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Jacob Novignon · Sankore

University of Ghana

Jacob Novignon

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-4718-9328

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Publications

45

Citations

312

h-index

10

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

i10-index

10

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 Technology39 works
University of Ghana18 works
Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine5 works
Kwame Nkrumah University3 works
Ghana Health Service1 works
Kenya Medical Research Institute1 works
Ifakara Health Institute1 works
Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons1 works

Publications

45 works in the graph, newest first.

Level and determinants of district primary healthcare system technical efficiency in Ghana: two-stage stochastic frontier analysis
2026BMJ Global HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2024-018847
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
Investing more and better: The case for ending maternal deaths and meeting family planning needs in Ghana
2026African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.29063/ajrh2026/v30i7s.5

Expanding family planning services in Sierra Leone: A transformative, smart investment

2026African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.29063/ajrh2026/v30i7s.7

Inequalities and determinants of unmet need for SARS-CoV-2 testing in Ghana, Burkina Faso and Madagascar (2020 – 2021)

2026Communications MedicineJournalOpen accessFirst author0 citations10.1038/s43856-026-01637-z

Balancing policy ambition and systems reality in expanding access to non-communicable diseases medicines: lessons from Ghana and Georgia

2026Health Policy and PlanningJournalOpen access0 citations10.1093/heapol/czag082

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

Health facility capacity and technical efficiency in the provision of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services in Niger

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s12889-025-24442-0

Does Mobile Money Adoption and Credit Access Improve Enterprise Innovation and Performance in Sierra Leone?

2025Review of Development EconomicsJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.1111/rode.13183

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 accessFirst author2 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0321265

Ethnographic study of Buruli ulcer wound management practices in a traditional therapeutic setting in Ghana

2025International Journal for Equity in HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s12939-025-02640-x

Improving facility-level performance in primary healthcare system through strengthening management and financial resource utilization in Kano State, Nigeria

2025SSM - Health SystemsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.ssmhs.2025.100080

A disaggregated analysis of catastrophic and impoverishing health expenditure in Ghana

2025Social Sciences & Humanities OpenJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101674

The role of economic factors in shaping and constituting the household burden of neglected tropical diseases of the skin: Qualitative findings from Ghana and Ethiopia

2024Social Science & MedicineJournalOpen accessCorresponding16 citations10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117094

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

Improving experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin: Mixed methods formative research for development of a complex intervention in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana

2024PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access8 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0002833

Development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy to improve experiences of skin neglected tropical diseases and other skin conditions in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana

2024PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0002809

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

2024Public Health in PracticeJournalOpen access4 citations10.1016/j.puhip.2024.100530

The impact of Ghana’s national health insurance exemption policies on healthcare-seeking behaviour

2024SSM - Health SystemsJournalOpen accessSenior author4 citations10.1016/j.ssmhs.2024.100035

Impact of Agricultural Input Subsidy on Nutritional Outcomes in Malawi

2024Oxford University Press eBooksBook ChapterFirst author2 citations10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198890164.013.17

The role of formal, informal, and family credit in the business performance of young entrepreneurs in Benin

2024Review of Development EconomicsJournalCorresponding2 citations10.1111/rode.13104

Assessing the efficiency of health systems in achieving the universal health coverage goal: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa

2023Health Economics ReviewJournalOpen accessSenior author36 citations10.1186/s13561-023-00433-y

Donor aid mentioning newborns and stillbirths, 2002–19: an analysis of levels, trends, and equity

2023The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen access29 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(23)00378-9

Inefficient allocation of paratransit service terminals and routes in Ghana: The role of driver unions and paratransit operators

2023Journal of Transport GeographyJournalSenior author18 citations10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2023.103643

Role and capacity needs of community based surveillance volunteers in the integrated management of skin neglected tropical diseases (skin NTDs): a qualitative study from central Ghana

2023BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access12 citations10.1186/s12889-023-16015-w

Effects of healthcare financing policy tools on health system efficiency: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

2023HeliyonJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding12 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20573

Cost of inappropriate prescriptions for uncomplicated malaria in Ghana

2023Malaria JournalJournalOpen access6 citations10.1186/s12936-023-04581-8

Cost efficiency of primary health care facilities in Ghana: stochastic frontier analysis

2023Discover Health SystemsJournalOpen accessSenior author6 citations10.1007/s44250-023-00044-8

Billing the Insured: An Assessment of Out-of-Pocket Payment by Insured Patients in Ghana

2023Health Services InsightsJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.1177/11786329221149397

Ghana’s Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (1000) Program Seasonally Impacts Birthweight: A Difference-in-Differences Analysis

2023International Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.3389/ijph.2023.1605336

Economic inequalities in health insurance subscription renewal: Evidence from Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme

2023Social Science & MedicineJournalSenior author4 citations10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.116514

The dose-response association between LEAP 1000 and birthweight – no clear mechanisms: a structural equation modeling approach

2023BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access3 citations10.1186/s12884-023-05707-1

Does health insurance mitigate the economic impact of negative health outcomes? Evidence from Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme

2023Journal of Social and Economic DevelopmentJournalFirst authorCorresponding3 citations10.1007/s40847-023-00287-4

Buruli-RifDACC: Evaluation of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of high-dose versus standard-dose rifampicin on outcomes in Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, a protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Ghana

2023NIHR Open ResearchJournalOpen access2 citations10.3310/nihropenres.13332.2

Inequalities, Exclusion, and Covid-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa

2023African histories and modernitiesBook Chapter0 citations10.1007/978-3-031-40316-3_6

Economic inequalities and rural-urban disparities in clean cooking fuel use in Ghana

2022Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable developmentJournalSenior author33 citations10.1016/j.esd.2022.05.001

Strategic Health Purchasing Progress Mapping: A Spotlight on Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme

2022Health Systems & ReformJournalOpen access26 citations10.1080/23288604.2022.2058337

The impact of unconditional cash transfers on morbidity and health-seeking behaviour in Africa: evidence from Ghana, Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe

2022Health Policy and PlanningJournalOpen accessFirst author15 citations10.1093/heapol/czac014

Health services availability and readiness moderate cash transfer impacts on health insurance enrolment: evidence from the LEAP 1000 cash transfer program in Ghana

2022BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access9 citations10.1186/s12913-022-07964-w

Leveraging COVID‐19 pandemic response for improved health system financing: Lessons from Ghana

2022The International Journal of Health Planning and ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1002/hpm.3462

Additional files for BuruliRifDACC

2022Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)JournalOpen access6 citations10.5281/zenodo.7263509

Buruli-RifDACC: Evaluation of the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of high-dose versus standard-dose rifampicin on outcomes in Mycobacterium ulcerans disease, a protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Ghana

2022NIHR Open ResearchJournalOpen access3 citations10.3310/nihropenres.13332.1

Improving microcredit and firm performance in Jamaica: a case study of the development bank of Jamaica

2022Journal of Development EffectivenessJournalFirst authorCorresponding2 citations10.1080/19439342.2022.2078859