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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah · Sankore

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

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ORCID 0000-0001-7415-895X

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Publications

184

Citations

5,313

h-index

30

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

i10-index

102

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

Takoradi Technical University44 works
University of Health and Allied Sciences1 works
University of Cape Coast1 works
Jimma University1 works
University of Khartoum1 works

Publications

175 works in the graph, newest first.

Global, regional and national burden of ischemic heart disease attributable to suboptimal diet, 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease study
2026Nature MedicineJournal3 citations10.1038/s41591-026-04250-8
Sex-based disparities in whooping cough prevalence in Sierra Leone: Evaluating World Health Organization Health Equity Assessment Toolkit data
2026International HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihag003
Global, regional, and national levels and trends in maternal mortality, progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, and mortality from COVID-19 infection in pregnant women, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
2026The Lancet Obstetrics Gynaecology & Women s HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/s3050-5038(26)00047-6
Global burden of lower respiratory infections and aetiologies, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
2025The Lancet Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen access53 citations

10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00689-9

Cervical cancer screening uptake and its predictors among women aged 30–49 in Ghana: Providing evidence to support the World Health Organization’s cervical cancer elimination initiative

2025BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author24 citations10.1186/s12879-025-10485-6

Rural-urban disparities in cervical cancer screening uptake and its predictors among women aged 30–49 years in Ghana: a multivariate decomposition analysis

2025BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.1186/s12905-025-03962-2

Utilisation of eight or more antenatal care visits and its associated socio-economic-related inequalities in sub-Saharan Africa: A decomposition analysis

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0312412

A multivariate non-linear decomposition analysis of urban-rural disparities in overweight/obesity among men aged 20–49 in Ghana

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1186/s12889-025-23238-6

Sex-related absolute inequalities in tuberculosis incidence in 47 countries in Africa

2025BMC MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.1186/s12916-025-04098-8

Breast cancer screening uptake and its associated factors among women in Ghana: evidence from the 2022 Demographic and Health Survey

2025Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.1186/s13690-025-01741-x

Association between the Survey-based Women's Empowerment (SWPER) index and barriers to healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa

2025International HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1093/inthealth/ihaf023

Health‐Seeking Behaviours Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women With Sexually Transmitted Infections: Evidence From Sub‐Saharan Africa

2025Public Health ChallengesJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.1002/puh2.70088

Spatial distribution and factors associated with unmet need for contraception among women in Ghana

2025Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01935-6

Understanding the dynamics of sexual and reproductive health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa using the Demographic and Health Survey: the need for longitudinal studies

2025Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citations10.1186/s12978-025-01997-0

Age at First Sexual Intercourse and Multiple Sexual Partnership Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Cross‐Sectional Study

2025Health Science ReportsJournalOpen accessFirst author2 citations10.1002/hsr2.70798

Do the effects of type and place of birth on early initiation of breastfeeding differ by place of residence? Evidence from the Indonesian Demographic and Health Survey 2017

2025Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1186/s41043-025-00988-y

A nonlinear decomposition analysis of the rural-urban disparities in tobacco use among women in sub-Saharan Africa

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0331738

Inequalities in the use of three-dose of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine among women in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2025Malaria JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1186/s12936-025-05511-6

Forecasting the effects of smoking prevalence scenarios on years of life lost and life expectancy from 2022 to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

2024The Lancet Public HealthJournalOpen access143 citations10.1016/s2468-2667(24)00166-x

Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by diabetic retinopathy: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020

2024EyeJournalOpen access73 citations10.1038/s41433-024-03101-5

Socio-cultural beliefs and perceptions influencing diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer among women in Ghana: a systematic review

2024BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author45 citations10.1186/s12905-024-03106-y

Global estimates on the number of people blind or visually impaired by Uncorrected Refractive Error: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020

2024EyeJournalOpen access35 citations10.1038/s41433-024-03106-0

Socioeconomic inequalities in uptake of HIV testing during antenatal care: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

2024International Journal for Equity in HealthJournalOpen access21 citations10.1186/s12939-023-02068-1

Residence-based inequalities in overweight/obesity in sub-Saharan Africa: a multivariate non-linear decomposition analysis

2024Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen access17 citations10.1186/s41182-024-00593-5

Association between knowledge and use of contraceptive among women of reproductive age in sub‐Saharan Africa

2024Health Science ReportsJournalOpen access15 citations10.1002/hsr2.2028

Association between the survey-based women’s empowerment index (SWPER) and intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access14 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01755-8

Prevalence and factors associated with HIV testing among young women in Ghana

2024BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author18 citations10.1186/s12879-024-09068-8

Access to quality contraceptive counselling among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa

2024Contraception and Reproductive MedicineJournalOpen access15 citations10.1186/s40834-024-00267-x

Mother–child dyads of overnutrition and undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa

2024Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen access13 citations10.1186/s41043-023-00479-y

Can women empowerment boost dietary diversity among children aged 6–23 months in sub-Saharan Africa?

2024Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen access13 citations10.1186/s41182-024-00579-3

Socioeconomic determinants of the double burden of malnutrition among women of reproductive age in sub‐Saharan Africa: A cross‐sectional study

2024Health Science ReportsJournalOpen access9 citations10.1002/hsr2.2071

Knowledge of HIV transmission during pregnancy among women of reproductive age in Ghana

2024BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.1186/s12879-024-09325-w

Socioeconomic and residence-based inequalities in adolescent fertility in 39 African countries

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author8 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01806-0

Spatial distribution and factors associated with HIV testing among adolescent girls and young women in Sierra Leone

2024BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.1186/s12879-024-10031-w

Alcohol use among in-school adolescents in Sierra Leone

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080222

Spatial distribution and factors associated with high completed fertility among women aged 40–49 years in Ghana: evidence from the 2022 Ghana Demographic Health Survey

2024Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.1186/s12978-024-01845-7

Association between sexual violence and multiple high-risk fertility behaviours among women of reproductive age in sub-Saharan Africa

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access8 citations10.1186/s12889-023-17444-3

Sex-related inequalities in current cigarette smoking among adolescents in Africa

2024Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and PolicyJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1186/s13011-024-00619-5

Inequalities in measles immunization coverage among two-year-olds in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2024BMC Infectious DiseasesJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1186/s12879-024-10088-7

Female genital mutilation and safer sex negotiation among women in sexual unions in sub-Saharan Africa: Analysis of demographic and health survey data

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0299034

Wealth-related inequalities in the utilisation of modern contraceptives in Papua New Guinea: evidence from the 2016–2018 Demographic and Health Survey data

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085990

Trends and inequalities in the use of deworming medication during pregnancy in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019

2024Tropical Medicine and HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1186/s41182-024-00638-9

Regional variations in breast cancer screening uptake and its associated factors in Ghana

2024European Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citations10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1267

Female genital mutilation/cutting among girls aged 0–14: evidence from the 2018 Mali Demographic and Health Survey data

2024BMC Women s HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author4 citations10.1186/s12905-024-02940-4

Self‐reported sexually transmitted infections among men and women in Papua New Guinea: A cross‐sectional study

2024Health Science ReportsJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1002/hsr2.1970

Trends and inequalities in antenatal care coverage in Benin (2006–2017): an application of World Health Organization’s Health Equity Assessment Toolkit

2024BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citations10.1186/s12913-024-11261-z

Socioeconomic inequalities in cervical cancer screening in sub-Saharan Africa: Decomposition analysis

2024European Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author1 citations10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.952

Associations of nuptiality perceptions, financial difficulties, and socio-demographic factors with mental health status in Australian adults: Analysis of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0296941

Sex-related inequalities in crude and age-standardized suicide rates: trends in Ghana from 2000 to 2019

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1186/s12889-024-18516-8

Global, regional, and national prevalence and mortality burden of sickle cell disease, 2000–2021: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

2023The Lancet HaematologyJournalOpen access732 citations10.1016/s2352-3026(23)00118-7

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