Asante, Juliet Iwelunmor, Kingsley Apusiga, Joyce Gyamfi, Solomon Nyame, Kezia Gladys Amaning Adjei, Angela Aifah, Kwame Adjei, Deborah Onakomaiya, William F. Chaplin, Gbenga Ogedegbe and Jacob Plange-Rhule
    Citation: Trials 2020 21:825
    Content type: Study protocol Published on:

  16. An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via the original article.

    Authors: Thomas A. Anyorigiya, Sandra Castel, Katya Mauf, Frank Atuguba, Bernhards Ogutu, Abraham Oduro, David Dosoo, Kwaku-Poku Asante, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Alexander Dodoo, Abraham Hodgson, Fred Binka, Lesley J. Workman, Elizabeth N. Allen, Paolo Denti, Lubbe Wiesner…
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2021 20:156
    Content type: Correction Published on:

    The original article was published in Malaria Journal 2021 20:18

  17. Ghana has scaled-up malaria control strategies over the past decade. Much as malaria morbidity and mortality seem to have declined with these efforts, there appears to be increased consumption of artemisinin-b...

    Authors: Daniel A. Danquah, Kwame O. Buabeng, Kwaku P. Asante, Emmanuel Mahama, Constance Bart-Plange and Ellis Owusu-Dabo
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2016 15:34
    Content type: Research Published on:

  18. Malaria transmission is highly heterogeneous and analysis of incidence data must account for this for correct statistical inference. Less widely appreciated is the occurrence of a large number of zero counts (...

    Authors: Matthew E Cairns, Kwaku Poku Asante, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Daniel Chandramohan, Brian M Greenwood and Paul J Milligan
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2013 12:355
    Content type: Research Published on:

  19. The editors of BMC Public Health would like to thank all our reviewers who have contributed to the journal in Volume 15 (2015).

    Authors: Natalie Pafitis
    Citation: BMC Public Health 2016 16:189
    Content type: Reviewer Acknowledgement Published on:

  20. Malaria is the most important cause of mortality and morbidity in children living in the Kintampo districts in the middle part of Ghana. This study has investigated the multiplicity of infection (MOI) within a...

    Authors: Akua Agyeman-Budu, Charles Brown, George Adjei, Mohammed Adams, David Dosoo, Dominic Dery, Michael Wilson, Kwaku P Asante, Brian Greenwood and Seth Owusu-Agyei
    Citation: Malaria Journal 2013 12:22
    Content type: Research Published on: