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h-index: 21
Works: 59
Citations: 1,517

Most-cited papers

Profile of the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance System.
A. Oduro, George Wak, Daniel K. Azongo, C. Debpuur +8 more
2012International Journal of Epidemiology198 citations
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Self-reported health and functional limitations among older people in the Kassena-Nankana District, Ghana
C. Debpuur, Paul Welaga, George Wak, A. Hodgson
2010Global Health Action132 citations Open access
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Is Ghana’s pro-poor health insurance scheme really for the poor? Evidence from Northern Ghana
J. Akazili, Paul Welaga, A. Bawah, F. Achana +5 more
2014BMC Health Services Research95 citations Open access
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Spatial and socio-demographic determinants of contraceptive use in the Upper East region of Ghana
F. Achana, A. Bawah, E. Jackson, Paul Welaga +5 more
2015Reproductive Health89 citations Open access
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Why Are Babies Dying in the First Month after Birth? A 7-Year Study of Neonatal Mortality in Northern Ghana
Paul Welaga, C. Moyer, R. Aborigo, P. Adongo +4 more
2013PLoS ONE85 citations Open access
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Coming home to die? the association between migration and mortality in rural South Africa
Paul Welaga, V. Hosegood, R. Weiner, C. Hill +2 more
2009BMC Public Health63 citations Open access
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Prevalence and factors associated with female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age in the Bawku municipality and Pusiga District of northern Ghana
Evelyn Sakeah, C. Debpuur, A. Oduro, Paul Welaga +3 more
2018BMC Women's Health53 citations Open access
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Malaria mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites
P. Streatfield, W. A. Khan, Abbas Bhuiya, S. Hanifi +54 more
2014Global Health Action49 citations Open access
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The state of enrollment on the National Health Insurance Scheme in rural Ghana after eight years of implementation
A. Kwarteng, J. Akazili, Paul Welaga, Philip Ayizem Dalinjong +6 more
2019International Journal for Equity in Health47 citations Open access
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The association between health insurance status and utilization of health services in rural Northern Ghana: evidence from the introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme
Philip Ayizem Dalinjong, Paul Welaga, J. Akazili, A. Kwarteng +4 more
2017Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition47 citations Open access
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Socio-demographic determinants of low birth weight: Evidence from the Kassena-Nankana districts of the Upper East Region of Ghana
I. Agorinya, E. Kanmiki, E. Nonterah, F. Tediosi +4 more
2018PLoS ONE46 citations Open access
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The non-specific effects of vaccines and other childhood interventions: the contribution of INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems
O. Sankoh, Paul Welaga, C. Debpuur, Charles Zandoh +9 more
2014International Journal of Epidemiology42 citations Open access
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Neonatal mortality rates, characteristics, and risk factors for neonatal deaths in Ghana: analyses of data from two health and demographic surveillance systems
S. Dare, A. Oduro, S. Owusu-Agyei, D. Mackay +7 more
2021Global Health Action40 citations Open access
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Barriers to healthcare workers reporting adverse events following immunization in four regions of Ghana
J. Gidudu, A. Shaum, A. Dodoo, Samuel Bosomprah +12 more
2019Vaccine40 citations Open access
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Cause-specific childhood mortality in Africa and Asia: evidence from INDEPTH health and demographic surveillance system sites
P. Streatfield, W. A. Khan, A. Bhuiya, S. Hanifi +47 more
2014Global Health Action40 citations Open access
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Cost of malaria treatment and health seeking behaviour of children under-five years in the Upper West Region of Ghana
M. Dalaba, Paul Welaga, A. Oduro, L. L. Danchaka +1 more
2018PLoS ONE37 citations Open access
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Fewer out-of-sequence vaccinations and reduction of child mortality in Northern Ghana.
Paul Welaga, A. Oduro, C. Debpuur, P. Aaby +4 more
2017Vaccine36 citations
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Non‐specific effects of diphtheria‐tetanus‐pertussis and measles vaccinations? An analysis of surveillance data from Navrongo, Ghana
Paul Welaga, J. Nielsen, M. Adjuik, C. Debpuur +4 more
2012Tropical medicine & international health33 citations Open access
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The use of non-prescribed anti-malarial drugs for the treatment of malaria in the Bolgatanga municipality, northern Ghana
Samuel Aborah, P. Akweongo, M. Adjuik, R. Atinga +2 more
2013Malaria Journal32 citations Open access
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The Evolving Demographic and Health Transition in Four Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Evidence from Four Sites in the INDEPTH Network of Longitudinal Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems
A. Bawah, B. Houle, N. Alam, A. Razzaque +13 more
2016PLoS ONE29 citations Open access
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Cost of delivering health care services at primary health facilities in Ghana
M. Dalaba, Paul Welaga, Chieko Matsubara
2017BMC Health Services Research24 citations Open access
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Factors influencing performance of community-based health volunteers’ activities in the Kassena-Nankana Districts of Northern Ghana
S. Chatio, Paul Welaga, P. Tabong, P. Akweongo
2019PLoS ONE21 citations Open access
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Status of birth and pregnancy outcome capture in Health Demographic Surveillance Sites in 13 countries
P. Waiswa, Joseph Akuze, C. Moyer, Doris Kwesiga +9 more
2019International Journal of Public Health20 citations Open access
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Impact of community health interventions on maternal and child health indicators in the upper east region of Ghana
Evelyn Sakeah, A. Bawah, P. Asuming, C. Debpuur +14 more
2021BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth18 citations Open access
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Children born during the hunger season are at a higher risk of severe acute malnutrition: Findings from a Guinea Sahelian ecological zone in Northern Ghana
E. Nonterah, Paul Welaga, S. Chatio, S. Kehoe +5 more
2022Maternal and Child Nutrition15 citations Open access
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Diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP) vaccine is associated with increased female-male mortality rate ratios. A meta-analysis of studies of DTP administered before and after measles vaccine.
S. Hanifi, A. Fisker, Paul Welaga, A. Rieckmann +3 more
2020Journal of Infectious Diseases15 citations Open access
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Nasopharyngeal carriage of Streptococcus pneumoniae among healthy children in Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana
Deborah K. Narwortey, A. Owusu-Ofori, H. Slotved, E. Donkor +4 more
2021BMC Infectious Diseases14 citations Open access
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Supporting maternal and child nutrition: views from community members in rural Northern Ghana
C. Debpuur, E. Nonterah, S. Chatio, James K Adoctor +13 more
2020Public Health Nutrition14 citations Open access
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Road traffic fatalities - a neglected epidemic in rural northern Ghana: evidence from the Navrongo demographic surveillance system
A. Bawah, Paul Welaga, Daniel K. Azongo, George Wak +2 more
2014Injury Epidemiology14 citations Open access
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Optimising reporting of adverse events following immunisation by healthcare workers in Ghana: A qualitative study in four regions
R. Aborigo, Paul Welaga, Abraham R. Oduro, A. Shaum +4 more
2022PLoS ONE13 citations Open access
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Factors associated with appropriate home management of uncomplicated malaria in children in Kassena-Nankana district of Ghana and implications for community case management of childhood illness: a cross-sectional study
S. Ameh, Paul Welaga, C. Kabiru, W. Ndifon +3 more
2015BMC Public Health13 citations Open access
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Measles Vaccination Supports Millennium Development Goal 4: Increasing Coverage and Increasing Child Survival in Northern Ghana, 1996–2012
Paul Welaga, A. Hodgson, C. Debpuur, P. Aaby +3 more
2018Frontiers in Public Health12 citations Open access
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Early life ambient air pollution, household fuel use, and under-5 mortality in Ghana.
Ali Moro, E. Nonterah, K. Klipstein-Grobusch, S. Oladokun +6 more
2024Environment International10 citations Open access
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Health-seeking behaviour and cost of fever treatment to households in a malaria-endemic setting of northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study
M. Dalaba, Paul Welaga, Philip Ayizem Dalinjong, S. Chatio +8 more
2021BMJ Open10 citations Open access
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Cost of childbirth in Upper West Region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study
M. Dalaba, Paul Welaga, M. Immurana, M. Ayanore +3 more
2022BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth9 citations Open access
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Stopping Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) After Defeating Poliomyelitis in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Harmful Unintended Consequences? Review of the Nonspecific Effects of OPV
P. Aaby, S. Nielsen, A. Fisker, Line M. Pedersen +6 more
2022Open Forum Infectious Diseases8 citations Open access
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Birth preparedness and complications readiness among women in disadvantaged rural districts of Ghana
Abraham R. Oduro, M. Anyorikeya, P. Ansah, S. Oladokun +4 more
2023BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth7 citations Open access
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A retrospective analysis of the association between tobacco smoking and deaths from respiratory and cardiovascular diseases in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana
Philip Ayizem Dalinjong, Paul Welaga, Daniel K. Azongo, S. Chatio +5 more
2015Tobacco Induced Diseases7 citations Open access
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Selecting the right indicators to ensure optimised implementation of BCG vaccination policy.
Sanne Marie Thysen, A. Fisker, Paul Welaga, Moubassira Kagoné +3 more
2018Vaccine6 citations
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Is the decline in neonatal mortality in northern Ghana, 1996–2012, associated with the decline in the age of BCG vaccination? An ecological study
Paul Welaga, C. Debpuur, P. Aaby, A. Hodgson +3 more
2018BMJ Open6 citations Open access
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Impact of introducing RTS,S/AS01E malaria vaccine on mortality in young children in Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi: an observational evaluation of a cluster-randomised implementation programme.
Victor Mwapasa, Kwaku Poku Asante, Paul Milligan, S. Akech +30 more
2026The Lancet4 citations Open access
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What values drive communities’ nutrition priorities in a resource constrained urban area in South Africa?
A. Erzse, Teurai Rwafa-Ponela, S. Goldstein, M. Motlhatlhedi +35 more
2023BMC Public Health4 citations Open access
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Situation Analysis of a New Effort of Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) for Maternal Health in Upper West Region in Rural Ghana
Chieko Matsubara, M. Dalaba, L. L. Danchaka, Paul Welaga
2023International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health4 citations Open access
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Effect of national immunisation campaigns with oral polio vaccine on all-cause mortality in children in rural northern Ghana: 20 years of demographic surveillance cohort data
Paul Welaga, M. Mutua, Syed Manzoor Ahmed Hanifi, P. Ansah +2 more
2023EClinicalMedicine3 citations Open access
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The Impact of Community-Based Primary Health Care Services on Parental Health Seeking Behavior and Child Survival in a Rural Impoverished Locality of Northern Ghana
Elizabeth Jackson, J. Phillips, A. Oduro, Paul Welaga +3 more
2019Social Science Research Network3 citations
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The impact of migration on adult mortality in rural South Africa: Do people migrate into rural areas to die?
Paul Welaga
20073 citations
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Economic Burden of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Patients Attending Ho Teaching Hospital in the Ho Municipality, Ghana: A Cross‐Sectional Study
M. Dalaba, P. Doegah, M. Immurana, R. Alhassan +6 more
2026Health Science Reports2 citations Open access
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Strategies for controlling pneumococcal disease and outbreaks during humanitarian emergencies
M. Cliff, Paul Welaga, N. Mohammed, P. Ansah +3 more
2024Nature Medicine2 citations
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Stopping Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) after Defeating Poliomyelitis: A Pyrrhic Victory? Systematic Review of the Non-Specific Effects of OPV
P. Aaby, S. Nielsen, A. Fisker, Line M. Pedersen +6 more
20212 citations
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The use of non-prescribed anti-malarial drugs for the treatment of malaria in the Bolgatanga municipality, northern Ghana
Samuel Aborah, P. Akweongo, M. Adjuik, R. Atinga +2 more
2013Malaria Journal2 citations Open access
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