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Fred Stephen Sarfo · Sankore

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Fred Stephen Sarfo

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0001-7274-5093

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Publications

160

Citations

773

h-index

15

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

i10-index

27

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.

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology168 works
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital90 works
Kwame Nkrumah University3 works
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine1 works
Presbyterian University, Ghana1 works

Publications

158 works in the graph, newest first.

Healthcare providers’ knowledge on sickle cell disease and its management: A pre- and post-training test evaluation outcome
2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0332069
Influence of Ancestral and Geographic Factors on Intracerebral Hemorrhage Risks Among Africans and Americans
2025StrokeJournal0 citations10.1161/strokeaha.125.051911
Physiologic profiling using plasma renin activity and aldosterone on blood pressure control among Ghanaian stroke survivors: A pilot trial
2025Equity NeuroscienceJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.neuros.2025.100013
Law Versus What People Want: Stroke Neurobiobanking and Genomics Research in Nigeria and Ghana
2025Journal of African LawJournalOpen access0 citations10.1017/s0021855325100685

Associations of HIV status and the abundance of blaCTX-M and vanB resistance genes in stool samples of Ghanaian individuals

2025European Journal of Microbiology and ImmunologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.1556/1886.2025.00061

Determinants of Entero-Invasive and Non-Entero-Invasive Diarrheagenic Bacteria Among HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Adults in Ghana

2025Medical SciencesJournalOpen access0 citations10.3390/medsci13040316

Regional Disparities in Educational Attainment and Its Impact on Cognitive Health in Western and Eastern Africa

2025Alzheimer s & DementiaJournalOpen access0 citations10.1002/alz70860_107528

Increasing genetic representation globally to advance Alzheimer's disease solutions for all

2025Alzheimer s & DementiaJournalOpen access0 citations10.1002/alz70855_106725

Improving Genotype Imputation of African‐derived Genetic Variants in Studies of Alzheimer's Disease

2025Alzheimer s & DementiaJournalOpen access0 citations10.1002/alz70855_106790

Healthcare system barriers and facilitators to hypertension management in Ghana

2024Annals of Global HealthJournalOpen access27 citations10.5334/aogh.4246

Advancing Cardiovascular Health Equity Globally Through Digital Technologies

2024Journal of the American Heart AssociationJournalOpen access16 citations10.1161/jaha.123.031237

Novel functional insights into ischemic stroke biology provided by the first genome-wide association study of stroke in indigenous Africans

2024Genome MedicineJournalOpen access21 citations10.1186/s13073-023-01273-5

Mucuna pruriens to treat Parkinson's disease in low-income countries: Recommendations and practical guidelines from the farmer to clinical trials. Paving the way for future use in clinical practice

2024Parkinsonism & Related DisordersJournal19 citations10.1016/j.parkreldis.2024.106983

Update on SickleInAfrica: a collaborative and multidimensional approach to conduct research and improve health

2024The Lancet HaematologyJournal11 citations10.1016/s2352-3026(24)00219-9

Acceptability, barriers and facilitators of using dried blood spots-point-of-care testing for sickle cell disease in Africa: an implementation science protocol for a multinational qualitative study

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen access11 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089056

Views of Service Users, Their Family or Carers, and Health Care Professionals on Telerehabilitation for People With Neurological Conditions in Ghana: Qualitative Study

2024JMIR mhealth and uhealthJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.2196/49501

Towards improving stroke services in Africa: Results from the Africa-UK Stroke Partnership [AUKSP] surveys

2024Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesJournalOpen access9 citations10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107891

Dietary patterns associated with hypertension among stroke-free indigenous Africans: insights from the Stroke Investigative Research and Educational Network study

2024Journal of HypertensionJournalOpen access5 citations10.1097/hjh.0000000000003662

Factors associated with frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption among selected sub-Saharan African populations: evidence from the Cardiovascular H3Africa Innovation Resource Project

2024International Journal of EpidemiologyJournalOpen access9 citations10.1093/ije/dyad171

Clustering of Gastrointestinal Microorganisms in Human Stool Samples from Ghana

2024PathogensJournalOpen access7 citations10.3390/pathogens13070583

Stroke occurrence by hypertension treatment status in Ghana and Nigeria: A case-control study

2024Journal of the Neurological SciencesJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding5 citations10.1016/j.jns.2024.122968

High Clinical Burden of Cryptosporidium spp. in Adult Patients with Acquired Immunodeficiency in Ghana

2024MicroorganismsJournalOpen accessFirst author5 citations10.3390/microorganisms12112151

ACHIEVE conference proceedings: implementing action plans to reduce and control hypertension burden in Africa

2024Journal of Human HypertensionJournalOpen access4 citations10.1038/s41371-024-00903-8

Prevalence and predictors of long-term progression of chronic kidney disease in people with HIV in Ghana from 2003–2018

2024BMC NephrologyJournalOpen access4 citations10.1186/s12882-024-03537-7

The association of blood pressure, body mass index and carotid intima‐media thickness as childhood predictors of cardiovascular disease risk: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

2024Health Science ReportsJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1002/hsr2.70033

A contemporary evaluation of the frequency & factors associated with overt stroke across the lifespan: A Ghanaian sickle cell disease registry analysis

2024Journal of the Neurological SciencesJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1016/j.jns.2024.123263

Exploring patient-, provider-, and health facility-level determinants of blood pressure among patients with hypertension: A multicenter study in Ghana

2024PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0002121

Association of Molecular Detections of Microsporidia in Stool Samples with Clinical and Immunological Parameters in Ghanaian HIV Patients

2024PathogensJournalOpen access3 citations10.3390/pathogens13121053

Genetic architecture of Alzheimer’s disease in a West African Cohort: Insights from the READD ‐ ADSP

2024Alzheimer s & DementiaJournalOpen access2 citations10.1002/alz.093308

Epigenetics as a target to mitigate excess stroke risk in people of African ancestry: A scoping review

2024Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular DiseasesJournalOpen accessCorresponding1 citations10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2024.107585

Challenges of Recruiting Persons with Alzheimer’s Dementia (AD) for Genetic Studies in Selected African Countries on the African Dementia Consortium (AfDC)

2024Alzheimer s & DementiaJournalOpen access1 citations10.1002/alz.090911

Harmonisation of neuropsychological assessment for Alzheimer’s disease diagnosis across diverse African settings: A Pilot Study from the African Dementia Consortium (AfDC)

2024Alzheimer s & DementiaJournalOpen access1 citations10.1002/alz.093348

Protocol for a mixed-methods study to explore implementation outcomes of the Phone-based Interventions under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (PINGS-II) across 10 hospitals in Ghana

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen access1 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2024-084584

Absence of measurable quantities of Candida auris and Cryptococcus spp. in the gut microbiota of Ghanaian individuals with and without HIV infection as confirmed by applying multiple real-time PCR assays

2024Journal of Medical MicrobiologyJournalOpen access1 citations10.1099/jmm.0.001916

Dyke‐Davidoff‐Masson syndrome—A rare cause of recurrent seizures in adulthood

2024Clinical Case ReportsJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citations10.1002/ccr3.9083

Association between alcohol consumption and stroke in Nigeria and Ghana: A case–control study

2024International Journal of StrokeJournalOpen access1 citations10.1177/17474930241308458

The African Stroke Organization Conference 2023

2024The Lancet NeurologyJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1016/s1474-4422(24)00139-x

Tailored Approach to Secondary Prevention After Stroke

2024Book ChapterFirst author0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-49963-0_14

Recurrent ischemic stroke post-thrombolysis in an older Ghanaian woman

2024Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/gmj.v58i2.9

Effect of a Cardiovascular Polypill on Poststroke Cognition Among Ghanaians: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial

2024Journal of the American Heart AssociationJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1161/jaha.124.034346

Replicative co-infections with human immunodeficiency virus 1 and 2 as well as hepatitis B and C virus in Ghanaian individuals

2024European Journal of Microbiology and ImmunologyJournalOpen access0 citations10.1556/1886.2024.00103

Biobanking and Collaborative Multicenter AD Research in Africa: Preliminary Experience from the Recruitment and Retention for Alzheimer’s Disease Diversity Genetic Cohorts in the Alzheimer’s Disease Sequencing Project

2024Alzheimer s & DementiaJournalOpen access0 citations10.1002/alz.086610

Seroprevalence of Cryptococcus Sp. Infection Among HIV Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana

2024Journal of Science and Technology (Ghana)JournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.4314/just.v42i4.3

Health systems interventions for hypertension management and associated outcomes in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review

2023PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding21 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0001794

Transforming Parkinson's Care in Africa (TraPCAf): protocol for a multimethodology National Institute for Health and Care Research Global Health Research Group project

2023BMC NeurologyJournalOpen access21 citations10.1186/s12883-023-03414-0

Patient-level and system-level determinants of stroke fatality across 16 large hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria: a prospective cohort study

2023The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author35 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00038-4

The Nairobi Declaration—Reducing the burden of dementia in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs): Declaration of the 2022 Symposium on Dementia and Brain Aging in LMICs

2023Alzheimer s & DementiaJournalOpen access31 citations10.1002/alz.13025

Telemedicine for Individuals with epilepsy: Recommendations from the International League Against Epilepsy Telemedicine Task Force

2023SeizureJournalOpen access30 citations10.1016/j.seizure.2023.02.005

Polypill Programs to Prevent Stroke and Cut Costs in Low Income Countries: Moving From Clinical Efficacy to Pragmatic Implementation

2023StrokeJournalOpen accessFirst author20 citations10.1161/strokeaha.122.039567

Effect of an Educational Intervention for Primary Stroke Risk Reduction in Ghana and Nigeria: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

2023StrokeJournalOpen accessFirst author18 citations10.1161/strokeaha.123.042618

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