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Theodore Kobla Boafor

SENIOR LECTURER

Verified email at ug.edu.gh university of Ghana medical schoolo/Korlebu Teaching Hospital Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY
medicine-Obstetrics& Gynaecology
Publications

34

Citations

586

H-index

11

i10-index

11

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
17.2
Most cited paper
211
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:32
Publications

34 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Pregnancy outcomes in women with sickle‐cell disease in low and high income countries: a systematic review and meta‐analysis
TK Boafor, E Olayemi, N Galadanci, C Hayfron‐Benjamin, ...
2016 BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 123 (5), 691-698, 2016 Health Sciences 211
Implementation of multidisciplinary care reduces maternal mortality in women with sickle cell disease living in low‐resource setting
EV Asare, E Olayemi, T Boafor, Y Dei‐Adomakoh, E Mensah, H Ghansah, ...
2017 American journal of hematology 92 (9), 872-878, 2017 Health Sciences 61
Assessing the functionality of an emergency obstetric referral system and continuum of care among public healthcare facilities in a low resource setting: an application of …
B Ofosu, D Ofori, M Ntumy, K Asah-Opoku, T Boafor
2021 BMC health services research 21 (1), 402, 2021 Health Sciences 49
Maternal mortality at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, Ghana: a five-year review
TK Boafor, MY Ntumy, K Asah-Opoku, P Sepenu, B Ofosu, SA Oppong
2021 African Journal of Reproductive Health 25 (1), 56-66, 2021 Health Sciences 46
Singleton preterm births in Korle bu teaching hospital, Accra, Ghana–origins and outcomes
K Nkyekyer, C Laryea, T Boafor
2006 Ghana medical journal 40 (3), 2006 Health Sciences 43
Multidisciplinary care results in similar maternal and perinatal mortality rates for women with and without SCD in a low‐resource setting
SA Oppong, EV Asare, E Olayemi, T Boafor, Y Dei‐Adomakoh, ...
2019 American journal of hematology 94 (2), 223-230, 2019 Health Sciences 42
A case series describing causes of death in pregnant women with sickle cell disease in a low‐resource setting
EV Asare, E Olayemi, T Boafor, Y Dei‐Adomakoh, E Mensah, ...
2018 American journal of hematology 93 (7), E167-E170, 2018 Health Sciences 23
Sustainability of low maternal mortality in pregnant women with SCD in a low-resource setting
A Swarray-Deen, EV Asare, RA Brew, JB Ayete-Nyampong, ...
2022 Blood advances 6 (7), 1977-1980, 2022 Health Sciences 21
Acute pain episodes, acute chest syndrome, and pulmonary thromboembolism in pregnancy
EV Asare, MR DeBaun, E Olayemi, T Boafor, SA Oppong
2022 Hematology 2022 (1), 388-407, 2022 Health Sciences 19
Third trimester and early postpartum period of pregnancy have the greatest risk for ACS in women with SCD
EV Asare, E Olayemi, T Boafor, Y Dei-Adomakoh, EM Dip, CH Benjamin, ...
2019 American journal of hematology 94 (12), E328-E331, 2019 Health Sciences 17
Comparing adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in adolescent versus adult mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa
CN Onuzo, PE Sefogah, NK Damale, TK Boafor, A Swarray-Deen, ...
2024 Plos one 19 (8), e0297317, 2024 Health Sciences 15
Hypertensive pregnancy deaths: a three-year review at Ghana's largest referral hospital
TK Boafor, P Sepenu, A Tamatey, P Sefogah, A Swarray-Deen, ...
2025 AJOG Global Reports 5 (2), 100471, 2025 Health Sciences 8
International collaborative research, systems leadership and education: reflections from academic biomedical researchers in Africa
ES Rose, H Bello-Manga, T Boafor, M Asaduzzaman
2024 Frontiers in education 8, 1217066, 2024 Social Sciences 5
Low FEV1 is associated with fetal death in pregnant women with sickle cell disease
CF Hayfron‐Benjamin, EV Asare, T Boafor, E Olayemi, Y Dei‐Adomakoh, ...
2021 American journal of hematology 96 (8), E303-E306, 2021 Health Sciences 5
Multi-disciplinary obstetrics and sickle cell disease clinic in low resource setting lowers maternal and perinatal death rates to the same levels as those without sickle cell …
SA Oppong, E Olayemi, Y Adomakoh, EV Asare, E Mensah, ...
2017 Blood 130, 616, 2017 Health Sciences 4
Preventing Maternal Mortality From Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy And Obstetric Haemorrhage: Preventing Maternal Mortality
T Boafor
2023 Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 12 (2), 53-54, 2023 Health Sciences 3
Low body mass index in pregnant women with sickle cell disease is associated with premature delivery in sub-Saharan Africa
EV Asare, E Olayemi, Y Adomakoh, E Mensah, A Swarray-Deen, ...
2017 Blood 130, 2250, 2017 Health Sciences 3
Combined Placental Laterality and Mid-Trimester Uterine Artery Dopplers; A Promising Tool for Predicting Preeclampsia Onset in Low-Resource Settings: Predicting Preeclampsia …
P Sepenu, NA Sepenu, T Boafor, A Swarray-Deen, M Ofori, E Lawrence, ...
2025 Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 14 (2), 2025 Health Sciences 2
Disseminated adult Wilms tumor in pregnancy: Leveraging multidisciplinary care in a low‐resource setting
P Sepenu, A Swarray‐Deen, A Scott, TK Boafor, WK Baah, MK Kyei, ...
2024 International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics 165 (2), 601-606, 2024 Health Sciences 2
Prospective implementation of multi-disciplinary obstetric team decreases the mortality rate of pregnant women with sickle cell disease in Ghana
EVNK Asare, Y Adomakoh, E Olayemi, E Mensah, H Ghansah, ...
2016 Blood 128 (22), 1017, 2016 Health Sciences 2
When do maternal deaths occur?-A 3-year retrospective analysis of timing and seasonality of maternal deaths at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Ghana
PE Sefogah, P Sepenu, A Tamatey, NA Sepenu, N Glover-Addy, ...
2026 African Journal of Reproductive Health/La Revue Africaine de la Santé …, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Prospective cohort study of eDiary acute pain assessments in sickle cell disease during third trimester and postpartum
EV Asare, WK Ghunney, JB Ayete-Nyampong, EA Mensah, ...
2025 Blood Advances 9 (19), 5015-5023, 2025 Health Sciences 1
Assessing the functionality of an emergency obstetric referral system among public healthcare facilities in a low resource setting: an application of process mapping approach
B Ofosu, D Ofori, M Ntumy, K Asah-Opoku, T Boafor
2021 Health Sciences 1
Commentary: Assessing the functionality of an emergency obstetric referral system and continuum of care among public healthcare facilities in a low resource setting: an …
B Ofosu, D Ofori, M Ntumy, K Asah-Opoku, T Boafor
2021 Group 21 (1), 1-4, 2021 Health Sciences 1
Maternal obesity and the risk of hypertensive disease in pregnancy
TK Boafor
2018 Postgraduate Medical Journal of Ghana 7 (1), 1-1, 2018 Health Sciences 1