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Desmond Klu · Sankore

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Desmond Klu

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ORCID 0000-0002-2800-2943

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Publications

42

Citations

210

h-index

8

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i10-index

7

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University of Health and Allied Sciences51 works
Catholic University College of Ghana1 works
University of Ghana1 works

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42 works in the graph, newest first.

Household characteristics, water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) and malaria prevalence among children aged 6–59 months in Ghana: an analysis of the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey
2026Malaria JournalJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1186/s12936-026-05815-1
Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana
2026BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12884-026-09063-8
Adolescent pregnancy estimates, spatial distribution, and policy implications in the Volta Region, Ghana, 2019–2023
2026Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1038/s41598-026-36450-0
Additional file 3 of Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana
2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations

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Additional file 3 of Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32353731.v1

Additional file 1 of Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32353725

Additional file 2 of Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32353728.v1

Additional file 1 of Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32353725.v1

Additional file 2 of Knowledge, attitudes, practices, and future intentions to use intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among pregnant women in southern Ghana

2026FigshareJournalOpen access0 citations10.6084/m9.figshare.32353728

Facilitators and Barriers to the Uptake of the Med Safety App for Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions in Ghana: A Mixed-Methods Approach

2026Drugs & Therapy PerspectivesJournalOpen access0 citations10.1007/s40267-026-01250-z

Levels, Trends, and Factors Associated With Obesity Among Women in Ghana, 2003–2022

2026Advances in Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1155/adph/1953398

Factors Influencing Healthcare Utilisation Among Ghanaian Men: A Cross‐Sectional Study

2026Advances in Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1155/adph/9939915

Women’s property ownership and perspectives on partner violence among women in Ghana using evidence from the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey

2026Discover Global SocietyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s44282-026-00527-y

Acute respiratory infections and its associated risk factors among children aged 6–59 months in Ghana: a multinomial regression analysis of the 2022 demographic and health survey

2025Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.3389/fpubh.2025.1518427

A scoping review of acceptance and utilization of electronic health records among healthcare professionals in Ghana

2025Discover Public HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.1186/s12982-025-01146-9

Gender differences and factors affecting opinions on condom use and sexual experiences among adolescents in a high teenage pregnancy setting in the Volta Region, Ghana

2025Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1186/s12978-025-01990-7

Stillbirth rates, trend and distribution in the Volta region, Ghana: findings from institutional data analysis, 2018–2022

2025BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s12884-025-07625-w

Reproductive Justice: Factors Influencing Women’s Advocacy for Condom Use in Sexually Transmitted Infections Prevention—an Analysis of the 2022 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey

2025Sexuality & CultureJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s12119-025-10459-5

Rural-urban disparity in induced abortion in Ghana: A multivariate non-linear decomposition analysis of the Ghana Maternal Health Survey

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0334024

Effect of female genital mutilation (FGM) experiences on pregnancy outcomes among reproductive aged women in the Gambia: a regression analysis of the 2019–2020 Gambia demographic and health survey

2025Discover Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1186/s12982-025-01071-x

Multilevel predictors of anaemia among pregnant women in Ghana: New evidence from the 2019 Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey

2024PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding11 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0003673

Determinants of men’s perspectives on women contraceptive use in Ghana: an analysis of the 2022 Ghana demographic and health survey

2024Contraception and Reproductive MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding10 citations10.1186/s40834-024-00300-z

Age at first sex and other determinants of multiple sexual partnerships among sexually active adolescent girls in Ghana: a regression analysis of the 2022 Ghana demographic and health survey

2024Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1186/s41182-024-00644-x

Predictors of sexual and reproductive health knowledge and utilization of services among adolescents in Ghana’s Adaklu district

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access8 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i1.9

Assessing five-year trend and socio-demographic determinants of caesarean section delivery in Ghana

2024BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access5 citations10.1186/s12884-024-07114-6

Factors Predicting Insecticide‐Treated Bednet Use among Children under Age Five in Female‐Headed Households in Ghana: An Analysis of the 2019 Malaria Indicator Survey

2024Advances in Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.1155/2024/4277069

Individual and community-level factors associated with repeat induced abortion among women in Ghana: a multivariable complex sample logistic regression analysis of 2017 Ghana maternal health survey

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.1186/s12889-024-18948-2

Health services delivery factors affecting HIV retesting among pregnant women at 34 weeks gestation in Saboba District, Northern region, Ghana

2024International Journal of STD & AIDSJournalCorresponding1 citations10.1177/09564624241303819

Malaria Prevalence and Macroeconomic Output in Ghana, 1990 to 2019

2024INQUIRY The Journal of Health Care Organization Provision and FinancingJournalOpen access0 citations10.1177/00469580241248101

Adolescent perception of sexual and reproductive health rights and access to reproductive health information and services in Adaklu district of the Volta Region, Ghana

2023BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding19 citations10.1186/s12913-023-10447-1

Factors affecting the uptake of optimal doses of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy using sulfadoxine pyrimethamine in Ghana: new evidence from the 2019 malaria indicator survey

2023Journal of Public HealthJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1007/s10389-023-02024-x

Multinomial logistic regression analysis of the determinants of anaemia severity among children aged 6–59 months in Ghana: new evidence from the 2019 Malaria Indicator Survey

2023BMC PediatricsJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1186/s12887-023-03919-0

Are fertility theories still relevant in explaining fertility behaviour in traditional and contemporary societies in sub-Saharan Africa? A systematic review

2023Journal of Population ResearchJournalFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1007/s12546-023-09306-x

Demographic and social determinants of stalled fertility among women in Ghana: evidence from Ghana demographic and health surveys 1998–2014

2023SN Social SciencesJournalFirst authorCorresponding1 citations10.1007/s43545-023-00702-x

Determinants of willingness to accept child vaccination against malaria in Ghana

2022The International Journal of Health Planning and ManagementJournal24 citations10.1002/hpm.3406

Mixed effect analysis of factors influencing the use of insecticides treated bed nets among pregnant women in Ghana: evidence from the 2019 Malaria Indicator Survey

2022BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1186/s12884-022-04586-2

Determinants of communication on sexual issues between adolescents and their parents in the Adaklu district of the Volta region, Ghana: a multinomial logistic regression analysis

2022Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding21 citations10.1186/s12978-022-01402-0

Motivators and demotivators to accessing malaria in pregnancy interventions in sub-Saharan Africa: a meta-ethnographic review

2022Malaria JournalJournalOpen access18 citations10.1186/s12936-022-04205-7

Utilization of abortion services from an unsafe provider and associated factors among women with history of induced abortion in Ghana

2022BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.1186/s12884-022-05034-x

Multilevel analysis of factors predicting pregnancy loss experiences among pregnant women in Ghana: a further analysis of nationally representative data

2022Global Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1097/grh.0000000000000063

Sex of household head and other household determinants of childhood anaemia among households in Ghana: regression analysis of the 2019 Malaria Indicator Survey

2022Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1186/s41043-022-00327-5

Trajectories of lived experiences of people living with Diabetes Mellitus in Africa: An evidence mapping of conceptual framework

2022African journal of diabetes medicine/The African journal of diabetes medicineJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.54931/2053-4787.30-1-4