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Patrick Ansah · Sankore

University of Health and Allied Sciences

Patrick Ansah

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0002-3214-5621

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Publications

35

Citations

539

h-index

7

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

i10-index

5

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.

Navrongo Health Research Centre37 works
Ghana Health Service17 works
University of Health and Allied Sciences2 works
University of Technology and Applied Sciences2 works
Ho Technical University1 works
University of Buea1 works

Publications

30 works in the graph, newest first.

Sociodemographic Factors, Malaria Infection and Haemoglobinopathies as Drivers of Haemoglobin Levels and Anaemia in Rural Northern Ghana
2026AnemiaJournalOpen access0 citations10.1155/anem/3572400
Age and sex specific biomarker profiling of malaria infection in Ghana: Implications for demographic-tailored clinical management
2026Scientific AfricanJournalOpen access0 citations10.1016/j.sciaf.2026.e03310
Variations in haematological and inflammatory biomarkers and their association with Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a cross-sectional comparative study at a clinic in Ghana
2025Malaria JournalJournalOpen access6 citations10.1186/s12936-025-05474-8
Barriers and strategies to improve vaccine adverse events reporting: views from health workers and managers in Northern Ghana
2025BMJ Public HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.1136/bmjph-2024-001464

Experiences and perceptions about vaccines and reporting of adverse events following immunisation: a qualitative study among mothers in Northern Ghana

2025BMJ Public HealthJournalOpen access3 citations10.1136/bmjph-2024-001761

ABO blood groups and cardiovascular disease and its risk in continental Africans and people of African ancestry: A systematic review

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessCorresponding2 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0333547

Factors influencing attrition of health professionals in the Upper East Region of Northern Ghana

2025BMC Health Services ResearchJournalOpen accessSenior author3 citations10.1186/s12913-025-13210-w

Th role of counselling to reduce parental fears and anxiety about newborn screening for sickle cell disease in Northern Ghana

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author1 citations10.1186/s12889-025-24134-9

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 access3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0316527

Metagenomic complexity of high, seasonal transmission of Plasmodium spp. in asymptomatic carriers in Northern Sahelian Ghana

2025Communications MedicineJournalOpen access2 citations10.1038/s43856-025-01088-y

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

Mortality Trends, Patterns, and Causes of Death in Ghana: The Big and Small Picture

2025Ghana’s DemographyBook Chapter0 citations10.1007/978-3-032-00582-3_4

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

2025BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author0 citations10.1186/s12889-025-24780-z

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

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

Barriers and facilitators to community acceptability of integrating point-of-care testing to screen for sickle cell disease in children in primary healthcare settings in rural Upper East Region of Northern Ghana

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access8 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0303520

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 accessSenior author7 citations10.1186/s12875-024-02620-0

A retrospective data analysis on prevalence and risk factors for hypothermia among sick neonates at presentation to the neonatal intensive care unit of the Tamale Teaching Hospital

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0303159

Effect of maternal migration on under-five mortality in the Navrongo HDSS area

2024BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access2 citations10.1186/s12889-024-20834-w

Strategies for controlling pneumococcal disease and outbreaks during humanitarian emergencies

2024Nature MedicineJournal3 citations10.1038/s41591-024-02922-x

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

2024BMC Family PracticeJournalOpen access3 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 accessSenior author0 citations10.18203/2349-3259.ijct20240039

Pf7: an open dataset of Plasmodium falciparum genome variation in 20,000 worldwide samples

2023Wellcome Open ResearchJournalOpen access158 citations10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18681.1

Birth preparedness and complications readiness among women in disadvantaged rural districts of Ghana

2023BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthJournalOpen access15 citations10.1186/s12884-023-06041-2

Documenting capacity and existing gaps in reporting adverse events following immunisation in Northern Ghana: a quantitative cross-sectional survey of healthcare workers

2023BMJ Public HealthJournalOpen access5 citations10.1136/bmjph-2023-000077

Genetic diversity of rotavirus infection among young children with diarrhoea in the Kasena-Nankana Districts of Northern Ghana: a seasonal cross-sectional survey

2023Pan African Medical JournalJournalOpen access4 citations10.11604/pamj.2023.44.148.36783

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

Effect of national immunisation campaigns with oral polio vaccine on all-cause mortality in children in rural northern Ghana: 20 years of demographic surveillance cohort data

2023EClinicalMedicineJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.eclinm.2023.102322

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