Sandra Kwarteng Owusu

Child Health

About

Dr. Sandra Kwarteng Owusu is a Senior Lecturer, a Consultant Paediatrician and Paediatric Pulmonologist at the Department of Child Health, School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana. Sandra holds a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MB ChB) from the School of Medical Sciences, KNUST, and an MPhil in Paediatric Pulmonology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Dr. Kwarteng Owusuis a fellow of the West Africa College of Physicians and the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. She also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Design and Management from the Liverpool School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom. Additionally, Sandra has a sub-specialty Certificate in Pediatric Pulmonology from the Colleges of Medicine South Africa and Certificates in Research Methods in Respiratory Health from the Pan African Thoracic Society.Her research focuses on improving lung health outcomes in children with pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis and sickle cell disease.She has participated in several international and multi-center research projects. She was the Ghana site lead investigator for the Chronic Respiratory Disease Observatory for Africa study (CHEST AFRICA), and a Co-Investigator for the Achieving Control of Asthma in African Children (ACACIA) project and the follow-up study on Children’s Air Pollution Profiles in Africa (CAPPA), NHIR UK-funded research.Sandra established the first paediatric pulmonology service in Ghana at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Kumasi, Ghana, in 2019, and currently heads the Pediatric Pulmonology Unit at KATH. She has also established a paediatric respiratory disease research group that supports the running of the unit with updated data on the trends in the presentation of respiratory diseases at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. She has been involved in mentoring and capacity-building for several health professionals in lung health in Ghana.Sandra is an Executive Member of the Pan-African Thoracic Society and the Vice President of the Ghana Thoracic Society. She is also a member of the European Respiratory and the American Thoracic Societies. Sandra is a PATS-MECOR alumna and is currently enrolled in the Women’s Leadership Program sponsored by PATS and ATS.Sandra plays an advisory role for the National Tuberculosis Programme in Ghana and has contributed to developing a national paediatric tuberculosis guideline. A strong advocate of lung health, Dr. Kwarteng Owusu also contributed to the development of the Ghana Thoracic Society’s National Asthma Guidelines for Ghana in 2023.In 2020, Sandra received the Robert Austrian Research Award by the International Society for Pneumonia and Pneumonia and Pneumococcal Disease (ISPPD-12). She has established a Network for Severe Pneumonia in Childhood Research in Ghana.Sandra serves as an External Examiner for the West Africa College of Physicians, West Africa Postgraduate Medical College and the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. She has presented her research in several international and national conferences and workshops.

Research Summary

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The researcher's work focuses on addressing public health challenges across African domains, with a particular emphasis on air quality, respiratory diseases, and disease treatment. Their research encompasses themes such as the impact of air pollution on chronic respiratory diseases like asthma, the role of vaccines in controlling childhood mALARias, and strategies to prevent tuberculosis in Ghanaian children. The researcher also investigates methods for treating pulmonary diseases, examining factors influencing hospitalization due to pneumonia, hemoglobinopathies, and other gastrointestinal disorders. Their studies highlight the need for global approaches to improve maternal and child health outcomes through innovative interventions and collaborations.

Research Themes

All (50 Papers)

Physical Sciences (6 Papers)

Health Sciences (42 Papers)

Social Sciences (2 Papers)

All Papers

Characterising sources of PM2·5 exposure for school children with asthma: a personal exposure study across six cities in sub-Saharan Africa(2023)

Characterising Sources of PM<sub>2.5</sub> Exposure for School Children with Asthma in Six Sub-Saharan African Cities(2023)

Characterising sources of asthmatic children’s exposure to particulate matter in six Sub-Saharan African cities(2024)

Evaluating the impact of particulate matter pollution exposure on respiratory health among children in six Sub-Saharan African cities(2024)

‘It makes us sick’: experiences of air pollution among children with asthma and their caregivers in African countries(2025)

Randomized Controlled Trial of RTS,S/AS02D and RTS,S/AS01E Malaria Candidate Vaccines Given According to Different Schedules in Ghanaian Children(2009)

T Cell Responses to the RTS,S/AS01E and RTS,S/AS02D Malaria Candidate Vaccines Administered According to Different Schedules to Ghanaian Children(2011)

Pharmacokinetics of First-Line Antituberculosis Drugs Using WHO Revised Dosage in Children With Tuberculosis With and Without HIV Coinfection(2015)

Addressing the challenges in laboratory confirmation of paediatric tuberculosis: the role of induced sputum specimen(2024)

Childhood Tuberculosis—Advances in Treatment and Prevention(2025)

Cystic fibrosis in black African children in South Africa: a case control study(2019)

Bronchiectasis in African children: Challenges and barriers to care(2022)

Cystic Fibrosis in two Ghanaian Children(2021)

WS04-4 Cystic fibrosis in black African children in South Africa: a case control study(2019)

Developing a collaborative network for cystic fibrosis in Africa: A call to action(2025)

Asthma symptoms, severity, and control with and without a clinical diagnosis of asthma in early adolescence in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country, school-based, cross-sectional study(2024)

A cross-country qualitative analysis of teachers’ perceptions of asthma care in sub-Saharan Africa(2023)

Asthma Symptoms, Severity, and Control in Young Adolescents in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Multi-National Observational School-Based Study(2024)

Asthma Symptoms, Knowledge, and Perception in Sub-Saharan African Adolescents - Preliminary Results of the Achieving Control of Asthma in Children in Africa (ACACIA) Study(2021)

Asthma control and use of short-acting beta-2-agonists for symptom relief in Africa – A narrative review(2024)

Asthma in Childhood: Current Perspectives on Diagnosis and Treatment(2018)

Hospital-based Surveillance for Pediatric Bacterial Meningitis in the Era of the 13-Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine in Ghana(2019)

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

Retrospective review of empyema and parapneumonic effusions in hospitalized children in Ghana(2023)

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

Empyema and Parapneumonic effusions in children admitted to a teaching hospital in Ghana. -A retrospective review(2022)

Hypoxia and mortality outcomes in children presenting with pneumonia to a tertiary Hospital: A Retrospective review of records(2022)

Invasive fungal infections(2022)

Chronic respiratory disease observatory for Africa (CHEST-Africa): study protocol for the prevalence, determinants and economic impacts of asthma and COPD in Africa(2024)

Chronic lung disease in children: disease focused use of lung function(2021)

Haemato‐Urological Profile and Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infection in Ghanaian Steady‐State Sickle Cell Disease Patients: A Case‐Control Study(2025)

Pulmonary function assessments and clinical correlates in children with sickle cell disease in Cape Town, South Africa(2024)

Haemato-urological profile and asymptomatic urinary tract infection in Ghanaian steady-state sickle cell disease patients.(2024)

Sickle Lung Disease Long‐Term Consequences and Prevention(2025)

G-6-PD deficiency - a potential risk factor for development of diabetes mellitus(2011)

Epidemiology of intussusception in infants less than one year of age in Ghana, 2012-2016.(2021)

Transverse vaginal septum with menouria and unilateral renal agenesis-case report(2015)

A typical Kawasaki syndrome in COVID-19 infection: a case report of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child (MIS-C)(2021)

Aetiology and presentation of childhood pleural infections in the post-pneumococcal conjugate vaccine era in South Africa(2021)

Aetiology of pleural effusions in children living in a high TB endemic setting(2024)

G.-6-P.D. DEFICIENCY IN JAUNDICE ASSOCIATED WITH LOBAR PNEUMONIA(1973)

G425 Rotavirus viremia and genotype characterisation among children with rotavirus diarrhoea presenting to a teaching hospital(2015)

Haematological indices, nutritional assessment and mortality outcome of children presenting with severe malaria to a tertiary hospital in Ghana(2013)

Pneumonia dominance in under-five mortalities in sub-Saharan Africa- Urgency for more research and capacity improvement(2019)

Exogenous lipoid pneumonia in two Ghanaian infants - case report(2022)

A case of pulmonary artery sling, unilateral lung hypoplasia, and congenital heart disease(2022)

CLINICAL PROFILE AND OUTCOMES OF CHILDREN PRESENTING TO A TERTIARY HOSPITAL WITH RESPIRATORY DISEASES(2016)

Development and Validation of an RP-HPLC Method for the Quantitative Analysis of Triclosan in Human Urine(2023)

Sleep problems and depression among single parents in Ghana: the mediating role of anxiety symptoms(2025)

377 Building a Pan-African collaborative network for cystic fibrosis: early lessons and shared priorities(2025)

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