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Investigating the Presence of Falsified and Poor-Quality Fixed-Dose Combination Artemether-Lumefantrine Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms in Kumasi, Ghana
Published 2024-01-01“…The presence of substandard drugs underscores the necessity for robust pharmacovigilance and surveillance systems to eliminate counterfeit and substandard drugs from the Ghanaian market.…”
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Parents’ Experiences and Sexual Topics Discussed with Adolescents in the Accra Metropolis, Ghana: A Qualitative Study
Published 2018-01-01“…Parents believed training on sexuality issues will help them to better discuss sexual topics with adolescents. Conclusions. Ghanaian parents preferentially discuss sex with their daughters as a protective tool against irresponsible sexual behaviours. …”
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« Une femme en Côte d’Ivoire, une femme au Burkina Faso »
Published 2016-10-01“…These profound ecological, economic, and political changes of the 2000s generate or accelerate the process of ‘return’ of wives to the home village – and the spectacular boom of cashew cultivation in Côte d’Ivoire, in which women play an important role, for example in the groups claiming an Abron/Koulango origin, along the Ghanaian border. Their ‘return’ to the village of origin can be interpreted as a post-cocoa migration, and a driver of diversification and investment. …”
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Modifiable life style factors and male reproductive health: a cross-sectional study in IVF clinic attendees in Ghana
Published 2025-02-01“…This study investigates the relationships between modifiable lifestyle factors, reproductive hormones, and semen quality in Ghanaian males attending an IVF clinic.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted with 212 male participants recruited from a fertility clinic in Ghana. …”
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Demographic disparities in unimproved drinking water and sanitation in Ghana: a nationally representative cross-sectional study
Published 2022-07-01“…Open defecation was practised by 15.2% of Ghanaian households, with a prevalence of 58.8%, 6.7% and 12.5% in the Northern, Middle and Coastal zones, respectively. …”
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Knowledge and Lifestyle-Associated Prevalence of Obesity among Newly Diagnosed Type II Diabetes Mellitus Patients Attending Diabetic Clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumas...
Published 2016-01-01“…This study aimed to determine the knowledge and prevalence of obesity among Ghanaian newly diagnosed type 2 diabetics. This cross-sectional study was conducted among diagnosed type 2 diabetics. …”
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In vitro antiplasmodial activity of six plants against chloroquine-sensitive and resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum
Published 2025-01-01“…The data obtained from this study support the folkloric and frequent use of these plants in several herbal antimalarial products on the Ghanaian market. …”
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Development and Validation of an Ion-Pair HPLC-UV Method for the Quantitation of Quinoline and Indoloquinoline Alkaloids in Herbal and Pharmaceutical Antimalarial Formulations
Published 2022-01-01“…In conclusion, the application of the ion-pair HPLC method targeting quinoline and indoloquinoline antimalarials has demonstrated the presence of quality and poor-quality HPAFs on the Ghanaian market.…”
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Goitre Prevalence and Urinary Iodine Concentration in School-Aged Children in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Published 2020-01-01“…The establishment of local reference values for thyroid volume that might be applicable to precisely define goitre prevalence in the Ghanaian context is highly recommended.…”
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Life cycle embodied carbon evaluation of a two-bedroom house construction in Ghana: A comparison between stabilized laterite and sancrete building
Published 2025-02-01“…This study investigated the embodied carbon (EC) emissions of stabilized laterite brick and sancrete block buildings in the Ghanaian construction industry using a cradle-to-site life cycle assessment (LCA) approach. …”
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Decision support systems for waste-to-energy technologies: A systematic literature review of methods and future directions for sustainable implementation in Ghana
Published 2025-02-01“…Adapting global DSS applications to the Ghanaian context requires careful consideration of local priorities, data availability, and the role of the informal waste sector. …”
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Knowledge, attitude and practices regarding vitamin D among adults in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
Published 2025-01-01“…We investigated vitamin D awareness, knowledge and its associated factors in the Ghanaian population. Methods This cross-sectional study involved 515 adults from Jaman South Municipal between January and June 2024. …”
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Incidence, long-term predictors and progression of chronic kidney disease among African migrants and non-migrants: the transcontinental population-based prospective RODAM cohort st...
Published 2025-01-01“…Within Ghana, rural Ghanaians had similar CKD incidence to urban Ghanaians (12.5%; 8.5% to 15.5% vs 12.3%; 8.2% to 15.8%). …”
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Comprehensive health risk assessment of urban ambient air pollution (PM2.5, NO2 and O3) in Ghana
Published 2025-01-01“…This study reveals the urgent need for comprehensive air quality policies in Ghanaian cities. It emphasizes the significance of robust real-time monitoring of air pollutants and the investigation of seasonal dust storm effects, to fill data gaps in Ghana and West Africa, facilitating evidence-based interventions that improve urban air quality and public health outcomes.…”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding antigen-175 gene dimorphism in Ghana
Published 2025-01-01“…There is paucity of data on the prevalence of these alleles and their epidemiology in the Ghanaian malaria landscape and hence this study. Methods Parasite gDNA was extracted from archived Dried Blood Spots (DBS) prepared from 700 confirmed malaria-infected individuals and analysed for P. falciparum EBA-175 dimorphism. …”
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Evaluation of gestational nonpersistent pesticide exposure with newborn size and gestational length in rural Ghana using a novel time-varying extension of multiple informant models
Published 2025-02-01“…Objective: To examine associations between gestational exposure to nonpersistent pesticides and newborn outcomes and identify critical windows of susceptibility. Study Design: In a Ghanaian pregnancy cohort, we measured select biomarkers of organophosphate, pyrethroid, and herbicide pesticides in repeated urine samples (1–5/participant). …”
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Financing healthcare services: a qualitative assessment of private health insurance schemes in Ghana
Published 2025-02-01“…Methods The research utilized a qualitative descriptive design, focusing on registered PHIS providing services to Ghanaians. A convenient sampling technique was employed for data collection. …”
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Assessment of Hemoglobin Variants in Patients Receiving Health Care at the Ho Teaching Hospital: A Three-Year Retrospective Study
Published 2020-01-01“…It is estimated that one out of every three Ghanaians has hemoglobin genotype mutation. This change in genetic make-up may result in genotypes such as HbAS, HbSS, and HbSC. …”
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