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Dodowa Health Research Centre

Irène Akua Agyepong

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ORCID 0000-0002-0193-5882

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Publications

62

Citations

351

h-index

11

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

11

Works published 2022 onward have been swept for this country. Figures are complete within that window, to the extent the open indexes are.

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Every institution this scholar has appeared with on a work, by how many.

Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons64 works
Dodowa Health Research Centre21 works
Ghana Health Service16 works
Kotebe University of Education1 works
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1 works
University of Ghana1 works

Publications

62 works in the graph, newest first.

Co-creation, co-design or co-production? Reflections on the development of urban health systems implementation strategies to improve access and quality of primary healthcare services in Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal and Nigeria
2026Health Research Policy and SystemsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12961-026-01467-4
Primary health care networks and impacts in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
2026Health Policy and PlanningJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1093/heapol/czag003
How does La-Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly Support Primary Health Care? A quantitative analysis of financial support given to the Municipal Health Directorate from 2018-2023
2026Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)ReportOpen access0 citations10.5281/zenodo.18328265
How does La-Nkwantanang-Madina Municipal Assembly Support Primary Health Care? A quantitative analysis of financial support given to the Municipal Health Directorate from 2018-2023
2026Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

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0 citations

10.5281/zenodo.18328266

Assessing the drivers of non-communicable diseases prevention activities in primary health care facilities in Ghana: a case study of some selected districts

2026BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12913-026-14032-0

Evaluating the technical efficiency of primary health facilities in delivering adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health services in Burkina Faso

2026BMC Family PracticeJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12875-026-03240-6

Institutional capacity for non-communicable disease care in Ghana’s primary health care system: a multi-method study

2026BMC Family PracticeJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12875-026-03278-6

Maternal mental health as a neglected dimension of primary health care systems responsiveness in low- and middle-income countries: a mixed methods cross-sectional study in Ghana

2026BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1186/s12913-026-14704-x

Availability of adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health services (ASRH) and technical efficiency of ASRH service delivery in Niger

2026BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12913-026-15014-y

Exploring the roles of informal healthcare providers in urban settings to improve access and quality of care for the urban poor: experience from Bangladesh, Ghana, Nepal, and Nigeria

2026Health Policy and PlanningJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1093/heapol/czag087

Current and potential uses of drones in healthcare delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: a rapid scoping review

2026Global Health ActionJournalOpen access0 citations10.1080/16549716.2026.2719410

Barriers and facilitators of primary care management of type II diabetes mellitus in the West African sub-region: A scoping review

2025PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author13 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0003733

Disparities in the access and provision of mental health services as part of primary health care: a case study of Ga-South district in the Greater Accra region

2025Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.3389/fpubh.2025.1537955

Institutionalizing linkages between informal healthcare providers and the formal health system in Nigeria: what are the facilitating and constraining contextual influences?

2025Health Policy and PlanningJournalOpen access8 citations10.1093/heapol/czaf009

Theoretical foundations and mechanisms of health systems responsiveness: a realist synthesis

2025SSM - Health SystemsJournalOpen access5 citations10.1016/j.ssmhs.2025.100061

Estimating the prevalence, socioeconomic determinants, and health seeking behavior of individuals with depression in Ghana

2025Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access4 citations10.1038/s41598-025-06134-2

Peer-learning and support among health policy and systems research actors in West Africa: a social network analysis

2025Health Research Policy and SystemsJournalOpen access3 citations10.1186/s12961-025-01417-6

Co-creating gender-transformative interventions for adolescent mental, sexual, and reproductive health and rights: Influence of context and actors on process and content in Niger, Ghana, and Burkina Faso

2025African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.29063/ajrh2025/v29i6s.2

Impact of health systems interventions in primary health settings on type 2 diabetes care and health outcomes among adults in West Africa: A systematic review

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0319478

Services availability and readiness assessment of adolescent sexual and reproductive health in primary healthcare facilities: evidence from selected districts in Ghana

2025Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s12978-025-01955-w

Technical efficiency of primary health care facilities in providing adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health services in Ghana: A case study of selected districts in the Greater Accra Region

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access2 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0321265

Adolescent mental, sexual, and reproductive health in Ghana: a stakeholder analysis of actors’ influence over policy formulation and implementation

2025Health Policy and PlanningJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citations10.1093/heapol/czaf059

Tools for screening maternal mental health conditions in primary care settings in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review

2024Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access12 citations10.3389/fpubh.2024.1321689

Adolescent mental health services in West Africa: a comparative analysis of Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger

2024Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental HealthJournalOpen access11 citations10.1186/s13034-024-00827-8

Conceptualizing maternal mental health in rural Ghana: a realist qualitative analysis

2024Health Policy and PlanningJournalOpen access4 citations10.1093/heapol/czae116

Interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in West Africa: A scoping review

2024Public Health in PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100530

Pandemic financing should learn from revolving funds

2024The LancetJournal4 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(24)02633-3

Exploring the path to optimal diabetes care by unravelling the contextual factors affecting access, utilisation, and quality of primary health care in West Africa: A scoping review protocol

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0294917

Factors influencing access, quality and utilisation of primary healthcare for patients living with hypertension in West Africa: a scoping review

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen access2 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2024-088718

Factors Influencing Primary Care Access for Common Mental Health Conditions Among Adults in West Africa: Protocol for a Scoping Review

2024JMIR Research ProtocolsJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citations10.2196/58890

Effectiveness of lifestyle interventions for glycaemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes in West Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

2024Systematic ReviewsJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citations10.1186/s13643-024-02555-8

Uncovering the determinants of health in deprived urban neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana: a qualitative and participatory reconnaissance study

2024Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.3389/fpubh.2024.1457682

Factors influencing primary care access, utilisation and quality of management for patients living with hypertension in West Africa: a scoping review protocol

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen access1 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077459

27 Childbearing women’s experiences of and interactions with the health system in post-Doi Moi Vietnam

2024PublicationOpen access0 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2024-ucl-qhrn2024.27

VIEWPOINT : The new EU Global Health Strategy and research: From policy to action

2024Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1111/tmi.14044

Incidence, prevalence and risk factors for comorbid mental illness among people with hypertension and type 2 diabetes in West Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen access0 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2023-081824

Implementation of the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in rural and urban Ghana: a history and systematic review of what works, for whom and why

2023Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author40 citations10.3389/fpubh.2023.1105495

Lancet Commission on synergies between universal health coverage, health security, and health promotion

2023The LancetJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding38 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(22)01930-4

Change in glycaemic control with structured diabetes self-management education in urban low-resource settings: multicentre randomised trial of effectiveness

2023BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access24 citations10.1186/s12913-023-09188-y

Burden of mental health problems among pregnant and postpartum women in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis protocol

2023BMJ OpenJournalOpen access22 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069545

“We have nice policies but…”: implementation gaps in the Ghana adolescent health service policy and strategy (2016–2020)

2023Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author21 citations10.3389/fpubh.2023.1198150

The “No bed syndrome” in Ghana — what, how and why? A literature, electronic and print media review

2023Frontiers in Health ServicesJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding7 citations10.3389/frhs.2023.1012014

“We can't expect much”: Childbearing women's ‘horizon of expectations’ of the health system in rural Vietnam

2023Health & PlaceJournalOpen access5 citations10.1016/j.healthplace.2023.103166

Multilevel Governance and Control of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Learning from the Four First Waves

2023International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.3390/ijerph20031980

Why district assemblies disburse resources to district health systems for service delivery at district level in the context of decentralization: a comparative study of two districts in the Volta Region of Ghana

2023Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.3389/fpubh.2023.1136210

Implementation of Medicines Pricing Policies in Ghana: The Interplay of Policy Content, Actors’ Participation, and Context

2023International Journal of Health Policy and ManagementJournalOpen access1 citations10.34172/ijhpm.2023.7994

Building on current progress to shape the future of biomedical science

2023The LancetJournal0 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(23)01670-7

The Role of the Private Sector in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences From Four Health Systems

2022Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access27 citations10.3389/fpubh.2022.878225

Implementation of medicines pricing policies in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review

2022Systematic ReviewsJournalOpen access19 citations10.1186/s13643-022-02114-z

Learning from the COVID-19 pandemic for future epidemics and pandemics preparedness and response in Guinea: Findings from a scoping review

2022Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author15 citations10.3389/fpubh.2022.879850

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