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Ayaga A. Bawah

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CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteREGIONAL INST. OF POP. STUDIES
DepartmentREGIONAL INSTITUTE FOR POPULATION STUDIES SECRETARIAT
Population healthcontraceptive use and unmet needhealth systemsmortality estimation
Publications

169

Citations

5,217

H-index

34

i10-index

76

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
30.9
Most cited paper
583
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 10:56
Publications

169 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
A qualitative appraisal of stakeholders’ perspectives of a community-based primary health care program in rural Ghana
MK Kushitor, AA Biney, K Wright, JF Phillips, JK Awoonor-Williams, ...
2019 BMC health services research 19 (1), 675, 2019 Health Sciences 46
Monitoring the millennium development goals: the potential role of the INDEPTH Network
M Bangha, A Diagne, A Bawah, O Sankoh
2010 Global health action 3 (1), 5517, 2010 Health Sciences 46
Measuring health systems strength and its impact: experiences from the African Health Initiative
K Sherr, Q Fernandes, AM Kanté, A Bawah, J Condo, W Mutale
2017 BMC health services research 17 (Suppl 3), 827, 2017 Health Sciences 45
The child survival impact of the Ghana Essential Health Interventions Program: A health systems strengthening plausibility trial in Northern Ghana
AA Bawah, JK Awoonor-Williams, PO Asuming, EF Jackson, CB Boyer, ...
2019 PLoS One 14 (6), e0218025, 2019 Health Sciences 44
Spatial heterogeneity in drinking water sources in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA), Ghana
JD Tetteh, MR Templeton, A Cavanaugh, H Bixby, G Owusu, SM Yidana, ...
2022 Population and Environment 44 (1), 46-76, 2022 Social Sciences 42
Population and African society
T Zuberi, A Sibanda, A Bawah, A Noumbissi
2003 Annual Review of Sociology 29 (1), 465-486, 2003 Social Sciences 42
How many years of life could be saved if malaria were eliminated from a hyperendemic area of northern Ghana?
AA Bawah, FN Binka
2005 Health Sciences 39
Partner support and women's contraceptive use: insight from urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana
MW Agyekum, EG Henry, MK Kushitor, AD Obeng-Dwamena, C Agula, ...
2022 BMC Women's Health 22 (1), 256, 2022 Social Sciences 36
Volunteer responsibilities, motivations and challenges in implementation of the community-based health planning and services (CHPS) initiative in Ghana: qualitative evidence …
M Kweku, E Manu, H Amu, FY Aku, M Adjuik, EE Tarkang, J Komesuor, ...
2020 BMC health services research 20 (1), 482, 2020 Health Sciences 35
Identifying deprived “slum” neighbourhoods in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area of Ghana using census and remote sensing data
R MacTavish, H Bixby, A Cavanaugh, S Agyei-Mensah, A Bawah, ...
2023 World development 167, 106253, 2023 Social Sciences 33
Health system strengthening: a qualitative evaluation of implementation experience and lessons learned across five African countries
FC Rwabukwisi, AA Bawah, S Gimbel, JF Phillips, W Mutale, P Drobac
2017 BMC health services research 17 (Suppl 3), 826, 2017 Health Sciences 32
Road traffic fatalities-a neglected epidemic in rural northern Ghana: evidence from the Navrongo demographic surveillance system
A Bawah, P Welaga, DK Azongo, G Wak, JF Phillips, A Oduro
2014 Injury epidemiology 1 (1), 22, 2014 Health Sciences 32
Maternal mortality among the Kassena‐Nankana of northern Ghana
P Ngom, P Akweongo, P Adongo, AA Bawah, F Binka
1999 Studies in Family Planning 30 (2), 142-147, 1999 Health Sciences 29
Contraceptive method use, discontinuation and failure rates among women aged 15–49 years: evidence from selected low income settings in Kumasi, Ghana
AA Bawah, R Sato, P Asuming, EG Henry, C Agula, C Agyei-Asabere, ...
2021 Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 6 (1), 9, 2021 Health Sciences 28
Methods women use for induced abortion and sources of services: insights from poor urban settlements of Accra, Ghana
C Agula, EG Henry, PO Asuming, C Agyei-Asabere, M Kushitor, ...
2021 BMC Women's Health 21 (1), 300, 2021 Social Sciences 28
Adapting a nurse-led primary care initiative to cardiovascular disease control in Ghana: a qualitative study
LA Haykin, JA Francke, A Abapali, E Yakubu, E Dambayi, EF Jackson, ...
2020 BMC public health 20 (1), 745, 2020 Health Sciences 28
Community perceptions of universal health coverage in eight districts of the Northern and Volta regions of Ghana
KJ Wright, A Biney, M Kushitor, JK Awoonor-Williams, AA Bawah, ...
2020 Global health action 13 (1), 1705460, 2020 Health Sciences 28
Evaluating health service coverage in Ghana’s Volta Region using a modified Tanahashi model
MC Sheff, AA Bawah, PO Asuming, P Kyei, M Kushitor, JF Phillips, ...
2020 Global Health Action 13 (1), 1732664, 2020 Health Sciences 28
Enhancing healthy ecosystems in northern Ghana through eco-friendly farm-based practices: insights from irrigation scheme-types
C Agula, FN Mabe, MA Akudugu, S Dittoh, SN Ayambila, A Bawah
2019 BMC ecology 19 (1), 38, 2019 Agriculture 26
Cost of implementing a community-based primary health care strengthening program: The case of the Ghana Essential Health Interventions Program in northern Ghana
EW Kanmiki, J Akazili, AA Bawah, JF Phillips, JK Awoonor-Williams, ...
2019 PLoS One 14 (2), e0211956, 2019 Health Sciences 25
Deliberation for development: Ghana’s first deliberative poll
A Bawah, G Kranjac-Berisavljevic
2019 Journal of Public Deliberation, 2019 Social Sciences 25
Does the provision of community health services offset the effects of poverty and low maternal educational attainment on childhood mortality? An analysis of the equity effect …
AA Bawah, JF Phillips, PO Asuming, EF Jackson, P Walega, EW Kanmiki, ...
2019 SSM-population health 7, 100335, 2019 Health Sciences 25
Accelerating reproductive and child health program development: the Navrongo initiative in Ghana
JF Phillips, AA Bawah, FN Binka
2005 Health Sciences 25
Impact of community health interventions on maternal and child health indicators in the upper east region of Ghana
E Sakeah, AA Bawah, PO Asuming, C Debpuur, P Welaga, T Awine, ...
2023 BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth 23 (1), 298, 2023 Health Sciences 23
Socioeconomic status and child mortality: an illustration using housing and household characteristics from African census data
AA Bawah, T Zuberi
2004 Union for African Population Studies, 2004 Health Sciences 23