Afia Frimpomaa Asare Marfo
The researcher has conducted extensive research across multiple key areas in public health and healthcare. Their work is centered around several significant themes: hypertension-related studies, pharmaceutical economics, the role of pharmacists in healthcare, global health policies, neonatal infection management, and maternal-child health initiatives. These areas collectively highlight their commitment to advancing understanding and improving healthcare systems, particularly in cardiovascular conditions, drug use economics, pharmacological services delivery, policy implementation, and early childhood care.
Faculty Biography
Dr Afia Marfo is a senior lecturer in the Department of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). She has over 11 years of working as a lecturer. Her research focuses on medication utilization studies on communicable and noncommunicable diseases, rational medication use and medication therapy management with reference to chronic diseases. She has publications, attended, and participated in academic conferences globally in these areas. Dr Afia Marfo has a PhD in Clinical pharmacy. Her PhD work focused on the role of the community pharmacists in the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases.Dr Afia Marfo is the examination officer and coordinator of the undergraduate and postgraduate programs in her department. She lectures both at the undergraduate and post graduate levels, in pathophysiology and therapeutics of diseases, community and hospital pharmacy practice. Afia is a member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana,(PSG) Lady Pharmacist Association (LAPAG) and Medicines Utilization Research in Africa (MURIA)
Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
COVID-19 impact on air quality
Educational Games and Gamification
Global Maternal and Child Health
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
Malaria Research and Control
Neonatal and Maternal Infections
Organizational and Employee Performance
Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
Pharmaceutical Practices and Patient Outcomes
Pharmaceutical studies and practices
Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
Exploring the Role of the Pharmacist in the Prevention and Management of Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy in Ashanti Region, Ghana
Open AccessPerceived stress levels, associated factors and non-pharmacological stress management strategies amongst pharmacists in the Volta Region of Ghana
Open AccessReview of: "Auditing the Cost of Treating Hypertension in a Tertiary Health Facility in Yobe State, North-Eastern Nigeria"
Open AccessTrends in antihypertensive use among privately insured hypertensive clients in Ghana
Perspectives and Satisfaction of Consumers with Hypertension and Diabetes on Services Provided by Community Pharmacy
Open AccessQuality of antenatal care and outcomes of Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy among antenatal attendees: A comparison of urban and periurban health facilities in Ghana
Open AccessUtilization of telepharmacy in the management of hypertension
Open AccessExploring factors affecting the adoption and continuance usage of drone in healthcare: The role of the environment
Open AccessInvestigating the effectiveness of gamification on supply chain operations knowledge and practice
Prevalence, Awareness, and Control of Hypertensive Disorders amongst Pregnant Women Seeking Healthcare in Ghana
Open AccessAccess to cardiovascular medicines in low- and middle-income countries: a mini review
Open AccessExploring Factors Affecting the Adoption and Continuance Usage of Drone in Healthcare: The Role of the Environment
Open AccessBlood pressure—lowering medication prescribing, its adherence to guidelines and relationship with blood pressure control at a family medicine department
Open AccessTrends in Antihypertensive Use among Privately insured hypertensive Clients in Ghana
Open AccessEvaluation of workplace hypertension preventative and detection service in a Ghanaian University
Pattern of Antimicrobial Susceptibility and Antimicrobial Treatment of Neonates Admitted with Suspected Sepsis in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana, 2021
Open AccessDrug‐related problems among hospitalized hypertensive and heart failure patients and physician acceptance of pharmacists' interventions at a teaching hospital in Ghana
Open AccessDisposal of leftover and expired medicines by community pharmacies and their clients in Ghana
The effectiveness of medication therapy management services in the care of hypertensive patients in a developing setting
Exploring the role of pharmacists in improving blood pressure control among hypertensive patients at the workplace
Open AccessBlood Pressure Control, Accessibility, and Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications: Patients Seeking Care in Two Hospitals in the Ashanti Region of 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
Anti-hypertensive medication access and affordability and their association with blood pressure control at a teaching hospital in Ghana
Open AccessHealthcare services utilisation among patients with hypertension and diabetes in rural Ghana
Open AccessReuse of patients’ own drugs in hospitals in Ghana; the evidence to support policy
Open AccessSource of medicines and medicine information by self-reported persons living with hy-pertension and diabetes in rural and urban Ghana
Open AccessExploring the extended role of the community pharmacist in improving blood pressure control among hypertensive patients in a developing setting
Open AccessEvaluation of a pharmacist-led hypertension preventative and detection service in the Ghanaian community pharmacy: an exploratory study
Patient Related Factors Affecting Adherence to Antimalarial Medication in an Urban Estate in Ghana
Open AccessGhanaian Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Perception of Medication History Taking
Patient knowledge of medicines dispensed from Ghanaian community pharmacies
Open AccessMedicines used by pregnant women attending a district hospital in Ghana
Pharmacist Role Interview Guide
Department of Pharmacy Practice
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology