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Ayaga A. Bawah

PROFESSOR

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

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
Are reproductive preferences stable? Evidence from rural northern Ghana
C Debpuur, C Depbuur, AA BAWAH
2002 Genus, 63-89, 2002 Social Sciences 23
Measuring excess mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in low-and lower-middle income countries: the need for mobile phone surveys
V Adjiwanou, A Nurul, L Alkema, G Asiki, AA Bawah, D Béguy, V Cetorelli, ...
2020 Health Sciences 22
Scaling down to scale-up: a strategy for accelerating community-based health service coverage in Ghana
JK Awoonor Williams, JF Phillips, AA Bawah
2019 Journal of Global Health Science 1 (1), 2019 Health Sciences 22
Impact of Covid‐19 on Maternal Health Seeking in Ghana
PO Asuming, DA Gaisie, C Agula, AA Bawah
2022 Journal of international development 34 (4), 919-930, 2022 Health Sciences 21
Quantifying within-city inequalities in child mortality across neighbourhoods in Accra, Ghana: a Bayesian spatial analysis
H Bixby, JE Bennett, AA Bawah, RE Arku, SK Annim, JD Anum, SE Mintah, ...
2022 BMJ open 12 (1), e054030, 2022 Health Sciences 21
Being ready, willing and able: understanding the dynamics of family planning decision-making through community-based group discussions in the Northern Region, Ghana
AAE Biney, KJ Wright, MK Kushitor, EF Jackson, JF Phillips, ...
2021 Genus 77 (1), 1, 2021 Social Sciences 20
Postpartum contraceptive initiation and use: Evidence from Accra, Ghana
C Agula, EG Henry, PO Asuming, A Obeng-Dwamena, T Toprah, ...
2022 Women's Health 18, 17455057221141290, 2022 Health Sciences 18
Using health systems and policy research to achieve universal health coverage in Ghana
JK Awoonor-Williams, S Apanga, AA Bawah, JF Phillips, PS Kachur
2022 Global Health: Science and Practice 10 (Supplement 1), 2022 Health Sciences 18
Health policy and systems research capacities in Ethiopia and Ghana: findings from a self-assessment
V Tangcharoensathien, M Sudhakar, Z Birhanu, G Abraham, A Bawah, ...
2022 Global Health: Science and Practice 10 (Supplement 1), 2022 Health Sciences 17
Community Involvement and Perceptions of the Community‐Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Strategy for Improving Health Outcomes in Ghana: Quantitative Comparative …
M Kweku, H Amu, M Adjuik, E Manu, FY Aku, EE Tarkang, J Komesuor, ...
2020 Advances in Public Health 2020 (1), 2385742, 2020 Health Sciences 17
The impact of a personalized, community-based counselling and referral programme on modern contraceptive use in urban Ghana: a retrospective evaluation
EG Henry, KM Hackett, A Bawah, PO Asuming, C Agula, D Canning, ...
2020 Health policy and planning 35 (10), 1290-1299, 2020 Social Sciences 17
The application of embedded implementation science to developing community-based primary health care in Ghana
JK Awoonor-Williams, JF Phillips, AA Bawah
2017 Health Sciences 16
Estimating indices of health system readiness: an example from rural northern Ghana
C Boyer, E Jackson, A Bawah, M Schmitt, J Awoonor-Williams, J Phillips
2015 The Lancet Global Health 3, S14, 2015 Health Sciences 16
Child wanted and when? Fertility intentions, wantedness, and child survival in rural northern Ghana
AA Bawah, PO Asuming, C Debpuur, JF Phillips
2016 Studies in family planning 47 (3), 252-263, 2016 Social Sciences 15
Socioeconomic status and child survival in southern Africa
AA BAWAH, T Zuberi
2005 Genus, 55-83, 2005 Social Sciences 15
Covert Contraceptive Use amongst the urban poor in Accra, Ghana: experiences of health providers
M Kushitor, EG Henry, AD Obeng-Dwamena, MW Agyekum, C Agula, ...
2022 Reproductive Health 19 (1), 205, 2022 Health Sciences 13
Dynamics of emergency contraceptive use in Accra, Ghana
EG Henry, C Agula, C Agyei‐Asabere, PO Asuming, AA Bawah, ...
2021 Studies in Family Planning 52 (2), 105-123, 2021 Social Sciences 13
The fertility impact of achieving universal health coverage in an impoverished rural region of Northern Ghana
JF Phillips, EF Jackson, AA Bawah, PO Asuming, JK Awoonor-Williams
2019 Gates Open Research 3, 1537, 2019 Health Sciences 13
Unawareness of health insurance expiration status among women of reproductive age in Northern Ghana: implications for achieving universal health coverage
EW Kanmiki, AA Bawah, J Akazili, I Agorinyah, JK Awoonor-Williams, ...
2019 Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 38 (1), 34, 2019 Health Sciences 13
the AHI PHIT Partnership Collaborative.(2017). Mentorship and coaching to support strengthening healthcare systems: Lessons learned across the five population health …
A Manzi, LR Hirschhorn, K Sherr, C Chirwa, C Baynes, ...
1900 BMC Health Services Research 17 (3), 831, 0 Health Sciences 13
Medical abortion in Ghana: a non-randomized, non-inferiority study of access through pharmacies compared with clinics
N Kapp, AA Bawah, C Agula, JL Menzel, SK Antobam, PO Asuming, ...
2024 Contraception 140, 110538, 2024 Health Sciences 12
Community utilisation and satisfaction with the community-based health planning and services initiative in Ghana: a comparative study in two system learning districts of the …
M Kweku, H Amu, M Adjuik, FY Aku, E Manu, EE Tarkang, J Komesuor, ...
2020 BMC health services research 20 (1), 845, 2020 Health Sciences 11
Potential gains in reproductive-aged life expectancy if maternal mortality were eradicated from the Kintampo districts of Central Ghana
SW Abubakari, AA Bawah, EO Nettey, EA Apraku, C Zandoh, ...
2019 BMC pregnancy and childbirth 19 (1), 374, 2019 Health Sciences 11
How different incentives influence reported motivation and perceptions of performance in Ghanaian community-based health planning and services zones
E Sakeah, AA Bawah, I Kuwolamo, M Anyorikeya, PO Asuming, ...
2023 BMC Research Notes 16 (1), 17, 2023 Health Sciences 10
Does the contribution of women to household expenditure explain contraceptive use? An assessment of the relevance of bargaining theory to Africa
AA Bawah, PO Asuming, M Bangha, JF Phillips, M Vaughan-Smith
2013 African Population Studies 27 (2), 216-228, 2013 Social Sciences 10