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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
Health, well-being and mortality in Africa
AA Bawah
2002 University of Pennsylvania, 2002 Health Sciences 10
Social and demographic correlates of cardiovascular mortality in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Ghana: a verbal post-mortem analysis
AR Oduro, J Francke, P Ansah, EF Jackson, G Wak, JF Phillips, LA Haykin, ...
2022 International Journal of Epidemiology 51 (2), 591-603, 2022 Health Sciences 9
Does expanding community-based primary health care coverage also address unmet need for family planning and improve program impact? Findings from a plausibility trial in …
PO Asuming, AA Bawah, EW Kanmiki, JF Phillips
2020 Journal of Global Health Science 2 (1), 2020 Health Sciences 9
The value proposition of coordinated population cohorts across Africa
M Ramsay, AC Crampin, AA Bawah, E Gitau, K Herbst
2024 Annual review of biomedical data science 7 (1), 277-294, 2024 Social Sciences 8
Contraception before and after induced abortion: Trajectories of women in selected urban-poor settlements of Accra, Ghana.
C Agula, EG Henry, PO Asuming, C Agyei-Asabere, M Kushitor, ...
2021 African Journal of Reproductive Health 25 (6), 20, 2021 Social Sciences 8
Moving towards universal health coverage: an assessment of unawareness of health insurance coverage status among reproductive-age women in rural northern Ghana
E Kanmiki
2018 The Lancet Global Health, 2018 Health Sciences 8
Parental survival and residential patterns
A Noumbissi, AA Bawah
2016 The demography of South Africa, 160, 2016 Social Sciences 8
Small area variations and factors associated with blood pressure and body-mass index in adult women in Accra, Ghana: Bayesian spatial analysis of a representative population …
SN Clark, JE Bennett, RE Arku, AG Hill, G Fink, RM Adanu, RB Biritwum, ...
2021 PLoS Medicine 18 (11), e1003850, 2021 Social Sciences 7
An assessment of a performance-based management agreement initiative in Ghana’s health service
EW Kanmiki, BOS Bempah, JK Awoonor-Williams, AA Bawah, ...
2018 BMC Health Services Research 18 (1), 995, 2018 Health Sciences 7
Who pays more? Exploring cost disparities in medication abortion access across socio-demographic groups in Ghana
C Agula, YA Kulikova, O Patange, A Biney, M Kuhn, P Kyei, P Asuming, ...
2025 International Journal for Equity in Health 24 (1), 144, 2025 Health Sciences 6
INDEPTH model life tables 2.0
SJ Clark, M Jasseh, S Punpuing, E Zulu, A Bawah, O Sankoh
2009 Annual Conference of the Population Association of America (PAA). Population …, 2009 Social Sciences 6
The impact of a health systems strengthening initiative on child morbidity: The case of the Ghana Essential Health Interventions Program in rural northern Ghana
PO Asuming, AA Bawah, EW Kanmiki, JF Phillips
2022 Plos one 17 (6), e0269199, 2022 Health Sciences 5
The child survival impact of the Ghana essential health interventions program: a health systems strengthening initiative in a rural region of northern Ghana
A Bawah, JK Awoonor-Williams, P Asuming, CB Boyer, S Achana, ...
2017 2017 International Population Conference, 2017 Health Sciences 5
A qualitative appraisal of stakeholder reactions to a tool for burden of disease–based health system budgeting in Ghana
JK Awoonor-Williams, ML Schmitt, J Tiah, J Ndago, R Asuru, AA Bawah, ...
2016 Global Health Action 9 (1), 30448, 2016 Health Sciences 5
Respondents’ Exposure to Community‐based Services and Reported Fertility‐Regulation Behavior: A Decade of Data from the Navrongo Community Health and Family Planning Project
EF Jackson, AA Bawah, JE Williams, JF Phillips
2016 Studies in Family Planning 47 (1), 55-68, 2016 Health Sciences 5
Can community health services offset the effect of poverty and low maternal educational attainment on childhood mortality? Evidence from the Navrongo Experiment in northern Ghana
AA Bawah, JF Phillips, P Walega, G Wak, M Schmitt, A Oduro
2012 Second Global Symposium on Health Systems Research, Beijing, China, October …, 2012 Health Sciences 5
The relationship between female genital cutting and fertility in Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana
EF Jackson, PB Adongo, AA Bawah, E Feinglass, JF Phillips
2005 Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, 2005 Social Sciences 5
Assessing Information and Counselling Provision for Medical Abortion Care in Pharmacies Versus Clinics: Secondary Analysis of Two Non‐Inferiority Cohort Studies
N Kapp, AA Bawah, B Mao, C Agula, JL Menzel, SK Antobam, ...
2026 BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 133 (4), 638-646, 2026 Health Sciences 4
Advancing Evidence-Based Innovations for Strengthening Health Systems in Africa: Insights from the 2025 Health Systems Innovation Conference in Ghana
AA Bawah
2025 Journal of Global Health Science 8 (S1), 2025 Health Sciences 4
Trends in spousal age difference at first marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa
PS Kyei, S Agyei-Mensah, JB Casterline, AA Bawah
2025 Journal of Biosocial Science 57 (4), 532-548, 2025 Social Sciences 4
Contraceptive use and method mix dynamics in Sub-saharan Africa: time trends and the influence of the HIV pandemic
AA Bawah, PS Kyei, C Agyei-Asabere
2024 Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 9 (1), 14, 2024 Health Sciences 4
Barriers and facilitators to data use for decision making: the experience of the African Health Initiative partnerships in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique
S Gimbel, C Baynes, HA Tilahun, L Hirschhorn, C Inguane, P Kyei, ...
2022 GLOBAL HEALTH-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 10, 2022 Health Sciences 4
The Impact of Community-Based Primary Health Care Services on Parental Health Seeking Behavior and Child Survival in a Rural Impoverished Locality of Northern Ghana
E Jackson, J Phillips, A Oduro, P Welaga, G Wak, SP Kachur, A Bawah
2019 Available at SSRN 3347105, 2019 Health Sciences 4
The impact of community-based transport intervention on Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (EmONC) access and response times in two underserved districts of Ghana
AK Amoah, AAE Biney, AA Bawah
2025 Journal of Global Health Science 7, 2025 Social Sciences 3
Impact of health system strengthening interventions on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol
C Agula, AA Bawah, PO Asuming, P Kyei, A Biney
2024 Systematic Reviews 13 (1), 15, 2024 Health Sciences 3