Search Results - "Gyakobo, Mawuli"

Compendium of medically important snakes, venom activity and clinical presentations in Ghana by Deikumah, Justus Precious, Biney, Robert Peter, Awoonor-Williams, John Koku, Gyakobo, Mawuli Kotope

“…Snake bite envenoming (SBE) is one neglected tropical disease that has not received the needed attention. The sequelae of burdensome disability and mortality…”
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Rural practice preferences among medical students in Ghana: a discrete choice experiment by Kruk, Margaret E, Johnson, Jennifer C, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Agyei-Baffour, Peter, Asabir, Kwesi, Kotha, S Rani, Kwansah, Janet, Nakua, Emmanuel, Snow, Rachel C, Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli

“…To determine how specific job attributes influenced fourth year medical students' stated preference for hypothetical rural job postings in Ghana. Based on…”
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Inducible nitric oxide synthase 2 promoter polymorphism and malaria disease severity in children in Southern Ghana by Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli, Ghansah, Anita, Ensaw, Nana, Dovie, Benjamin, Bimi, Langbong, Quansah, Reginald, Gyan, Ben A, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Amoani, Benjamin

“…We assessed the association of mutant allele frequencies of nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) gene at two SNPs (-954 and -1173) with malaria disease severity in…”
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Frequency and Features of Emergent Surgical Cases in a Ghanaian District Hospital by Gore, Amy V., MD, Sifri, Ziad C., MD, FACS, Gyakobo, Mawuli K., MBBS

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Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a rural population in Ghana by Gyakobo, Mawuli, Amoah, Albert Gb, Martey-Marbell, De-Anne, Snow, Rachel C

“…The Metabolic syndrome (MS) which is a constellation of cardiometabolic risk factors including dyslipidaemia, hypertension, hyperglycaemia, central obesity,…”
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Willingness to work in rural areas and the role of intrinsic versus extrinsic professional motivations - a survey of medical students in Ghana by Agyei-Baffour, Peter, Kotha, S Rani, Johnson, Jennifer C, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Asabir, Kwesi, Kwansah, Janet, Nakua, Emmanuel, Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli, Snow, Rachel C, Kruk, Margaret E

“…Retaining health workers in rural areas is challenging for a number of reasons, ranging from personal preferences to difficult work conditions and low…”
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Perceived barriers and motivating factors influencing student midwives' acceptance of rural postings in Ghana by Lori, Jody R, Rominski, Sarah D, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Muriu, Eunice W, Kweku, Nakua E, Agyei-Baffour, Peter

“…Research on the mal-distribution of health care workers has focused mainly on physicians and nurses. To meet the Millennium Development Goal Five and the…”
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For money or service?: a cross-sectional survey of preference for financial versus non-financial rural practice characteristics among Ghanaian medical students by Johnson, Jennifer C, Nakua, Emmanuel, Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli, Agyei-Baffour, Peter, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Asabir, Kwesi, Kwansah, Janet, Kotha, S Rani, Snow, Rachel C, Kruk, Margaret E

“…Health worker shortage and maldistribution are among the biggest threats to health systems in Africa. New medical graduates are prime targets for recruitment…”
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Breaking Barriers: Ensuring Gender Neutral Care on Short Term Surgical Missions by Riccardi, Julia, Benson, Ryan, Parvin-Nejad, Fatemeh, Padmanaban, Vennila, Jalloh, Samba, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Sifri, Ziad

“…Gender discrimination is prevalent worldwide in medical and surgical care. In the setting of short-term surgical missions (STSMs) conducted to address the…”
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Long-Term Outcomes after Humanitarian Surgical Missions: Are Patients Still Satisfied? by Johnston, Peter, Patel, Hamil, Gyakobo, Mawuli K., Sifri, Ziad C.

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Long-Term Follow-Up of Humanitarian Surgeries: Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction in Rural Ghana by Padmanaban, Vennila, Johnston, Peter F., Gyakobo, Mawuli, Benneh, Albert, Esinam, Alice, Sifri, Ziad C.

“…Nongovernmental organizations conduct short-term surgical outreach to lessen the substantial global burden of surgical disease. Long-term outcomes of…”
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Short-term surgical missions in resource-limited environments: Five years of early surgical outcomes by Johnston, Peter F., Kunac, Anastasia, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Jalloh, Samba, Livingston, David H., Sifri, Ziad C.

“…Outcomes of short-term surgical missions (STSMs) hosted in developing countries are underreported, raising quality concerns. This study aims to analyze early…”
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Establishing the First Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Program in Ghana by Essuman, Akye, Gold, Katherine J., Vitale, Caroline, Toma, Ghazwan, Cigolle, Christine, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Spangenberg, Kathryn, Odoi‐Agyarko, Kwasi, Skye, Eric, Zazove, Philip

“…As life expectancy in Ghana improves, a large and growing population of older adults require healthcare. Despite governmental support for the care of older…”
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Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in Ghanaian Women: The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Experience by Der, Edmund M, Gyasi, Richard K, Tettey, Yao, Edusei, Lawrence, Bayor, Marcel T, Jiagge, Evelyn, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Merajver, Sofia D, Newman, Lisa A

“…Breast cancers that have negative or extremely low expression of estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor and non-amplification of human epidermal growth…”
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A Structured Approach to End-of-Life Decision Making Improves Quality of Care for Patients With Terminal Illness in a Teaching Hospital in Ghana by Edwin, Ama Kyerewaa, Johnson McGee, Summer, Opare-Lokko, Edwina Addo, Gyakobo, Mawuli Kotope

“…Purpose: To determine whether a structured approach to end-of-life decision-making directed by a compassionate interdisciplinary team would improve the quality…”
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Factors influencing Ghanaian midwifery students’ willingness to work in rural areas: A computerized survey by Lori, Jody R., Rominski, Sarah, Richardson, John, Agyei-Baffour, Peter, Kweku, Nakua Emmanuel, Gyakobo, Mawuli

“…Lack of midwives in rural and remote areas of Ghana is a national concern as the country attempts to reach targets set by Millennium Development Goals to…”
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Factors that influence midwifery students in Ghana when deciding where to practice: a discrete choice experiment by Ageyi-Baffour, Peter, Rominski, Sarah, Nakua, Emmanuel, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Lori, Jody R

“…Mal-distribution of the health workforce with a strong bias for urban living is a major constraint to expanding midwifery services in Ghana. According to the…”
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Abstract 5511: Cancer care-seeking patterns in Kumasi, Ghana by Thaivalappil, Silpa S., Gyakobo, Mawuli, Awuah, Baffour, Osei-Bonsu, Ernest B., Jiagge, Evelyn M., Soliman, Amr S., Merajver, Sofia D.

“…Background and Objective: Data from each of the 32 sentinel hospitals within the 10 regions of Ghana indicate that cancer is among the top ten causes of death…”
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Policy talk: incentives for rural service among nurses in Ghana by Kwansah, Janet, Dzodzomenyo, Mawuli, Mutumba, Massy, Asabir, Kwesi, Koomson, Elizabeth, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Agyei-Baffour, Peter, Kruk, Margaret E, Snow, Rachel C

“…Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Ghana is faced with the simultaneous challenges of increasing its health workforce, retaining them in country and…”
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Five Years Of Family Medicine Undergraduate Education In Ghana: A Wake-Up Call by Essuman, Akye, Lawson, Henry, Nortey, David, Gyakobo, Mawuli, Ofori-Amankwah, Gerhart, Ndanu, Thomas A, Gold, Katherine J

“…Given the introduction in 2008 of undergraduate family medicine in the University of Ghana, the study aimed to identify the perceptions of medical students in…”
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