Kwame Ohene Buabeng
76 Publications34 Research Themes66 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus
The researcher's work focuses primarily on public health issues in Ghana, particularly emphasizing the management of antibiotic abuse within healthcare settings. Their research encompasses several key areas: addressing cardiovascular diseases such as heart failure, improving blood pressure management to enhance overall patient outcomes, and conducting pharmaceutical studies relevant to conditions like SARS-CoV-2, which has implications for pandemic preparedness. Additionally, their work highlights the importance of pharmacology in community engagement efforts aimed at promoting healthcare access and quality. The researcher's studies contribute significantly to understanding and mitigating drug abuse, improving cardiovascular health, and advocating for effective pandemic management strategies within Ghanaian healthcare systems.
Faculty Biography
I hold a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, MSc in Clinical Pharmacology from Aberdeen University, UK and PhD in Social Pharmacy (Health Systems & Drug Utilisation Research) from University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland. I am a Member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana and Fellow of the Ghana College of Pharmacists.
Key Research Themes (34)
Life Sciences
Antibiotic Use and Resistance
Health Sciences
Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
Health Sciences
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
Health Sciences
Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
Health Sciences
Congenital Heart Disease Studies
Health Sciences
COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
Life Sciences
Garlic and Onion Studies
Social Sciences
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
Social Sciences
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Health Sciences
Healthcare and Environmental Waste Management
Social Sciences
Healthcare Systems and Technology
Health Sciences
Heart Failure Treatment and Management
Health Sciences
Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders
Health Sciences
HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment
Health Sciences
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
Social Sciences
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Health Sciences
Interprofessional Education and Collaboration
Health Sciences
Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
Health Sciences
Neonatal and Maternal Infections
Health Sciences
Patient Safety and Medication Errors
Physical Sciences
Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
Social Sciences
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Health Sciences
Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
Health Sciences
Pharmaceutical Quality and Counterfeiting
Health Sciences
Pharmaceutical studies and practices
Life Sciences
Pharmacy and Medical Practices
Health Sciences
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
Life Sciences
Reproductive tract infections research
Health Sciences
SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
Life Sciences
Synthesis and bioactivity of alkaloids
Health Sciences
Syphilis Diagnosis and Treatment
Social Sciences
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
Life Sciences
Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies
Health Sciences
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
Publications (76)
Prevalence, associated factors, and pharmacotherapy of hypertensive disorders among parturients in Bono Region of Ghana: An analytical cross-sectional study.
Prevalence of cardiometabolic diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Open AccessOperational Research on Operational Research: Assessing the Impact of the Structured Operational Research and Training Initiative on Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance in Ghana
Open AccessImprovements in Prescribing Indicators and Antibiotic Utilization Patterns Following Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention at a District Hospital in Ghana
Open AccessA CRYPTOLEPIS SANGUINOLENTA-BASED PREPARATION REDUCED HOSPITAL STAY AND MORTALITY OF COVID-19 PATIENTS DURING THE PANDEMI
Open AccessImprovements in Prescribing Indicators and Antibiotic Utilization Patterns Following Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention at a District Hospital in Ghana
Open AccessEvaluation of multisectoral interprofessional collaboration for non-communicable disease management within a municipal setting: a mixed methods study
Open AccessBridging the Capacity Building Gap for Antimicrobial Stewardship Implementation: Evidence from Virtual Communities of Practice in Kenya, Ghana, and Malawi
Open AccessA Review on Occurrence, Risk Assessment and Removal of Pharmaceuticals in Hospital Effluents
Open AccessRelationship Between Physicochemical Parameters and Risk of Analgesics and Antibiotics of Effluents From Three Selected Hospitals in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
Open AccessEvaluation of the Knowledge, and Attitude of Non-Healthcare Students in Central University Ghana on Antibiotic Resistance
Open AccessUse what you have: leveraging microbiology support to develop a cumulative antibiotic susceptibility report for antimicrobial stewardship at a district hospital in Ghana
Open AccessAdherence to routinely prescribed medications among paediatric sickle cell disease patients in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessNurses’ Refusal to Report Medication Administration Errors in a Ghanaian Municipality: Uncovering the Barriers with a Quantitative Approach
Open AccessValidation and testing of the O-PALM mono-dimensional tool for evaluating the economic impact of pharmacist interventions in a Teaching Hospital
Open AccessEnvironmental Risk Assessment of Analgesics and Antibiotics in Effluents from Three Selected Hospitals in Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana
Open AccessSnakebites and Antisnake Venom Utilization in Ghana’s Oti Region: A 6‐Year Retrospective Study
Open AccessPrevalence of Cardiometabolic Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Open AccessEvaluation of the Knowledge, Attitude and Perception of Healthcare Students on Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance: A Study in Central University, Ghana
Open AccessPA-259 Overcoming challenges in vaccination campaign during COVID-19: lessons learned from the TyVEGHA study
Open AccessPhysician and patient preferences for sustained release antihypertensive preparations in the Kumasi metropolis, Ghana
Open AccessManagement of sexually transmitted infections: a qualitative assessment of community pharmacy practices in the Ho Municipality, Ghana
Open AccessCaregivers' knowledge, attitude, and perception toward pneumococcal infection prophylaxis in pediatric sickle cell disease patients in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessAssessing the impact of antimicrobial stewardship implementation at a district hospital in Ghana using a health partnership model
Open AccessAdvanced pharmacy practice of a doctor of pharmacy student at an allied surgical ward in a hospital in Africa
Open AccessAttitudes of health care professionals towards interprofessional teamwork in Ashanti Region, Ghana
Open AccessBlood pressure—lowering medication prescribing, its adherence to guidelines and relationship with blood pressure control at a family medicine department
Open AccessSARS-CoV-2 Molecular Evolutionary Dynamics in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana
Open AccessEvaluation of workplace hypertension preventative and detection service in a Ghanaian University
Market violence through destructive entrepreneurship: Assessing institutional responses to the proliferation of counterfeit traditional and alternative medicines in Ghana
Open AccessAttitudes of health care professionals toward interprofessional teamwork in Ashanti Region, Ghana
Open AccessAntihypertensives Therapy And Monitoring In Pre-Eclampsia: Role Of The Pharmacist
Open AccessImplementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship in a District Hospital in the Ashanti Region of Ghana Using a Health Partnership Model
Open AccessPattern of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Antimicrobial Treatment of Neonates Admitted with Suspected Sepsis in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana, 2021
Open AccessAdherence to Prescribing Indicators at a District Hospital in Ghana: Do We Match WHO Standards?
Open AccessAdherence to Prescribing Indicators at a District Hospital in Ghana: Do We Match WHO Standards?
Open AccessDevelopment and Implementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Checklist in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Co-Creation Consensus Approach
Open AccessDrug‐related problems among hospitalized hypertensive and heart failure patients and physician acceptance of pharmacists' interventions at a teaching hospital in Ghana
Open AccessHigh Levels of Outpatient Antibiotic Prescription at a District Hospital in Ghana: Results of a Cross Sectional Study
Open AccessHigh Levels of Outpatient Antibiotic Prescription at a District Hospital in Ghana (2021): Results of a Cross Sectional Study
Open AccessImplementation and outcomes of interprofessional education programme among health care students and practitioners in Ghana
Open AccessDevelopment and Implementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Checklist in Sub-saharan Africa: a Co-creation Consensus Approach
Open AccessAntimicrobial stewardship capacity and infection prevention and control assessment of three health facilities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Open AccessTherapeutic Drug Monitoring and Optimal Pharmacotherapy with Medicines of Narrow Therapeutic Index
Clinical pharmacists education and counselling in patients with co-morbid hypertension and diabetes in a Municipal hospital in Ghana
Open AccessSelf-Medication and Antimicrobial Resistance: A Survey of Students Studying Healthcare Programmes at a Tertiary Institution in Ghana
Open AccessExploring the role of pharmacists in improving blood pressure control among hypertensive patients at the workplace
Open AccessInvestigating Ghanaian Allium Species for Anti-Infective and Resistance-Reversal Natural Product Leads to Mitigate Multidrug-Resistance in Tuberculosis
Open AccessAntibiotic Use in a Municipal Veterinary Clinic in Ghana
Open AccessKnowledge of hypertension and diabetes comorbid patients about their medication in a municipal hospital in Ghana
Open AccessACCESS TO AFFORDABLE ANTI-HYPERTENSIVE MEDICINES AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH ADHERENCE AND BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL AMONG HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS AT A TEACHING HOSPITAL IN GHANA
Point prevalence survey of antibiotic consumption across three hospitals in Ghana
Open AccessAnti-hypertensive medication access and affordability and their association with blood pressure control at a teaching hospital in Ghana
Open AccessPublic perceptions on the use of antibiotics at a market place in Kumasi, Ghana: A cross-sectional study
2020Antibiotic Use and Resistance
Cardiovascular disease risk assessment among patients attending two cardiac clinics in the Ashanti Region of Ghana
Open AccessHealthcare services utilisation among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Ghana
Open AccessAmbulatory blood pressure monitoring and management of hypertension at a cardiac clinic in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana
Open AccessIron-deficiency anaemia in children with congenital heart diseases at a teaching hospital in Ghana
Open AccessClinical characteristics, treatment regimen and duration of hospitalization among COVID-19 patients in Ghana: a retrospective cohort study.
Open AccessClinical characteristics, treatment regimen and duration of hospitalization among COVID-19 patients in Ghana: a retrospective cohort study
Open AccessP207 Burden of ophthalmia neonatorium among babies of PLHIV at a district hospital in kumasi, ghana
Open AccessP186 <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>infections among people living with HIV on ART at STI clinic in kumasi, ghana
Open AccessSource of medicines and medicine information by self-reported persons living with hy-pertension and diabetes in rural and urban Ghana
Open AccessQuality Assessment of Some Essential Children’s Medicines Sold in Licensed Outlets in Ashanti Region, Ghana
Open AccessTenofovir-Based Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Is Associated with Superior CD4 T Cells Repopulation Compared to Zidovudine-Based HAART in HIV 1 Infected Adults
Open AccessSituational analysis of antibiotic use and resistance in Ghana: policy and regulation
Open AccessKnowledge of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic prescription practices among prescribers in the Brong Ahafo Region of Ghana; a cross-sectional study
Open AccessStatin Treatment and Clinical Outcomes of Heart Failure Among Africans: An Inverse Probability Treatment Weighted Analysis
Open AccessClinical characteristics and prognosis of patients admitted for heart failure: A 5-year retrospective study of African patients
Adverse Drug Reactions and Drug-Drug Interactions with Cardiovascular Medications Seen in Patients Attending a Teaching Hospital in Ghana
2016Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
Review of novel therapeutic targets for improving heart failure treatment based on experimental and clinical studies
Open AccessGenotypic characterisation of human papillomavirus infections among persons living with <scp>HIV</scp> infection; a case–control study in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessEducational status and religion influence uptake of voluntary HIV counseling and testing by Ghanaian antenatal clinic attendees.
Open Access2014HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
The infrastructure of Ghanaian medicine outlets and its suitability to support public health initiatives and services for malaria control
2013Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
Assessment of the efficacy, safety and quality of gentamicin use in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary
Safety and efficacy of gentamicin therapy
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Pharmacy Practice
Total Publications76
Research Themes34
Open Access Papers66
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology