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Ernest Kenu

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor, MD, Epidemiology, University of Ghana, School of Public Health & University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
DepartmentSCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH SECRETARIAT
Publications

131

Citations

3,124

H-index

33

i10-index

72

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
23.8
Most cited paper
188
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2023
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 01:00
Publications

131 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Outbreak of scabies among preschool children, Accra, Ghana, 2017
BB Kaburi, DK Ameme, G Adu-Asumah, D Dadzie, EK Tender, SV Addeh, ...
2019 BMC public health 19 (1), 746, 2019 Health Sciences 39
Evaluation of access and utilization of EPI services amongst children 12-23 months in Kwahu Afram Plains, Eastern region, Ghana
ET Sally, E Kenu
2017 The Pan African Medical Journal 28, 238, 2017 Health Sciences 39
Exposure of small-scale gold miners in Prestea to Mercury, Ghana, 2012
EK Mensah, E Afari, F Wurapa, S Sackey, A Quainoo, E Kenu, KM Nyarko
2016 The Pan African Medical Journal 25 (Suppl 1), 6, 2016 Health Sciences 39
Predictors of Adverse TB Treatment Outcome among TB/HIV Patients Compared with Non‐HIV Patients in the Greater Accra Regional Hospital from 2008 to 2016
KM Hayibor, DA Bandoh, A Asante-Poku, E Kenu
2020 Tuberculosis research and treatment 2020 (1), 1097581, 2020 Health Sciences 38
Antiretroviral therapy adherence and viral suppression among HIV-infected adolescents and young adults at a tertiary hospital in Ghana
IJK Biney, KA Kyei, VJ Ganu, E Kenu, P Puplampu, S Manortey, M Lartey
2021 African Journal of AIDS Research 20 (4), 270-276, 2021 Health Sciences 36
Awareness and beliefs about cervical cancer, the HPV vaccine, and cervical cancer screening among Ghanaian women with diverse education levels
MS Williams, E Kenu, A Adanu, RA Yalley, NK Lawoe, AS Dotse, RF Adu, ...
2019 Journal of Cancer Education 34 (5), 897-903, 2019 Health Sciences 36
High case-fatality rate for human anthrax, Northern Ghana, 2005–2016
JK Blackburn, E Kenu, F Asiedu-Bekoe, B Sarkodie, IT Kracalik, ...
2021 Emerging Infectious Diseases 27 (4), 1216, 2021 Health Sciences 35
A qualitative study of cervical cancer and cervical cancer screening awareness among nurses in Ghana
MS Williams, E Kenu, I Dzubey, JA Dennis-Antwi, K Fontaine
2018 Health care for women international 39 (5), 584-594, 2018 Health Sciences 35
Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital: a baseline prospective study
IZ Braimah, C Enweronu-Laryea, AH Sackey, E Kenu, K Agyabeng, ...
2020 BMJ open 10 (8), e035341, 2020 Health Sciences 31
High rates of cerebral toxoplasmosis in HIV patients presenting with meningitis in Accra, Ghana
JA Opintan, BK Awadzi, IJK Biney, V Ganu, R Doe, E Kenu, RF Adu, ...
2017 Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 111 (10 …, 2017 Health Sciences 31
Factors that promote and sustain the use of traditional, complementary and integrative medicine services at LEKMA hospital, Ghana, 2017: an observational study
A Kenu, E Kenu, DA Bandoh, M Aikins
2021 BMC complementary medicine and therapies 21 (1), 14, 2021 Health Sciences 30
Large cholera outbreak in Brong Ahafo region, Ghana
CL Noora, K Issah, E Kenu, EG Bachan, RD Nuoh, KM Nyarko, P Appiah, ...
2017 BMC Research Notes 10 (1), 389, 2017 Health Sciences 30
Antibiotics susceptibility patterns of uropathogenic bacteria: a cross-sectional analytic study at Kanifing General Hospital, The Gambia
A Kebbeh, P Dsane-Aidoo, K Sanyang, SMK Darboe, N Fofana, ...
2023 BMC infectious diseases 23 (1), 723, 2023 Health Sciences 27
Mapping as a tool for predicting the risk of anthrax outbreaks in Northern Region of Ghana
AE Nsoh, E Kenu, EK Forson, E Afari, S Sackey, KM Nyarko, N Yebuah
2016 The Pan African Medical Journal 25 (Suppl 1), 14, 2016 Health Sciences 27
Determinants of low birth weight deliveries at five referral hospitals in Western Area Urban district, Sierra Leone
DK Kargbo, K Nyarko, S Sackey, A Addo-Lartey, E Kenu, F Anto
2021 Italian Journal of Pediatrics 47 (1), 212, 2021 Health Sciences 25
Pneumococcal meningitis outbreak and associated factors in six districts of Brong Ahafo region, Ghana, 2016
T Letsa, CL Noora, GK Kuma, E Asiedu, G Kye-Duodu, E Afari, OA Kuffour, ...
2018 BMC Public Health 18 (1), 781, 2018 Health Sciences 25
Validating midwifery professionals’ scope of practice and competency: A multi-country study comparing national data to international standards
S Chakraborty, N Saggurti, R Adanu, DAB Bandoh, M Berrueta, ...
2023 Plos one 18 (5), e0286310, 2023 Health Sciences 24
Socio-economic determinants of maternal health care utilization in Kailahun District, Sierra Leone, 2020
DM Kangbai, DA Bandoh, A Manu, JY Kangbai, E Kenu, A Addo-Lartey
2022 BMC pregnancy and childbirth 22 (1), 276, 2022 Health Sciences 22
Peripheral neuropathy in patients with human immunodeficiency viral infection at a tertiary hospital in Ghana
P Puplampu, V Ganu, E Kenu, W Kudzi, P Adjei, L Grize, M Käser
2019 Journal of neurovirology 25 (4), 464-474, 2019 Health Sciences 20
Point-of-care urine lipoarabinomannan testing to guide tuberculosis treatment among severely ill inpatients with human immunodeficiency virus in real-world practice: a …
J Åhsberg, P Puplampu, A Kwashie, JO Commey, VJ Ganu, MA Omari, ...
2023 Clinical Infectious Diseases 77 (8), 1185-1193, 2023 Health Sciences 19
Leveraging lessons learned from yellow fever and polio immunization campaigns during COVID-19 pandemic, Ghana, 2021
K Amponsa-Achiano, JA Frimpong, D Barradas, DA Bandoh, E Kenu
2022 Emerging infectious diseases 28 (Suppl 1), S232, 2022 Health Sciences 19
Protracted cholera outbreak in the Central Region, Ghana, 2016
G Issahaku, F Asiedu-Bekoe, S Kwashie, F Broni, P Boateng, H Alomatu, ...
2020 Ghana Medical Journal 54 (2), 45-52, 2020 Health Sciences 19
Household exposure and animal-bite surveillance following human rabies detection in Southern Ghana
K Afakye, E Kenu, KM Nyarko, SAM Johnson, F Wongnaah, GK Bonsu
2016 The Pan African Medical Journal 25 (Suppl 1), 12, 2016 Health Sciences 19
Proportion and factors associated with Hepatitis B viremia in antiretroviral treatment naïve and experienced HIV co-infected Ghanaian patients
TNA Archampong, M Lartey, KW Sagoe, A Obo-Akwa, E Kenu, FS Gillani, ...
2015 BMC infectious diseases 16 (1), 14, 2015 Health Sciences 19
Facilitators and barriers in the implementation of a digital surveillance and outbreak response system in Ghana before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: qualitative analysis of …
BB Kaburi, K Wyss, E Kenu, F Asiedu-Bekoe, AM Hauri, DO Laryea, ...
2023 JMIR Formative Research 7 (1), e45715, 2023 Health Sciences 18