Anita Eseenam Agbeko
34 Publications16 Research Themes22 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus
The researcher's focus is centered around advancing medical care through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates clinical studies with policy, financial, and social sciences. Their work addresses the needs of patients facing significant medical challenges across various domains, including palliative care for end-of-life situations, burn survivors, and those with life-limiting illnesses. The researcher's efforts aim to enhance outcomes by improving interventions, policies, access, and financial aspects to ensure equitable healthcare for all patients.
Key Research Themes (16)
Health Sciences
Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches
Health Sciences
Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
Health Sciences
Burn Injury Management and Outcomes
Health Sciences
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
Health Sciences
COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
Health Sciences
Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management
Social Sciences
Diversity and Career in Medicine
Social Sciences
Economic and Financial Impacts of Cancer
Health Sciences
Eosinophilic Esophagitis
Health Sciences
Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
Health Sciences
Global Health and Surgery
Health Sciences
Global Health Workforce Issues
Social Sciences
Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
Health Sciences
Hernia repair and management
Health Sciences
Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
Health Sciences
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
Publications (34)
Anticipated First Contact and Time to Seek Healthcare for Possible Breast Cancer Symptoms: A Cross‐Sectional Study in Rural Ghana
Open AccessEvaluating the efficacy of dilute povidone-iodine versus normal saline for preventing surgical site infections following appendectomy: a prospective observational study in Ghanaian tertiary hospital
Open AccessTask sharing in elective inguinal hernia surgery in Ghana: a workforce model comparing surgeons and physicians
Open AccessSurgical health policy 2025–35: strengthening essential services for tomorrow's needs
Interventions to reduce short term post-operative mortality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Protocol for a Systematic Review of randomised controlled trials.
Open AccessImproving Nutrition and Nutrition Education in the Burn Unit of a Developing Country: A Qualitative Study
Open AccessVariation of elective healthcare in West Africa: secondary analysis of an inguinal hernia international cohort study
Open AccessGlobal access to technologies to support safe and effective inguinal hernia surgery: prospective, international cohort study
Open AccessDeveloping impact from the HIPPO study: Surgery and health systems research
Open AccessGLOBAL ACCESS TO TECHNOLOGIES TO SUPPORT SAFE AND EFFECTIVE INGUINAL HERNIA SURGERY: A PROSPECTIVE, INTERNATIONAL COHORT STUDY
Open AccessEquitable access to quality injury care; Equi-Injury project protocol for prioritizing interventions in four low- or middle-income countries: a mixed method study
Open AccessLong-term risk prediction after major lower limb amputation: 1-year results of the PERCEIVE study
Open AccessGlobal epidemiology of geriatric burns, capacities of care, and injury outcomes: Perspectives from the World Health Organization global burn registry
Nutrition education programs for burn survivors: A scoping review
Frontlines of change: ASCO's approach to the cancer pandemic and a call for surgical oncology engagement
Developing a Burn-Specific Family-Centered Care (BS-FCC) Framework: A Multi-Method Study
Open AccessChange in quality of life of metastatic breast cancer patients seeking treatment at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana.
Short-term risk prediction after major lower limb amputation: PERCEIVE study
Coverage of the Coeliac Artery During Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Open AccessPalliative care interventions for adults in the emergency department: A review of components, delivery models, and outcomes
Coverage of the Coeliac Artery During Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Open Access“Managing uncertainty”: Experiences of family members of burn patients from injury occurrence to the end-of-life period
“Hanging in a balance”: A qualitative study exploring clinicians’ experiences of providing care at the end of life in the burn unit
Open AccessSeeking healthcare at their ‘right’ time; the iterative decision process for women with breast cancer
Open AccessSeeking healthcare at their 'right' time; the iterative decision process for women with breast cancer
Open AccessSeeking Healthcare at Their 'Right' Time: The Iterative Decision Process for Women with Breast Cancer
Open AccessPreparing a young palliative care unit for the COVID-19 pandemic in a teaching hospital in Ghana
Open AccessCultural Values, Preferences, and Goals of End-of-Life Care of Family Members of Patients with Life-Limiting Illness in Kumasi, Ghana: A Community-Based Study (GP702)
Cultural Values, Preferences and Goals and of End of Life Care of Family Members of Patients with Life-Limiting Illness in Kumasi, Ghana: A Community-Based Study (TH370C)
Open AccessThe Role of Palliative Care in Burns: A Scoping Review
Two Cases of Gastroduodenal Perforation Following Cesarean Section
Open AccessAssessment of Barriers to Essential Surgical Care in Two Communities in the Upper West Region, Ghana
Barriers to essential surgical care experienced by women in the two northernmost regions of Ghana: a cross-sectional survey
Open AccessThe Practice of Palliative Medicine in Developing Countries—Part Two (SA502)
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Surgery
Total Publications34
Research Themes16
Open Access Papers22
Department of Surgery
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology