Isaac Nyanor

Child Health

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Research Summary

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The researcher's overall focus is on enhancing public health outcomes through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates maternal care, infectious disease management, vaccination efforts, and health education. Their work spans several key areas: 1. **Maternal Health and VACC Inspects**: Engages in studies like Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) to improve neonatal survival rates and examines the impact of Artemether-Lumefantrine on Staphylococcus aureus. 2. **Infectious Diseases**: Focuses on controlling diseases such as malaria, MERS-CoV, and Paraphilis through mass drug administration and vaccination studies. 3. **Immunology and VACC Inspects**: investigates Antimicrobial Resistance in VACC Inspects to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance among healthcare workers. 4. **Child Nutrition and Water Access**: explores early health education strategies, including teaching caregivers about recognizing pneumonia in young children. 5. **Global Health Policies**: Examines public health policies and their impact on marginalized communities like rural Ghanaians. 6. **Health Education and Water Access**: Conducts studies on iron-folic acid supplementation to improve maternal health outcomes in specific regions. 7. **Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections**: Develops strategies for early recognition of pneumonia through awareness programs in young children. The researcher's work aims to create comprehensive, integrated approaches to public health that address both immediate care needs and long-term health issues, with a focus on improving health outcomes in vulnerable populations.

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Immediate “Kangaroo Mother Care” and Survival of Infants with Low Birth Weight(2021)

Evaluation of the impact of continuous Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) initiated immediately after birth compared to KMC initiated after stabilization in newborns with birth weight 1.0 to < 1.8 kg on neurodevelopmental outcomes: Protocol for a follow-up study(2023)

Evaluation of impact of continuous KMC initiated immediately after birth compared to KMC initiated after stabilization, in newborns with birth weight 1.0 to &lt;1.8 kg on neurodevelopmental outcomes: protocol for a follow-up study(2022)

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

The Sickle Cell Disease Ontology: Enabling Collaborative Research and Co-Designing of New Planetary Health Applications(2020)

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)

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)

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

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)

Source of medicines and medicine information by self-reported persons living with hy-pertension and diabetes in rural and urban Ghana(2018)

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

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

Qualitative and Quantitative Microbiological Studies of Paediatric Artemether-Lumefantrine Dry Powders and Paracetamol Syrups Obtained from Selected Drug Stores in Accra, Ghana(2019)

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

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

In Vitro Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus (ATCC® 6538™) by Artemether-Lumefantrine Tablets: A Comparative Study of Three Dosage Strengths(2018)

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

Compliance with Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation Among Pregnant Women in the Bekwai Municipality, Ghana(2023)

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

In Vitro Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus subsp. aureus (ATCC® 6538™) by Artemether-Lumefantrine Tablets: A Comparative Study of Three Dosage Strengths(2019)

Domain‐Specific Diabetes Self‐Management Correlates of Quality of Life Among Adults With Diabetes Mellitus in Routine Care at a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana(2025)

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