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Benedict Calys-Tagoe

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor; MD; University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
EpidemiologyPublic HealthMedicine
Publications

93

Citations

2,186

H-index

24

i10-index

41

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
23.5
Most cited paper
385
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:06
Publications

93 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Vulnerability to infectious diseases and risk reduction measures among galamsey gold mining communities in Ghana: A narrative review
AA Asare, NA Baddoo, B Calys-Tagoe
2024 Health Sciences Investigations Journal 5 (2), 735-739, 2024 Health Sciences 5
Prevalence and prognostic features of electrocardiographic abnormalities in acute stroke among Africans: findings from SIREN
MA Adeoye, OS Ogah, B Ovbiagele, R Akinyemi, V Shidali, F Agyekum, ...
2017 Global heart 12 (2), 99, 2017 Health Sciences 5
The role of community advisory boards in enhancing recruitment and retention in Alzheimer's disease and related dementia research in Africa: Experience from the READD‐ADSP study
T Farombi, O Arulogun, M Nichols, OF Olorunsogbon, M Ogunronbi, ...
2025 Alzheimer's & Dementia 21 (8), e70529, 2025 Health Sciences 4
Capacity-building for stroke genomic research data collection: the African neurobiobank ethical, legal, and social implications project experience
EO Uvere, M Nichols, BR Ojebuyi, SY Isah, B Calys-Tagoe, C Jenkins, ...
2023 Biopreservation and Biobanking 21 (2), 158-165, 2023 Law 4
Prevalence of pneumonia by chest x-ray, associated demographic characteristics and health risk factors among COVID-19 patients in Ghana
JA Oliver-Commey, P Puplampu, C Owoo, K Asare-Boateng, AO Yawson, ...
2021 Ghana medical journal 55 (2), 21-28, 2021 Health Sciences 4
Association between alcohol consumption and stroke in Nigeria and Ghana: A case–control study
II Chukwuonye, OM Akpa, OJ Asowata, AG Fakunle, MA Komolafe, ...
2025 International Journal of Stroke 20 (5), 590-600, 2025 Health Sciences 3
Knowledge and perceptions about Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection, mother-to-child transmission of HIV and HIV prevalence among antenatal attendees of a Ghanaian …
JA Sutherland, BNL Calys-Tagoe, M Amoakoh-Coleman
2025 BMC Public Health 25 (1), 3143, 2025 Health Sciences 3
Knowledge of breast cancer among patients undergoing breast cancer treatment at a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana
J Nsaful, F Dedey, KE Brownson, RY Laryea, N Coleman, J Tetteh, ...
2024 ecancermedicalscience 18, 1808, 2024 Health Sciences 3
Satisfaction levels and associated influencing factors among inpatients and outpatients with breast cancer at a tertiary health facility in Ghana
BNL Calys-Tagoe, K Brownson, J Nsaful, F Dedey, J Tetteh, N Coleman, ...
2024 Ghana medical journal 58 (1), 7, 2024 Health Sciences 3
Risk assessment score and chi-square automatic interaction detection algorithm for hypertension among Africans: Models From the SIREN study
OJ Asowata, AP Okekunle, OM Akpa, AG Fakunle, JO Akinyemi, ...
2023 Hypertension 80 (12), 2581-2590, 2023 Engineering 3
Carotid and vertebral atherosclerosis in West African stroke patients: findings from the stroke investigative research and education network
M Aridegbe, M Fawale, S Olowookere, L Imoh, O Adeleye, R Efidi, ...
2022 Nigerian Medical Journal 63 (2), 98-111, 2022 Social Sciences 3
The Use of Misoprostol for the Induction of Labour in a private General Hospital in Ghana
AJO Lawson, B Calys-Tagoe
2014 Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 3 (1), 10-14, 2014 Health Sciences 3
Exploring Knowledge, Beliefs, And Misconceptions on Breast Cancer in an Urban Fishing Community in Ghana-A Qualitative Study: Knowledge, Beliefs and Misconceptions on Breast Cancer
J Nsaful, B Calys-Tagoe, K Brownson, F Dedey, N Coleman, R Laryea, ...
2025 Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 14 (1), 28-35, 2025 Health Sciences 2
Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol and severity of intracerebral hemorrhage: Insights from the SIREN study
OV Olalusi, OJ Asowata, FS Sarfo, OM Akpa, J Akinyemi, J Yaria, ...
2025 Journal of the Neurological Sciences 474, 123555, 2025 Health Sciences 2
Low vegetable consumption doubles the odds of stroke among people with hypertension: Findings from the SIREN Study in West Africa
OJ Asowata, I Bodunde, AP Okekunle, OM Akpa, DK Danladi, AG Fakunle, ...
2025 International Journal of Stroke 20 (9), 1159-1169, 2025 Health Sciences 2
Non-cigarette tobacco use and stroke among West Africans: evidence from the SIREN study
AG Fakunle, AP Okekunle, OJ Asowata, O Akpa, FS Sarfo, A Akpalu, ...
2024 Nicotine and Tobacco Research 26 (5), 589-596, 2024 Health Sciences 2
Design and deployment of relational geodatabase on mobile GIS platform for real-time COVID-19 contact tracing in Ghana
SK Afagbedzi, AB Owusu, IN Kissiedu, MA Coleman, DA Bandoh, ...
2021 Ghana Journal of Geography 13 (1), 126-146, 2021 Health Sciences 2
Evaluation of the tuberculosis surveillance system in the Ashaiman Municipality of the Greater Accra Region
RP Frimpong-Mansoh, BN Calys-Tagoe, E Therson-Coffie, ...
2017 Pan African Medical Journal 3 (3), 2017 Health Sciences 2
Sex and rural-urban disparities in prevalence of self-reported chronic non-communicable diseases and health risks among older adults in Ghana: Implications for the national …
AE Yawson, P Dako-Gyeke, S Hewlett, BNL Calys-Tagoe, KL Malm, ...
2015 Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 4 (2), 55-62, 2015 Health Sciences 2
Predictors and birth outcomes: An investigation of birth and emergency preparedness among postnatal women at a national referral hospital in Accra, Ghana
EA Udofia, SA Obed, BNL Calys-Tagoe
2014 East Afr J Public Health 10, 526-34, 2014 Health Sciences 2
Lung cancer in Ghana
JS Afriyie-Mensah, MA Dadzie, VDNK Vanderpuye, B Calys-Tagoe, ...
2024 Journal of Thoracic Oncology 19 (7), 966-972, 2024 Health Sciences 1
Are there differences in perceptions, preferences and attitudes towards disclosure of genetic testing for Stroke? A qualitative study among stroke-free SIREN-SIBS genomics …
O Arulogun, M Nichols, C Jenkins, AG Fakunle, O Akpa, FS Sarfo, ...
2023 Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 32 (3), 106978, 2023 Health Sciences 1
A three year review of Tuberculosis surveillance data in Montserrado County, Liberia, 2016-2018
AB Corvah, HW Sesay, DA Bando, P Konwloh, B Calys-Tagoe, E Kenu
2023 Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health 6 (1), 2023 Health Sciences 1
Health outcomes following retirement: a comparative study of health and non-health pensioners in Ghana
BD Nuertey, EA Udofia, AE Yawson, J Addai, EMA Tette, ...
2022 Journal of Public Health 30 (7), 1641-1650, 2022 Health Sciences 1
Outbreak Investigation and Enhanced Contact Tracing of Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Ablekuma North Municipality, Greater Accra, Ghana
AB Appiah, B Calys-Tagoe, GR Issahaku, DA Bandoh, CL Noora, ...
2021 Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health 4 (7), 2021 Health Sciences 1