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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
Spousal age differences and women’s contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa
PS Kyei, AA Bawah
2024 Contraception and Reproductive Medicine 9 (1), 45, 2024 Health Sciences 3
Earth system's gatekeeping of “One Health” approach to manage climate‐sensitive infectious diseases
DBK Dovie, MK Miyittah, DE Dodor, M Dzodzomenyo, AK Christian, ...
2022 GeoHealth 6 (4), e2021GH000543, 2022 Health Sciences 3
Socio-economic, physical and health-related determinants of causes of death among women in the Kintampo districts of Ghana
SW Abubakari, N Alhassan, R Adda, KP Asante, AA Bawah
2022 Cogent Public Health 9 (1), 2109300, 2022 Health Sciences 3
“You can’t look at an orange and draw a banana”: using research evidence to develop relevant health policy in Ghana
AA Bawah, AAE Biney, P Kyei
2022 Global Health: Science and Practice 10 (Supplement 1), 2022 Health Sciences 3
Conducting a household survey in poor urban settlements in Ghana: challenges and strategic adaptations for fieldwork
EG Henry, C Agula, PO Asuming, N Kaur, M Kruk, I Shah, AA Bawah
2021 J Glob Health Sci 3 (1), e8, 2021 Social Sciences 3
Describing dynamic populations: Demographic data methods
AA Bawah, FN Binka
2019 The Palgrave Handbook of Global Health Data Methods for Policy and Practice …, 2019 Health Sciences 3
Study design for the 2019 baseline survey of newly established longitudinal surveillance woredas as the field lab to serve child health improvement project of Benishangul-Gumuz …
AF Chebo
2019 Journal of Global Health Science, 2019 Health Sciences 3
Maternal and child health in Ghana: Progress, challenges and prospects
AA Bawah, I Network
2008 Maiden, 2008 Health Sciences 2
Applied Demography
JF Phillips, AA Bawah
1998 Social Sciences 2
Health worker capacity-building interventions and quality of primary healthcare delivery in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol
H Amu, AELA Dzadza, RM Glover, DA Akpene, JAY Tiah, C Agula, ...
2026 BMJ open 16 (3), e110779, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Ghana’s Demography: Evolution and Implications for Development
AA Bawah, SO Kwankye, PS Kyei
2025 Springer Nature, 2025 Social Sciences 1
Health system solutions to barriers to family planning access in rural Northern Ghana
D Chirawurah, NS Kanlisi, AA Bawah, EF Jackson, A Biney, JF Phillips
2025 Journal of Global Health Science 8 (S1), 2025 Health Sciences 1
Measuring Ghana’s primary health care system readiness towards attaining universal health coverage using a composite index
S Apanga, P Kyei, PO Asuming, A Bawah
2025 Journal of Global Health Science 8 (S1), 2025 Health Sciences 1
Pathways to care: Factors predicting women’s access to clinic versus pharmacy-based medication abortion in Ghana
C Agula, A Biney, P Kyei, AA Bawah
2025 Women's Health 21, 17455057251347032, 2025 Health Sciences 1
Post-abortion contraceptive use among women purchasing medication abortion from pharmacies vs. clinics: Evidence from Cambodia and Ghana
E Pearson, J Menzel, B Mao, C Agula, S Antobam, E Eckersberger, ...
2025 Contraception, 111243, 2025 Social Sciences 1
“The trip actually opened our eyes to things that we were supposed to do and we were not doing”: developing primary health care system leadership in a low-income country with …
M Kushitor, K Wright, A Biney, EW Kanmiki, P Kyei, JF Phillips, ...
2023 Research in Health Services & Regions 2 (1), 15, 2023 Health Sciences 1
Embedding research on implementation of primary health care systems strengthening: a commentary on collaborative experiences in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique
C Baynes, M Sheff, L Hirschhorn, L Adedokun, Q Fernandes, K Sherr, ...
2022 GLOBAL HEALTH-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 10, 2022 Health Sciences 1
Improving primary care quality through supportive supervision and mentoring: lessons from the African Health Initiative in Ethiopia, Ghana, and Mozambique
C Baynes, H Belay, L Hirschhorn, Q Fernandes, SP Kachur, H Tilahun, ...
2022 GLOBAL HEALTH-SCIENCE AND PRACTICE 10, 2022 Health Sciences 1
A Competing Risk Analysis of Women Dying of Maternal, Infectious, or Non-Communicable Causes in the Kintampo Area of Ghana
SW Abubakari, DM Badasu, EA Apraku, S Amenga-Etego, KP Asante, ...
2021 Frontiers in global women's health 2, 690870, 2021 Health Sciences 1
Announcement of launching the JGHS commission on COVID-19 response
JK Lee
2020 Journal of Global Health Science, 2020 Health Sciences 1
Getting the right message out, at the right time, to the right audience
AA Bawah
2019 Journal of Global Health Science 1 (1), 2019 Health Sciences 1
Challenges of monitoring and developing environmental policy in Sub-Saharan Africa: the case of air pollution and biofuels in Ghana
S Agyei-Mensah, AA Bawah, EK Gyeabour
2018 Social Sciences 1
Completeness of death registration in Ghana: An evaluation of multiple data sources and methods
C Agyei-Asabere, AA Bawah, F Frempong-Ainguah, J Baumgartner, ...
2026 PloS one 21 (7), e0354361, 2026 Social Sciences 0
Understanding contemporary challenges to safe abortion access in Africa through a health systems lens: a systematic review protocol
C Agula, EW Kanmiki, CAE Ofori, O Ogunoye, K Church, R Ouedraogo, ...
2026 BMJ open 16 (6), e113986, 2026 Health Sciences 0
Demography and the Future of Ghana’s Socio-Economic Development
AA Bawah, SO Kwankye, PS Kyei
2025 Ghana’s Demography: Evolution and Implications for Development, 363-374, 2025 Social Sciences 0