Peter Donkor

Surgery

About

Peter Donkor is Professor/Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Ghana, He is President of the West African College of Surgeons. Positions he has occupied at KNUST include Pro Vice-Chancellor; Director, Office of Grants and Research; Provost, College of Health Sciences; Vice Dean, School of Medicine and Dentistry and Head, Department of Surgery. Honorary roles include President Ghana Cleft Foundation, Past President; African Forum for Research and Education in Health (AFREhealth); Past President Pan African Association for Cleft Lip and Palate and Past President Ghana Surgical Research Society. He serves on a number of national and international committees/boards of business concerns, NGOs, regulatory bodies, academia, and associations.He has won multiple externally funded research grants, and mentored generations of clinicians, junior faculty, and researchers to obtain MPH/PhD degrees and professional Fellowships. He spearheaded the development of cleft lip and palate, oral cancer and emergency medical services at KATH; as well as online open educational resources (OER) .at KNUSTHis research interests include cleft lip and palate, oral cancer, injury control, global surgery, and medical education. He has to his credit multiple peer-reviewed scientific publications.

Research Summary

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The researcher's research focuses on global health equity and innovative solutions to address public health challenges in Ghana, particularly through interventions such as trauma care, disaster preparedness, and sustainable healthcare practices. They integrate genetic research into broader medical and biomedical investigations while emphasizing policies aimed at improving healthcare access and reducing inequality.

Research Themes

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Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa(2014)

Essential surgery: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition(2015)

Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1): Essential Surgery(2015)

Congenital Anomalies in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: The Unborn Child of Global Surgery(2014)

Increasing Access to Surgical Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Priorities for National and International Agencies Recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group(2009)

Developing Priorities for Addressing Surgical Conditions Globally: Furthering the Link Between Surgery and Public Health Policy(2009)

Global Health Partnerships and the Brocher Declaration: Principles for Ethical Short-Term Engagements in Global Health(2022)

Mapping Population-Level Spatial Access to Essential Surgical Care in Ghana Using Availability of Bellwether Procedures(2016)

The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa(2018)

Academic Partnerships in Global Surgery(2019)

Improving Benchmarks for Global Surgery: Nationwide Enumeration of Operations Performed in Ghana(2017)

Surgical care needs of low-resource populations: an estimate of the prevalence of surgically treatable conditions and avoidable deaths in 48 countries(2015)

Benchmarking Global Trauma Care: Defining the Unmet Need for Trauma Surgery in Ghana(2019)

Creating a Charter of Collaboration for International University Partnerships(2014)

Impact of COVID-19 on Elective Cleft Surgery in Low- and Middle-income Countries(2021)

In‐Country Training by the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons: An Initiative that has Aided Surgeon Retention and Distribution in Ghana(2018)

Estimating obstetric and gynecologic surgical rate: A benchmark of surgical capacity building in Ghana(2019)

Ghanaian views of short-term medical missions: The pros, the cons, and the possibilities for improvement(2021)

Benefit-Cost Analysis for Selected Surgical Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries -- Essential Surgery: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1)(2015)

Improving Global Surgical Oncology Benchmarks: Defining the Unmet Need for Cancer Surgery in Ghana(2021)

A Nationwide Enumeration of Operations Performed for Pediatric Patients in Ghana(2020)

Universal health coverage and intersectoral action for health: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition(2017)

The Global Burden(2015)

Exploring midwives’ understanding of respectful maternal care in Kumasi, Ghana: Qualitative inquiry(2020)

“I wouldn’t have hit you, but you would have killed your baby:” exploring midwives’ perspectives on disrespect and abusive Care in Ghana(2020)

Midwives’ experiences of implementing respectful maternity care knowledge in daily maternity care practices after participating in a four-day RMC training(2021)

Injured and broke: The impacts of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on service delivery and catastrophic health expenditure among seriously injured children(2020)

Exploring the Relationship Between Surgical Capacity and Output in Ghana: Current Capacity Assessments May Not Tell the Whole Story(2018)

Developing a tool for measuring postpartum women's experiences of respectful maternity care at a tertiary hospital in Kumasi, Ghana(2020)

Correction: Exploring midwives’ understanding of respectful maternal care in Kumasi, Ghana: Qualitative inquiry(2020)

Impacts of illegal Artisanal and small-scale gold mining on livelihoods in cocoa farming communities: A case of Amansie West District, Ghana(2024)

Assessing the safety and health practices in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector of Ghana: A case of Ntotroso(2022)

Assessing the environmental and socio-economic impacts of small-scale mining activities in the Atiwa East District of Ghana(2025)

Occupational safety issues and factors influencing Safety Regulations Compliance in the Artisanal and small-scale gold Mining in Adadiem, Ghana(2023)

Fighting fire with fire: How military actions expand environmental destruction in informal mining(2025)

Assessing the Knowledge and Practices of Occupational Safety and Health in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector of Ghana: A Case of Obuasi(2022)

Informal artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-saharan Africa: Policy evolution, sector formalization, and future trajectories(2025)

The development of continuing education for trauma care in an African nation(2005)

Incidence, characteristics and risk factors for household and neighbourhood injury among young children in semiurban Ghana: a population-based household survey(2014)

Sustainable improvements in injury surveillance in Ghana(2010)

Incidence of childhood injuries and modifiable household risk factors in rural Ghana: a multistage, cluster-randomised, population-based, household survey(2021)

Perspective(2011)

Strategic Assessment of Trauma Care Capacity in Ghana(2015)

Minimizing Preventable Trauma Deaths in a Limited‐Resource Setting: A Test‐Case of a Multidisciplinary Panel Review Approach at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Ghana(2014)

The evolution and current state of emergency care in Ghana(2012)

Strategic assessment of the availability of pediatric trauma care equipment, technology and supplies in Ghana(2015)

The Development of Sustainable Emergency Care in Ghana: Physician, Nursing and Prehospital Care Training Initiatives(2014)

Serial Assessment of Trauma Care Capacity in Ghana in 2004 and 2014(2015)

District-level hospital trauma care audit filters: Delphi technique for defining context-appropriate indicators for quality improvement initiative evaluation in developing countries(2015)

Bypassing proximal health care facilities for acute care: a survey of patients in a Ghanaian Accident and Emergency Centre(2012)

Standardized trauma intake form with clinical decision support prompts improves care and reduces mortality for seriously injured patients in non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana: stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial(2023)

Trauma Training for Nonorthopaedic Doctors in Low- and Middle-income Countries(2008)

Achievement of Key Performance Indicators in Initial Assessment and Care of Injured Patients in Ghanaian Non‐tertiary Hospitals: An Observational Study(2022)

Pediatric First Aid Practices in Ghana: A Population‐Based Survey(2015)

Factors Contributing to and Reducing Delays in the Provision of Adequate Care in Ghana: A Qualitative Study of Trauma Care Providers(2022)

Differences in trauma care between district and regional hospitals and impact of a trauma intake form with decision support prompts in Ghana: A stepped‐wedge cluster randomized trial(2024)

Improvement in quality of trauma care at non-tertiary hospitals in Ghana during on-hours and off-hours with a trauma intake form: A stepped-wedge cluster randomized trial(2024)

Individual and medical characteristics of adults presenting to an urban emergency department in Ghana(2015)

Preventable Trauma Deaths and Corrective Actions to Prevent Them: A 10‐Year Comparative Study at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana(2020)

Increasing the use of continuing professional development courses to strengthen trauma care in Ghana(2020)

Availability of resources for emergency care at a second-level hospital in Ghana: A mixed methods assessment(2015)

The Ghana Emergency Medicine Collaborative(2014)

Barriers and facilitators to Electronic Medical Records usage in the Emergency Centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi-Ghana(2017)

Injury rate and risk factors among small-scale gold miners in Ghana(2019)

Occupational injuries among health care workers at a public hospital in Ghana(2021)

Occupational injury burden among gold miners in Ghana(2019)

Socio-demographic effects on role assignment and associated occupational health and safety issues in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Amansie Central District, Ghana(2023)

Assessing the knowledge and practices of occupational safety and health in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector of Ghana: A case of obuasi(2022)

Occupational Injuries Among Road Construction Workers In Ghana: Burden, Mechanism And Severity(2023)

Factors influencing accidents and injuries in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining industry in Ghana: A case of Adadiem in the Jaman North district of Ghana(2025)

Population-based rates of hernia surgery in Ghana(2019)

Traditional bonesetters in northern Ghana: opportunities for engagement with the formal health sector(2020)

Assessment of local supply chains and stock management practices for trauma care resources in Ghana: a comparative small sample cross-sectional study(2021)

Machine learning based groundwater prediction in a data-scarce basin of Ghana(2022)

Projections and impact assessment of the local climate change conditions of the Black Volta Basin of Ghana based on the Statistical DownScaling Model(2023)

Adaptation strategies by smallholder farmers to climate change and variability: The case of the savannah zone of Ghana(2025)

A study of primary closure of human bite injuries to the face(1997)

Cleft Lip and Palate Surgery in Kumasi, Ghana(2007)

Having a child with orofacial cleft: Initial reaction and psychosocial experiences of Ghanaian mothers(2018)

Aesthetic outcome and the need for revision of unilateral cleft lip repair at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital(2014)

Craniofacial Surgery in a Low-Resource Setting: The Successes, Challenges, and Prospects(2024)

Electronic learning and open educational resources in the health sciences in Ghana(2011)

Viva voce in postgraduate surgical examinations in anglophone west Africa.(2011)

Predictors of Seat-Belt Use among Bus Passengers in Ghana: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Health Belief Model(2021)

Barriers to the enforcement of mandatory seat belt laws in Ghana: an exploratory study(2020)

Seatbelt use among bus passengers in Ghana: observed versus self-reported measures(2022)

Expression of immunohistochemical markers in non-oropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in Ghana(2018)

COVID-19 pandemic and dental practice in Ghana(2020)

National health insurance and surgical care for injured people, Ghana(2020)

Charge midwives’ awareness of and their role in promoting respectful maternity care at a tertiary health facility in Ghana: A qualitative study(2023)

Assessment of risk of peripheral vascular disease and vascular care capacity in low- and middle-income countries(2015)

Use of Support Services and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Abused Ghanaian Women with Disabilities(2019)

Assessing the appropriateness of blood transfusion among injured patients at a Ghanaian tertiary hospital: Time for clarity on the use of a scarce resource(2021)

Understanding the challenges and coping mechanisms adopted by nursing staff in managing critically-ill patients at district hospitals in the Ashanti Region, Ghana(2022)

Ghana's environmental law and waterbody protection: A critical assessment of plastic pollution regulations(2025)

Postgraduate Dental Education in Ghana: Past, Present and Future(2022)

Injury patterns and health outcomes among pregnant women seeking emergency medical care in Kumasi, Ghana: Challenges and opportunities to improve care(2016)

Excess Surgical Mortality: Strategies for Improving Quality of Care -- Essential Surgery: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1)(2015)

Impacts of Illegal Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (Galamsey) on the Livelihoods of Cocoa Farming Communities: A Case of Amansie West District, Ghana(2023)

Prevalence and risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in Ghana: evidence from a cross-sectional population-based study(2024)

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