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Engelbert A. Nonterah · Sankore

Navrongo Health Research Centre

Engelbert A. Nonterah

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ORCID 0000-0001-8491-6478

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Publications

37

Citations

528

h-index

12

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

i10-index

15

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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Navrongo Health Research Centre46 works
Ghana Health Service29 works
University of Technology and Applied Sciences4 works
University of Ghana1 works

Publications

36 works in the graph, newest first.

Measuring progress in pregnancy planning and preconception health
2026The LancetJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(26)00192-3
Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa
2025NatureJournalOpen access68 citations10.1038/s41586-024-08485-8
Incident type 2 diabetes and its risk factors in men and women aged 40–60 years from four sub-Saharan African countries: results from the AWI-Gen study
2025The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen access13 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00520-5
Genome-wide association study identifying novel risk variants associated with glycaemic traits in the continental African AWI-Gen cohort
2025DiabetologiaJournalOpen access6 citations10.1007/s00125-025-06395-6
Stroke incidence, trends, and geographic disparities in Ghana: An analysis of nationwide health facility records

2025Public HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.1016/j.puhe.2025.02.023

Determinants, barriers, and facilitators of healthcare access for patients with hypertension in rural Ghana: applying the Andersen-Newman model of healthcare utilization

2025Global Health ActionJournalOpen access3 citations10.1080/16549716.2025.2599567

Prevalence and determinants of insulin resistance among middle-aged adults in rural northern Ghana: an Awi-Gen cross-sectional study

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s12889-025-24806-6

Obesity phenotypes and dyslipidemia in adults from four African countries: An H3Africa AWI-Gen study

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0316527

Strategies to build trust in the conduct of clinical trials: Stakeholders’ views in a qualitative study in Ghana

2025PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0003201

Novel Association of rs17111557(T) in PCSK9 with Higher Diastolic Blood Pressure in Northern Ghanaian Adults: Candidate Gene Analysis from an AWI-Gen Sub-Study

2025BioMedJournalOpen access0 citations10.3390/biomed5030015

Community acceptability of cardiovascular risk screening in faith centres in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana: a qualitative study

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1186/s12889-025-24780-z

Vitamin A supplementation and nutritional status among children 6–36 months in Northern Ghana

2025Academia Nutrition and DieteticsJournalOpen access0 citations10.20935/acadnutr8006

Early life ambient air pollution, household fuel use, and under-5 mortality in Ghana

2024Environment InternationalJournalOpen access11 citations10.1016/j.envint.2024.108693

Cohort Profile: Africa Wits-INDEPTH partnership for Genomic studies (AWI-Gen) in four sub-Saharan African countries

2024International Journal of EpidemiologyJournalOpen access9 citations10.1093/ije/dyae173

Hypertension and diabetes control: faith-based centres offer a promise for expanding screening services and linkage to care in Ghana

2024BMC Family PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding7 citations10.1186/s12875-024-02620-0

Sociodemographic and Behavioral Factors Associated With Hypertension and Depression in 4 Rural Communities in Northern Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study

2024Journal of Primary Care & Community HealthJournalOpen access5 citations10.1177/21501319241242965

Hypertension knowledge, attitudes and perceptions among adults in the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance Site: a mixed methods analysis

2024BMC Family PracticeJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding3 citations10.1186/s12875-024-02469-3

Community perceptions and willingness to participate in COVID-19 vaccine trials: a qualitative study in Northern Ghana

2024International Journal of Clinical TrialsJournalOpen access0 citations10.18203/2349-3259.ijct20240039

Perceptions of healthcare workers on linkage between depression and hypertension in northern Ghana: a qualitative study

2024Cambridge Prisms Global Mental HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1017/gmh.2024.86

Genome-wide association study meta-analysis of blood pressure traits and hypertension in sub-Saharan African populations: an AWI-Gen study

2023Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access32 citations10.1038/s41467-023-44079-0

Identifying the prevalence and correlates of multimorbidity in middle-aged men and women: a cross-sectional population-based study in four African countries

2023BMJ OpenJournalOpen access27 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2022-067788

Diabetes care cascade and associated factors in 10 700 middle-aged adults in four sub-Saharan African countries: a cross-sectional study

2023BMJ OpenJournalOpen access25 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069193

Men’s motivations, barriers to and aspirations for their families’ health in the first 1000 days in sub-Saharan Africa: a secondary qualitative analysis

2023BMJ Nutrition Prevention & HealthJournalOpen access12 citations10.1136/bmjnph-2022-000423

A Systematic Review on Cardiometabolic Risks and Perinatal Outcomes among Pregnant Women Living with HIV in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy

2023VirusesJournalOpen access10 citations10.3390/v15071441

Cardiovascular disease prevention: Community Based Asset Mapping within religious networks in a rural Sub-Saharan African neighbourhood

2023PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0002201

Exploring infant and young child‐feeding practices among mothers of well‐nourished children in northern Ghana: An INPreP substudy

2023Food Science & NutritionJournalOpen access4 citations10.1002/fsn3.3800

What works in engaging communities? Prioritising nutrition interventions in Burkina Faso, Ghana and South Africa

2023PLoS ONEJournalOpen access1 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0294410

Cause specific under-five mortality rates and associated risk factors among children in northern Ghana between 2007 and 2012 using survival analysis techniques.

2023Journal of African Population StudiesJournalOpen access0 citations10.59147/cq8qgqyl

Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa

2022Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access93 citations10.1038/s41467-021-27917-x

Meta-analysis of sub-Saharan African studies provides insights into genetic architecture of lipid traits

2022Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access55 citations10.1038/s41467-022-30098-w

Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Common Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness: An Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis

2022Journal of the American Heart AssociationJournalOpen accessFirst author30 citations10.1161/jaha.121.023704

Genetic associations with carotid intima-media thickness link to atherosclerosis with sex-specific effects in sub-Saharan Africans

2022Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access29 citations10.1038/s41467-022-28276-x

Carotid Atherosclerosis, Microalbuminuria, and Estimated 10-Year Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa

2022JAMA Network OpenJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding24 citations10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7559

Children born during the hunger season are at a higher risk of severe acute malnutrition: Findings from a Guinea Sahelian ecological zone in Northern Ghana

2022Maternal and Child NutritionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding21 citations10.1111/mcn.13313

Non-HDL-C and LDL-C/HDL-C are associated with self-reported cardiovascular disease in a rural West African population: Analysis of an array of lipid metrics in an AWI-Gen sub-study

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen access15 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0278375

Engaging community members in setting priorities for nutrition interventions in rural northern Ghana

2022PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen accessCorresponding7 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0000447