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Williams Agyemang-Duah · Sankore

Williams Agyemang-Duah

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ORCID 0000-0001-8658-004X

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51

Citations

2,500

h-index

14

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

i10-index

19

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Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine1 works
Kumasi Technical University1 works
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology1 works

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48 works in the graph, newest first.

Global, regional, and national burden of chronic respiratory diseases and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease study
2026Nature MedicineJournalOpen access32 citations10.1038/s41591-025-04077-9
Global burden of amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and opioid use in 204 countries, 1990–2023: a Global Burden of Disease Study
2026Nature MedicineJournalOpen access20 citations10.1038/s41591-025-04137-0
Global Burden of Elevated LDL-C
2026JAMAJournalOpen access3 citations10.1001/jama.2026.8628
Global, regional, and national burden of tuberculosis and multidrug-resistant tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023
2026The Lancet Infectious DiseasesJournal1 citations10.1016/s1473-3099(26)00295-1

Sociodemographic, functional disability and severe illness predict extreme fatigue among older adults in Ghana

2026Discover Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1186/s12982-026-01918-x

Catastrophic health expenditure and household food insecurity among older adults with health conditions in Ghana: a cross-sectional analysis

2026BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1186/s12889-026-28188-1

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 citations10.1016/s1473-3099(25)00689-9

Global, Regional, and National Burden of Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

2025JAMA NeurologyJournalOpen access44 citations10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.1522

Disease burden attributable to intimate partner violence against females and sexual violence against children in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

2025The LancetJournalOpen access26 citations10.1016/s0140-6736(25)02503-6

Predictors of food security status among informal caregivers of older adults residing in slums in Ghana

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.1186/s12889-025-21666-y

Social Network Connectivity and Depression Among Single Parents in Ghana: The Mediating Role of Anxiety

2025International Journal of Social PsychiatryJournal1 citations10.1177/00207640251405455

Factors associated with barriers to patient-physician communication in specialist outpatient healthcare in Ghana

2025Discover Social Science and HealthJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1007/s44155-025-00161-0

Predictors of sexual satisfaction among Social Security and National Insurance Trust pensioners in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0331747

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 age-related macular degeneration: a meta-analysis from 2000 to 2020

2024EyeJournalOpen access54 citations10.1038/s41433-024-03050-z

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

Differences in physical and mental health symptoms among residents living near municipal solid waste sites: a cross sectional study in the Ashanti Region, Ghana

2024Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen access9 citations10.1186/s41043-024-00527-1

Daily exercises uptake and associated factors among Social Security and National Insurance Trust pensioners in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

2024Journal of Health Population and NutritionJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.1186/s41043-024-00655-8

The role of gender in health insurance enrollment among geriatric caregivers: results from the 2022 informal caregiving, health, and healthcare survey in Ghana

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1186/s12889-024-18930-y

Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and functional disability among older adults: The moderating roles of sex, physical activity, and multi-morbidity

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0293016

National health insurance enrolment among elderly ghanaians: the role of food security status

2024BMC Family PracticeJournalOpen access4 citations10.1186/s12875-024-02535-w

Analysis of the relationship between forest patch degradation, land uses, and terrain variables in a protected landscape in Ghana

2024Trees Forests and PeopleJournalOpen access2 citations10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100587

Specialist care visits outside the hospital by South Australian older adults

2024BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen access1 citations10.1186/s12913-024-11268-6

Cyberbullying victimization and suicidal ideation among in-school adolescents in three countries: implications for prevention and intervention

2023BMC PsychiatryJournalOpen accessSenior author39 citations10.1186/s12888-023-05268-9

Analysis of Spatial Distribution of Health Care Facilities and its Effects on Access to Primary Healthcare in Rural Communities in Kpandai District, Ghana

2023Cogent Public HealthJournalOpen access27 citations10.1080/27707571.2023.2183566

Family Support, Perceived Physical Activeness and Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases as Determinants of Formal Healthcare Utilization Among Older Adults with Low Income and Health Insurance Subscription in Ghana

2023Journal of Aging & Social PolicyJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.1080/08959420.2023.2255488

Health needs of migrant female head porters in Ghana: evidence from the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi Metropolitan areas

2023International Journal for Equity in HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author8 citations10.1186/s12939-023-01947-x

Healthcare seeking behaviour during illness among older adults in Ghana: does food security status matter?

2023BMC GeriatricsJournalOpen access12 citations10.1186/s12877-023-04023-9

Mobility limitations and emotional dysfunction in old age: The moderating effects of physical activity and social ties

2023International Journal of Geriatric PsychiatryJournalOpen access10 citations10.1002/gps.5969

Understanding the association between unmet dental care needs and household food security status among older people in Ghana

2023BMC Oral HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.1186/s12903-023-03019-6

Staying in or out? COVID-19-induced healthcare utilization avoidance and associated socio-demographic factors in rural India

2023BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.1186/s12889-023-16282-7

System, institutional, and client-level factors associated with formal healthcare utilisation among older adults with low income under a social protection scheme in Ghana

2023Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst author9 citations10.1186/s13690-023-01063-w

A moderated mediation analysis of the association between smoking and suicide attempts among adolescents in 28 countries

2023Scientific ReportsJournalOpen access6 citations10.1038/s41598-023-32610-8

Intimate partner violence as a determinant of pregnancy termination among women in unions: evidence from the 2016–2018 Papua New Guinea Demographic and Health Survey

2023Journal of Biosocial ScienceJournalOpen accessFirst author6 citations10.1017/s002193202300007x

A Systematic review of macro - and meso - determinants of national health insurance enrolment among older adults in Ghana

2023Cogent Public HealthJournalOpen access5 citations10.1080/27707571.2023.2217546

Do family characteristics predict student absenteeism?

2023Preventing School Failure Alternative Education for Children and YouthJournalSenior author3 citations10.1080/1045988x.2023.2236042

University Students’ Reasons and Attitudes Towards Online Gambling and its Implication on Their Lives

2022Journal of Gambling StudiesJournal22 citations10.1007/s10899-022-10143-5

Impact of socio-demographic and economic factors on intimate partner violence justification among women in union in Papua New Guinea

2022Archives of Public HealthJournalOpen access15 citations10.1186/s13690-022-00889-0

Effects of demographic and socio-economic factors on dissatisfaction with formal healthcare utilisation among older adults with very low incomes in Ghana

2022Cogent Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author7 citations10.1080/27707571.2022.2108568

An integrative review on individual determinants of enrolment in National Health Insurance Scheme among older adults in Ghana

2022BMC Family PracticeJournalOpen access13 citations10.1186/s12875-022-01797-6

Effect of financial services access on health services utilisation among rural older adults in Ghana

2022International Journal of Social WelfareJournal10 citations10.1111/ijsw.12551

Housing conditions and long-term care needs of older adults in Ghana: Evidence from the WHO SAGE Ghana Wave 1

2022PLOS Global Public HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.1371/journal.pgph.0000863

Factors associated with health-seeking behaviour among informal sector workers in the Kumasi metropolis of Ghana

2022Cogent Public HealthJournalOpen access9 citations10.1080/27707571.2022.2103932

Self-reported symptoms of ocular allergy and its comorbid factors among residents living near a landfill site in Ghana

2022International Journal of Environmental Health ResearchJournalCorresponding7 citations10.1080/09603123.2022.2031912

Financial vulnerability, health outcomes, and well-being of older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic

2022Journal of Global HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.7189/jogh.12.03021

‘Where were pharmaceuticals in Eden?’ Use of herbal medicine in old age: Focus group discussions among community-dwelling older adults in Ghana

2022Journal of Herbal MedicineJournal4 citations10.1016/j.hermed.2022.100549

Cigarette smoking during breastfeeding in Papua New Guinea: Prevalence and demographic and socio-economic predictors

2022PLoS ONEJournalOpen access3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0278373

The correlates of substance use among older adults in Ghana during the COVID-19 pandemic

2022Journal of Global Health ReportsJournalOpen access2 citations10.29392/001c.31592