Evans Xorse Amuzu

Child Health

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The researcher focuses on several key areas within public health, including the management and control of conditions like sickle cell disease, malarialism, and hypertension. Their work also explores emerging issues such as trauma and maternal health care. The researcher examines global public health policies and epidemiological studies that highlight challenges in healthcare access and equity. They analyze the societal factors influencing vaccination rates, including attitudes towards vaccination and social constructs in healthcare settings. This comprehensive approach integrates themes from disease management, control measures, community health initiatives, and broader societal impacts to provide a holistic view of public health challenges and opportunities.

Research Themes

All (37 Papers)

Health Sciences (30 Papers)

Social Sciences (6 Papers)

Life Sciences (1 Papers)

All Papers

Establishing a Sickle Cell Disease Registry in Africa: Experience From the Sickle Pan-African Research Consortium, Kumasi-Ghana(2022)

Hospitalizations among children with sickle cell disease enrolled in the Kumasi Sickle Cell Pan African Consortium (SPARCo) database: A cross sectional study(2023)

Penicillin V prophylaxis uptake among children living with sickle cell disease in a specialist sickle cell clinic in Ghana: A cross‐sectional study(2022)

Hemolysis scavenger proteins and renal function marker in children with sickle cell disease at steady state: A cross‐sectional study(2023)

Sickle Cell Disease in Africa: SickleInAfrica Registry in Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania(2025)

Clinical manifestations of sickle cell disease in Africa and its association with foetal haemoglobin parameters(2025)

Hospitalizations among children with Sickle Cell Disease enrolled into the Kumasi SPARCo database(2022)

A contemporary evaluation of the frequency & factors associated with overt stroke across the lifespan: A Ghanaian sickle cell disease registry analysis(2024)

A cross-sectional study of the clinical manifestations of Sickles Cell Disease in Ghana, Nigeria and Tanzania and its association with foetal haemoglobin parameters(2024)

Assessing Major Organ Dysfunction in Children With Sickle Cell Disease: Protocol for a Cross‐Sectional Study(2025)

Transition Readiness of Pediatric Sickle Cell Patients to Adult Clinic in a Teaching Hospital, Ghana(2025)

Healthcare providers’ knowledge on sickle cell disease and its management: A pre- and post-training test evaluation outcome(2025)

Burden of hypertension in Ghana – Analysis of awareness and screening campaign in the Ashanti Region of Ghana(2022)

Prevalence of Hypertension in Ghana: Analysis of an Awareness and Screening Campaign in 2019(2022)

Point prevalence of asymptomatic Plasmodium infection and the comparison of microscopy, rapid diagnostic test and nested PCR for the diagnosis of asymptomatic malaria among children under 5 years in Ghana(2020)

Mass drug administration targeting Onchocerca volvulus in Owabi catchment area in Ashanti Region, Ghana: Determinants of drug coverage and drug uptake.(2021)

Awareness of and participation in mass drug administration programs used for onchocerciasis control in the Atwima Nwabiagya North District, Ghana(2023)

Social and Behaviour Change Communication Intervention Improves Coverage and Acceptance of Ivermectin Mass Drug Administration in Onchocerciasis Endemic Communities in Ghana: A Quasi Experimental Design(2021)

Healthcare services utilisation among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Ghana(2020)

The prevalence and correlates of hypertension among rural Ghanaian adults(2016)

The prevalence and correlates of hyperglycemia among rural Ghanaian adults(2016)

Epidemiology of paediatric poisoning reporting to a tertiary hospital in Ghana(2016)

Review of the establishment of trauma network of Ghana (TRANET): one-year review and implementation experience in a lower middle-income country(2023)

Suboptimal vaccination rates in rural Ghana despite positive caregiver attitudes towards vaccination(2014)

Review of Organism Density and Bacteriologic Conversion of Sputum among Tuberculosis Patients(2017)

Prevalence of pneumonia and risk factors of pneumonia mortality among children under five years.(2018)

Educating caregivers to recognise the clinical signs of pneumonia in children younger than 6 months(2020)

Drinking water infrastructure in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: developing a model for sustainable interventions by non-governmental organizations(2014)

Social constructs, late recognition and decision making for managing fast breathing in children(2020)

Knowledge and Competencies of Vaccinators on Routine Childhood Vaccination in Ghana(2018)

Communication Medium Used by Clients and Health Professionals in Accessing and Providing Healthcare in Low Resource Setting: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study(2021)

Availability of Essential Drugs and Services for Children and Pregnant Women in the Barakese Sub-District of Ghana(2017)

Differences in the Treatment Outcomes of Referred and Non-referred Patients at the Accident and Emergency Department (AED) of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH)(2017)

Occupational Health Risks of Health Workers at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(2017)

Achieving the Global Goals in Sub-Saharan Africa(2017)

The Economic Burden Of Households With Children Less Than Five Years Presenting With Pneumonia At Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana(2022)

The Socio-Economic Burden of Paediatric Long Bone Fractures in A Low Resource Setting(2022)

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