High Self-Medication Rates Among Deaf Adults in Ghana’s Ashanti Region
A cross-sectional study reveals high prevalence of self-medication and antibiotic misuse among Deaf adults in Ghana, driven by attitudinal factors ...
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Research report: Wealth-related inequalities and correlates of malaria message exposure among pregnant women in four malaria high-burden countries in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from recent malaria indicator surveys
An analysis of Malaria Indicator Surveys in Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana and Burkina Faso finds that only 56.4 percent of pregnant ...
Machine learning maps which Ghanaian research fields are bleeding talent
A bibliometric and machine learning analysis of 38,760 Ghanaian publication records from 2007 to 2020 finds that 45 percent of ...
Locally made powdered activated carbon cuts abattoir effluent COD and BOD in batch tests
A batch adsorption study reports that a locally engineered powdered activated carbon removed 69.4% of COD and 73.7% of BOD5 ...
New open database catalogues 256 natural products isolated from Ghana’s biodiversity
A new open-access database, GhanaNPDB, compiles 256 natural products isolated from Ghanaian plants, microbes and aquatic invertebrates into a single ...
Heavy Drinking and Smoking Linked to Higher Glaucoma Odds in Large African Study
A cross-sectional study of 9,418 adults in Nigeria, Ghana and Malawi reports that former and current alcohol use and tobacco ...
Research report: Assessing the predictors of COVID-19 vaccination acceptance among pregnant women in the Sekondi Takoradi metropolis of Western Ghana using protection motivation theory
A cross-sectional survey of 334 pregnant women in Ghana's Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis has found that protection motivation theory constructs—perceived vulnerability, perceived ...
Ghana’s Sugary Drink Tax Wins Support but Consumers Want a Lower Rate
An exploratory survey of 384 adults in Ghana's Cape Coast Metropolis found strong support for taxing sugar-sweetened beverages in principle, ...
Typhoid Fever Cases in Ghana’s Eastern Region Rose 2.5-Fold Over Nine Years, Forecast Warns of Continued High Burden
A nine-year surveillance analysis found reported typhoid fever incidence in Ghana's Eastern Region rose 2.5-fold from 2016 to 2024, with ...
Study Links Food Insecurity to Site and Marital Status
A cross-sectional study in BMC Public Health found that 92.1% of women shellfishers in three Ghanaian estuarine sites were food ...
Non-optimal temperatures and rainfall linked to 1.7 million child diarrhoea cases in Ghana
A Bayesian modelling study of 261 Ghanaian districts estimates that non-optimal temperature and rainfall were jointly attributable to about 1.67 ...
Newly qualified nurses in Ghana describe strict supervision and financial strain during clinical rotation
A qualitative study of 36 newly qualified nurses in Ghana's Western Region found that clinical rotation brought both professional development ...
Stool Antigen Test Shows Higher Point Estimates Than Antibody Assay in Ghana Typhoid Study
A cross-sectional study of 208 suspected typhoid patients in Cape Coast, Ghana, found a rapid stool antigen test showed higher ...
SARS-CoV-2 antibodies found in up to 76 percent of people across three West African countries
A serosurvey of 20,748 people in Burkina Faso, Ghana and Nigeria found SARS-CoV-2 IgG seropositivity ranging from 24.1 to 76.4 ...
Ghanaian hospital survey links poor inpatient experiences to lower satisfaction
A cross-sectional survey of 1,220 adult inpatients in eight Ghanaian hospitals found a mean experience problem score of 60.2 percent ...
Child Deaths in Ghana Cluster by Region and Family, 2022 Health Survey Finds
A multilevel analysis of Ghana's 2022 Demographic and Health Survey links under-five mortality to maternal education, parity, antenatal care patterns ...
Ghanaian study links supervised AI chatbots to stronger science learning
A four-week Ghanaian pilot study found that supervised GPT-4o-supported science learning was associated with large improvements in achievement and conceptual ...
Outpatient antibiotic use rose sixfold at one Ghanaian regional hospital
A retrospective study of 1,014,368 outpatient prescriptions found that antibiotic use at one Ghanaian regional hospital rose from 1.87 to ...
Families as Partners in the PICU: New Evidence from Ghana Reveals the Holistic Value of Family-Centred Care
A mixed-methods study in two Ghanaian paediatric intensive care units finds that nurses, doctors, and families perceive family-centred care as ...
Voices from Ghana reveal gaps between vision rehabilitation resources and access barriers
A descriptive qualitative study in BMC Public Health reports how Ghanaians with visual impairment and eye care professionals perceive vision ...
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