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Amos Laar

PROFESSOR

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

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF POPULATION, FAMILY AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
BioethicsPublic Health Nutrition
Publications

249

Citations

7,189

H-index

43

i10-index

110

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
28.9
Most cited paper
669
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 09:46
Publications

249 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
The Licensed Sex Predator Exposé-Stories for Moral Decision-making in Healthcare Delivery in Ghana
A Gyening-Yeboah, AK Laar
2026 African Journal of Bioethics 3 (1), 120-134, 2026 Health Sciences 0
The Role of Research Funders in Promoting Ethical International Health Research Collaborations
GK Barimah, CF Hayfron‐Benjamin, B Allen, K Ferguson, A Laar
2026 Developing World Bioethics, 2026 Health Sciences 0
64; Multi-component-intervention to combat unhealthy diets and physical inactivity among adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa: the Generation H study protocol
E Beune, GG Asiki, J Bosmans, P Griffiths, L Sherar, M Holdsworth, A Laar, ...
2025 European Journal of Public Health 35 (Supplement_6), 2025 Health Sciences 0
Antiretroviral therapy and cardiovascular risk in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs): A systematic review and meta-analysis
K Abdulai, K Torpey, AM Kotoh, F Adane, J Azaare, A Laar
2025 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 7 (2), 1360-1368, 2025 Health Sciences 0
Assessing the Viability of Legal and Regulatory Measures to Promote Healthy Diets in Ghana: Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax in Focus
EK Ewul, D Dangbey, E Dadi, A Laar
2025 Legal approaches to NCD prevention in Africa, 37, 2025 Law 0
Gluing the allosteric way: Targeted protein degradation
LA Schneider, AM Bendel, R Baur, NH Thomä
2025 Nature Chemical Biology 21 (12), 1835-1836, 2025 Natural Sciences 0
Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030
K Schneider Lecy, R Remans, TH Bekele, D DestanAytekin, P Conforti, ...
2025 Social Sciences 0
Governance and resilience as entry points for transforming food systems in the countdown to 2030 (vol 6, pg 105, 2025)
KR Schneider, R Remans, TH Bekele, D Aytekin, P Conforti, S Dasgupta, ...
2025 NATURE FOOD 6 (4), 410-411, 2025 Social Sciences 0
Marketing of ultra-processed foods on popular radio channels in Kenya
CH Karugu, MN Wanjohi, V Ojiambo, S Mugo, M Holdsworth, A Laar, ...
2025 BMC nutrition 11 (1), 176, 2025 Social Sciences 0
To charge or not to charge: ethics of charging fees for the issuance of Medical Certificate of Cause of Death in Ghana.
A Gyening-Yeboah, I Johnson, A Laar, PK Akakpo
2025 The Global Health Network Collections, 2025 Health Sciences 0
Ultra-processed foods and children’s diets in developing economies: the case of West Africa
A Laar, A Diouf, K Midaye, L Kabore, VK Lokossou, PA Agyekum, ...
2025 United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Ultra-processed Foods and Children …, 2025 Health Sciences 0
Urban food environments
L Metelerkamp, A Laar, G Haysom, M Holdsworth, M Changula, N Bricas, ...
2025 African Food Systems Transformation Collective, 2025 Social Sciences 0
A Study on Infant Feeding Choices among HIV-Positive Mothers in Two Ghanaian Districts
AK Laar, W Ampofo
2024 African Journal of AIDS and HIV Research 12 (1), 74-83, 2024 Health Sciences 0
Conflicts of Interest in Public Health and Nutrition: A Content Analysis of a Ghanaian Newspaper and Policy Documents
K Adjei, KKA Pereko, L Kearns, J Ganle, R Aryeetey, A Laar
2024 The Global Health Network Collections, 2024 Health Sciences 0
Learning from Global Food and Nutrition Insecurity
R Perez-Escamilla, A Laar, S Vorkoper
2024 Frontiers Media SA, 2024 Health Sciences 0
Nutritional quality and diversity in Ghana's School Feeding Programme: A semi-quantitative exploration through caterer interviews in the Greater Accra Region
J Liguori, GS Amevinya, M Holdsworth, M Savy, A Laar
2024 Health Sciences 0
Addressing multiple forms of malnutrition through double-duty actions: Evidence-to-policy action from Ghana
A Laar, E Odame, P Agyekum, M Mpereh, S Sandaare
2023 ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 79, 172-173, 2023 Health Sciences 0
AFRICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICS
K Adjei, KKA Pereko, L Kearnsi, J Ganle, R Aryeetey, A Laar
2023 Health Sciences 0
Assessing the diet quality of people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana
K Abdulai, K Torpey, A Kotoh, A Laar
2023 ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 79, 303-303, 2023 Health Sciences 0
Availability of healthy and unhealthy foods in modern retail outlets located in selected districts of Greater Accra region, Ghana
AP Adjei, G Amevinya, W Quarpong, A Tandoh, R Aryeetey, M Holdsworth, ...
2023 ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 79, 873-873, 2023 Health Sciences 0
Availability of healthy and unhealthy foods in modern retail outlets located in selected districts of Greater Accra region, Ghana. Abstract of the 22nd International Congress …
AP Adjei, G Amevinya, W Quarpong, A Tandoh, R Aryeetey, M Holdsworth, ...
2023 Health Sciences 0
Extensive advertising of unhealthy foods around primary and junior high schools in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana
GS Amevinya, S Vandevijvere, B Kelly, R Aryeetey, W Quarpong, ...
2023 ANNALS OF NUTRITION AND METABOLISM 79, 372-372, 2023 Health Sciences 0
How ready are community stakeholders to implement interventions to address the marketing and availability of unhealthy foods and beverages in and around schools in the Greater …
A Tandoh, A Laar, R Pradeilles, A Le Port, H Osei-Kwasi, G Amevinya, ...
2023 Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 79 (1), 2023 Social Sciences 0
How ready are community stakeholders to implement interventions to address the marketing and availability of unhealthy foods and beverages in and around schools in the Greater …
A Tandoh, A Laar, R Pradeilles, HA Osei-Kwasi, G Amevinya, R Aryeetey, ...
2023 Social Sciences 0
Incorporating traditional and indigenous foods into food-based dietary guidelines in Africa: opportunities and challenges
N Covic, LC Karltun, A Lartey, G Kennedy, A Laar
2023 Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism 79 (Suppl. 1), 148-149, 2023 Health Sciences 0