Peter Donkor
100 Publications35 Research Themes74 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus
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.
Faculty Biography
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.
Key Research Themes (35)
Health Sciences
Blood transfusion and management
Health Sciences
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
Life Sciences
Cleft Lip and Palate Research
Life Sciences
Climate change impacts on agriculture
Life Sciences
Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy
Health Sciences
Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Health Sciences
Dental Education, Practice, Research
Health Sciences
Dental Research and COVID-19
Health Sciences
Disaster Response and Management
Health Sciences
Electronic Health Records Systems
Health Sciences
Emergency and Acute Care Studies
Life Sciences
Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
Health Sciences
Global Health and Surgery
Health Sciences
Global Health Care Issues
Health Sciences
Global Health Workforce Issues
Health Sciences
Global Maternal and Child Health
Health Sciences
Head and Neck Cancer Studies
Social Sciences
Healthcare Systems and Reforms
Health Sciences
Hernia repair and management
Social Sciences
Human Rights and Development
Physical Sciences
Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
Health Sciences
Injury Epidemiology and Prevention
Health Sciences
Innovations in Medical Education
Social Sciences
Insurance and Financial Risk Management
Social Sciences
Intimate Partner and Family Violence
Health Sciences
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions
Physical Sciences
Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
Physical Sciences
Mining and Resource Management
Health Sciences
Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation
Health Sciences
Occupational Health and Safety Research
Health Sciences
Peripheral Artery Disease Management
Health Sciences
Pregnancy-related medical research
Life Sciences
Rabies epidemiology and control
Physical Sciences
Traffic and Road Safety
Health Sciences
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
Publications (100)
Informal artisanal and small-scale mining in sub-saharan Africa: Policy evolution, sector formalization, and future trajectories
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
Open AccessFighting fire with fire: How military actions expand environmental destruction in informal mining
Ghana's environmental law and waterbody protection: A critical assessment of plastic pollution regulations
Adaptation strategies by smallholder farmers to climate change and variability: The case of the savannah zone of Ghana
Open AccessAssessing the environmental and socio-economic impacts of small-scale mining activities in the Atiwa East District of Ghana
Open AccessPrevalence and risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in Ghana: evidence from a cross-sectional population-based study
Open AccessImprovement 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
Impacts of illegal Artisanal and small-scale gold mining on livelihoods in cocoa farming communities: A case of Amansie West District, Ghana
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
Open AccessCraniofacial Surgery in a Low-Resource Setting: The Successes, Challenges, and Prospects
Occupational Injuries Among Road Construction Workers In Ghana: Burden, Mechanism And Severity
Open AccessStandardized 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
Open AccessCharge midwives’ awareness of and their role in promoting respectful maternity care at a tertiary health facility in Ghana: A qualitative study
Open AccessOccupational safety issues and factors influencing Safety Regulations Compliance in the Artisanal and small-scale gold Mining in Adadiem, Ghana
Open AccessSocio-demographic effects on role assignment and associated occupational health and safety issues in artisanal and small-scale gold mining in Amansie Central District, Ghana
Open AccessProjections and impact assessment of the local climate change conditions of the Black Volta Basin of Ghana based on the Statistical DownScaling Model
Open AccessImpacts of Illegal Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining (Galamsey) on the Livelihoods of Cocoa Farming Communities: A Case of Amansie West District, Ghana
Open AccessUnderstanding the challenges and coping mechanisms adopted by nursing staff in managing critically-ill patients at district hospitals in the Ashanti Region, Ghana
Open AccessAssessing the knowledge and practices of occupational safety and health in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector of Ghana: A case of obuasi
Open AccessMachine learning based groundwater prediction in a data-scarce basin of Ghana
Open AccessFactors Contributing to and Reducing Delays in the Provision of Adequate Care in Ghana: A Qualitative Study of Trauma Care Providers
Open AccessPostgraduate Dental Education in Ghana: Past, Present and Future
Open AccessSeatbelt use among bus passengers in Ghana: observed versus self-reported measures
Open AccessAchievement of Key Performance Indicators in Initial Assessment and Care of Injured Patients in Ghanaian Non‐tertiary Hospitals: An Observational Study
Open AccessAssessing the Knowledge and Practices of Occupational Safety and Health in the Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector of Ghana: A Case of Obuasi
Open AccessGlobal Health Partnerships and the Brocher Declaration: Principles for Ethical Short-Term Engagements in Global Health
Open AccessAssessing the safety and health practices in the artisanal and small-scale gold mining sector of Ghana: A case of Ntotroso
Open AccessGhanaian views of short-term medical missions: The pros, the cons, and the possibilities for improvement
Open AccessIncidence of childhood injuries and modifiable household risk factors in rural Ghana: a multistage, cluster-randomised, population-based, household survey
Open AccessImproving Global Surgical Oncology Benchmarks: Defining the Unmet Need for Cancer Surgery in Ghana
Impact of COVID-19 on Elective Cleft Surgery in Low- and Middle-income Countries
Open AccessPredictors of Seat-Belt Use among Bus Passengers in Ghana: An Application of the Theory of Planned Behaviour and Health Belief Model
Midwives’ experiences of implementing respectful maternity care knowledge in daily maternity care practices after participating in a four-day RMC training
Open AccessAssessing the appropriateness of blood transfusion among injured patients at a Ghanaian tertiary hospital: Time for clarity on the use of a scarce resource
Open AccessAssessment of local supply chains and stock management practices for trauma care resources in Ghana: a comparative small sample cross-sectional study
Open AccessOccupational injuries among health care workers at a public hospital in Ghana
Open AccessCOVID-19 pandemic and dental practice in Ghana
Open AccessBarriers to the enforcement of mandatory seat belt laws in Ghana: an exploratory study
Open AccessInjured and broke: The impacts of the Ghana National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) on service delivery and catastrophic health expenditure among seriously injured children
Open AccessIncreasing the use of continuing professional development courses to strengthen trauma care in Ghana
Open AccessNational health insurance and surgical care for injured people, Ghana
Open AccessCorrection: Exploring midwives’ understanding of respectful maternal care in Kumasi, Ghana: Qualitative inquiry
Open AccessPreventable Trauma Deaths and Corrective Actions to Prevent Them: A 10‐Year Comparative Study at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessExploring midwives’ understanding of respectful maternal care in Kumasi, Ghana: Qualitative inquiry
Open AccessDeveloping a tool for measuring postpartum women's experiences of respectful maternity care at a tertiary hospital in Kumasi, Ghana
Open AccessA Nationwide Enumeration of Operations Performed for Pediatric Patients in Ghana
“I wouldn’t have hit you, but you would have killed your baby:” exploring midwives’ perspectives on disrespect and abusive Care in Ghana
Open AccessTraditional bonesetters in northern Ghana: opportunities for engagement with the formal health sector
Open AccessUse of Support Services and Help-Seeking Behaviors Among Abused Ghanaian Women with Disabilities
Benchmarking Global Trauma Care: Defining the Unmet Need for Trauma Surgery in Ghana
Open AccessEstimating obstetric and gynecologic surgical rate: A benchmark of surgical capacity building in Ghana
Open AccessInjury rate and risk factors among small-scale gold miners in Ghana
Open AccessAcademic Partnerships in Global Surgery
Population-based rates of hernia surgery in Ghana
Open AccessOccupational injury burden among gold miners in Ghana
In‐Country Training by the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons: An Initiative that has Aided Surgeon Retention and Distribution in Ghana
Expression of immunohistochemical markers in non-oropharyngeal head and neck squamous cell carcinoma in Ghana
Open AccessThe Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI): Innovations and Lessons for Health Professions Training and Research in Africa
Open AccessExploring the Relationship Between Surgical Capacity and Output in Ghana: Current Capacity Assessments May Not Tell the Whole Story
Open AccessHaving a child with orofacial cleft: Initial reaction and psychosocial experiences of Ghanaian mothers
Open AccessUniversal health coverage and intersectoral action for health: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition
Open AccessImproving Benchmarks for Global Surgery: Nationwide Enumeration of Operations Performed in Ghana
Open AccessBarriers and facilitators to Electronic Medical Records usage in the Emergency Centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi-Ghana
Open AccessMapping Population-Level Spatial Access to Essential Surgical Care in Ghana Using Availability of Bellwether Procedures
Open AccessInjury patterns and health outcomes among pregnant women seeking emergency medical care in Kumasi, Ghana: Challenges and opportunities to improve care
Open AccessIndividual and medical characteristics of adults presenting to an urban emergency department in Ghana
Open AccessAssessment of risk of peripheral vascular disease and vascular care capacity in low- and middle-income countries
Serial Assessment of Trauma Care Capacity in Ghana in 2004 and 2014
Open AccessDistrict-level hospital trauma care audit filters: Delphi technique for defining context-appropriate indicators for quality improvement initiative evaluation in developing countries
Open AccessAvailability of resources for emergency care at a second-level hospital in Ghana: A mixed methods assessment
Open AccessStrategic Assessment of Trauma Care Capacity in Ghana
Open AccessPediatric First Aid Practices in Ghana: A Population‐Based Survey
Strategic assessment of the availability of pediatric trauma care equipment, technology and supplies in Ghana
The Global Burden
2015Human Rights and Development
Surgical care needs of low-resource populations: an estimate of the prevalence of surgically treatable conditions and avoidable deaths in 48 countries
Open AccessDisease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1): Essential Surgery
Essential surgery: key messages from Disease Control Priorities, 3rd edition
Open AccessBenefit-Cost Analysis for Selected Surgical Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries -- Essential Surgery: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1)
2015Global Health and Surgery
Excess Surgical Mortality: Strategies for Improving Quality of Care -- Essential Surgery: Disease Control Priorities, Third Edition (Volume 1)
2015Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
Congenital Anomalies in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: The Unborn Child of Global Surgery
Open AccessThe Ghana Emergency Medicine Collaborative
Open AccessThe Development of Sustainable Emergency Care in Ghana: Physician, Nursing and Prehospital Care Training Initiatives
Open AccessAesthetic outcome and the need for revision of unilateral cleft lip repair at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Open AccessEnabling the genomic revolution in Africa
Creating a Charter of Collaboration for International University Partnerships
Open AccessIncidence, characteristics and risk factors for household and neighbourhood injury among young children in semiurban Ghana: a population-based household survey
Open AccessMinimizing 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
Open AccessThe evolution and current state of emergency care in Ghana
Open AccessBypassing proximal health care facilities for acute care: a survey of patients in a Ghanaian Accident and Emergency Centre
Open AccessPerspective
Electronic learning and open educational resources in the health sciences in Ghana
Open AccessViva voce in postgraduate surgical examinations in anglophone west Africa.
Open Access2011Innovations in Medical Education
Sustainable improvements in injury surveillance in Ghana
Open AccessIncreasing Access to Surgical Services in Sub-Saharan Africa: Priorities for National and International Agencies Recommended by the Bellagio Essential Surgery Group
Open AccessDeveloping Priorities for Addressing Surgical Conditions Globally: Furthering the Link Between Surgery and Public Health Policy
Trauma Training for Nonorthopaedic Doctors in Low- and Middle-income Countries
Open AccessCleft Lip and Palate Surgery in Kumasi, Ghana
The development of continuing education for trauma care in an African nation
A study of primary closure of human bite injuries to the face
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Surgery
Total Publications100
Research Themes35
Open Access Papers74
Department of Surgery
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology