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PUBLICATIONS (May 2002 - Aug.2011)
  1. Amanda Leach, Johan Vekemans, Marc Lievens Opokua Ofori-Anyinam, Conor Cahill, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Salim Abdulla, Eusebio Macete, Patricia Njugana, Barbara Savarese, Christian Loucq, W Ripley Ballou, Clinical Trials Partnership Committee. Design of a phase III multicenter trial to evaluate the efficacy of the RTS,S/AS01malaria vaccine in children across diverse transmission settings in Africa. Malaria J 2011 Aug
  2. Johan Vekemans, Kevin Marsh, Brian Greenwood, Amanda Leach, William Kabore, Solange Soulanoudjingar, Kwaku Poku Asante, Daniel Ansong Jennifer Evans, Jahit Sacarlal, Philip Bejon, Portia Kamthunzi, Nahya Salim, Patricia Njuguna, Mary J Hamel, Walter Otieno, Samwel Gesase, David Schellenberg. Assessment of severe malaria in a multicenter, phase III, RTS,S/AS01 malaria candidate vaccine trial: case definition, standardization of data collection and patient care. Malaria J 2011 Aug
  3. Kwaku P Asante, Charles Zandoh , Dominic B Dery, Charles Brown, George Adjei, Yaw Antwi-Dadzie, Martin Adjuik, Kofi Tchum, David Dosoo, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Christine Mensah, Kwabena B Owusu-Sekyere, Chris Anderson, Gary Krieger, Seth Owusu-Agyei Malaria epidemiology in the Ahafo area of Ghana. Mal journal 2011 Jul
  4. Kwaku Poku Asante, Salim Abdulla, Selidji Agnandji, John Lyimo, Johan Vekemans, Solange Soulanoudjingar, Ruth Owusu, Mwanajaa Shomari, Amanda Leach, Erik Jongert, Nahya Salim, Jose F Fernandes, David Dosoo, Maria Chikawe, Saadou Issifou, Kingsley Osei-Kwakye, Marc Lievens, Maria Paricek, Tina Möller, Stephen Apanga, Grace Mwangoka, Marie-Claude Dubois, Tigani Madi, Evans Kwara, Rose Minja, Aurore B Hounkpatin, Owusu Boahen, Kingsley Kayan, George Adjei, Daniel Chandramohan, Terrell Carter, Preeti Vansadia, Marla Sillman, Barbara Savarese, Christian Loucq, Didier Lapierre, Brian Greenwood, Joe Cohen, Peter Kremsner, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Marcel Tanner, Bertrand Lell. Safety and effi cacy of the RTS,S/AS01E candidate malaria vaccine given with expanded-programme-on-immunisation vaccines: 19 month follow-up of a randomised, open-label, phase 2 trial Lancet 2011 Jul
  5. P Damien, C Nabare, F Baiden, E Kwara, S Apanga, S Etego-Amengo. How are surgical theatres in rural Africa utilized? A review of 5 years of services at a district hospital in Ghana. Trop doc 2011 Apr 00:1-5
  6. Ansong D, Asante KP, Vekemans J, Owusu SK, Owusu R, Brobby NA, Dosoo D, Osei-Akoto A, Osei-Kwakye K, Asafo-Adjei E, Boahen KO, Sylverken J, Adjei G, Sambian D, Apanga S, Kayan K, Janssens MH, Lievens MJ, Olivier AC, Jongert E, Dubois P, Savarese BM, Cohen J, Antwi S, Greenwood BM, Evans JA, Agbenyega T, Moris PJ, Owusu-Agyei S. T Cell Responses to the RTS,S/AS01(E) and RTS,S/AS02(D) Malaria Candidate Vaccines Administered According to Different Schedules to Ghanaian Children. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 27;6(4):e18891.
  7. Cairns M, Ghani A, Okell L, Gosling R, Carneiro I, Anto F, Asoala V, Owusu-Agyei S, Greenwood B, Chandramohan D, Milligan P. Modelling the protective efficacy of alternative delivery schedules for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in infants and children. PLoS One. 2011 Apr 20;6(4):e18947.
  8. Bretscher MT, Maire N, Chitnis N, Felger I, Owusu-Agyei S, Smith T. The distribution of Plasmodium falciparum infection durations. Epidemics. 2011 Mar;3(2):109-18.
  9. Lubell Y, Staedke SG, Greenwood BM, Kamya MR, Molyneux M, Newton PN, Reyburn H, Snow RW, D'Alessandro U, English M, Day N, Kremsner P, Dondorp A, Mbacham W, Dorsey G, Owusu-Agyei S, Maitland K, Krishna S, Newton C, Pasvol G, Taylor T, von Seidlein L, White NJ, Binka F, Mills A, Whitty CJ. Likely health outcomes for untreated acute febrile illness in the tropics in decision and economic models; a Delphi survey. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 24;6(2):e17439.
  10. Wilson AL; IPTc Taskforce.A systematic review and meta-analysis of the efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in children (IPTc). PLoS One. 2011 Feb 14;6(2):e16976.
  11. Baiden F, Webster J, Owusu-Agyei S, Chandramohan D. Would rational use of antibiotics be compromised in the era of test-based management of malaria? Trop Med Int Health. 2011 Feb;16(2):142-4. Epub 2010 Nov 19.
  12. malERA Consultative Group on Integration Strategies. A research agenda for malaria eradication: cross-cutting issues for eradication. PLoS Med. 2011 Jan 25;8(1):e1000404. Review.
  13. Angela Ofori-Atta, Sara Cooper, Bright Akpalu, Akwasi Osei, Victor Doku, Crick Lund, Alan Flisher, & The Mhapp Research Programme Consortium. Common understandings of women’s mental illness in Ghana: Results from a qualitative study. Int Rev of Psyc 2010 Dec 22(6): 589-598
  14. Kenneth Ae-Ngibise, Sara Cooper, Edward Adiibokah, Bright Akpalu, Crick Lund, Victor Doku, & The Mhapp Research Programme Consortium. ‘Whether you like it or not people with mental problems are going to go to them’: A qualitative exploration into the widespread use of traditional and faith healers in the provision of mental health care in Ghana. Int Rev of Psychiatry, 2010 Dec; 22(6): 558–567
  15. Zelee Hill, Charlotte Tawiah-Agyemang, Eunice Okeyere,  Alexander Manu, Justin Fenty, and Betty Kirkwood. Improving Hygiene in Home Deliveries in Rural Ghana How to Build on Current Attitudes and Practices. Paed Inf Dis J 2010 Nov 29: 1004-1008
  16. Dery DB, Brown C, Asante KP, Adams M, Dosoo D, Amenga-Etego S, Wilson M, Chandramohan D, Greenwood B, Owusu-Agyei S. Patterns and seasonality of malaria transmission in the forest-savannah transitional zones of Ghana. Malar J. 2010 Nov 7;9:314.
  17. Zelee Hill, Charlotte Tawiah-Agyemang, Alexander Manu, Eunice Okyere  and Betty R. Kirkwood. Keeping newborns warm: beliefs, practices and potential for behaviour change in rural Ghana. Trop med and int health 2010 Oct 15(10) 1118-1124.
  18. Agnandji ST, Asante KP, Lyimo J, Vekemans J, Soulanoudjingar SS, Owusu R, Shomari M, Leach A, Fernandes J, Dosoo D, Chikawe M, Issifou S, Osei-Kwakye K, Lievens M, Paricek M, Apanga S, Mwangoka G, Okissi B, Kwara E, Minja R, Lange J, Boahen O, Kayan K, Adjei G, Chandramohan D, Jongert E, Demoitié MA, Dubois MC, Carter T, Vansadia P, Villafana T, Sillman M, Savarese B, Lapierre D, Ballou WR, Greenwood B, Tanner M, Cohen J, Kremsner PG, Lell B, Owusu-Agyei S, Abdulla S. Evaluation of the Safety and Immunogenicity of the RTS,S/AS01(E) Malaria Candidate Vaccine When Integrated in the Expanded Program of Immunization. J Infect Dis. 2010 Oct 1;202(7):1076-1087.PMID: 20735271
  19. E. Okyere, C. Tawiah-Agyemang, A. Manu, S. Deganus, B. Kirkwood& Z. Hill. Newborn care: the effect of a traditional illness, asram, in Ghana. Annals of trop paed 2010 Aug 30: 321-328
  20. Nettey OE, Zandoh C, Sulemana A, Adda R, Owusu-Agyei S. Clustering of childhood mortality in the Kintampo Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Ghana. Global Health Action. 2010 Aug 30;3.
  21. Bretscher MT, Valsangiacomo F, Owusu-Agyei S, Penny MA, Felger I, Smith T. Detectability of Plasmodium falciparum clones. Malar J. 2010 Aug 18;9(1):234.
  22. AD Awenva, UM Read, AL Ofori-Attah, VCK Doku, B Akpalu, AO Osei, AJ Flisher, MHaPP Research Programme Consortium6 Afri J Psy 2010 Jul 13:184-191
  23. Asante KP, Abokyi L, Zandoh C, Owusu R, Awini E, Sulemana A, Amenga-Etego S, Adda R, Boahen O, Segbaya S, Mahama E, Bart-Plange C, Chandramohan D, Owusu-Agyei S. Community perceptions of malaria and malaria treatment behaviour in a rural district of Ghana: implications for artemisinin combination therapy. BMC Public Health. 2010 Jul 12;10:409.
  24. Friberg IK, Kinney MV, Lawn JE, Kerber KJ, Odubanjo MO, Bergh AM, Walker N, Owusu-Agyei S, Weissman E, Chopra M, Black RE; Science in Action: Saving the lives of Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children working group, Axelson H, Cohen B, Coovadia H, Diab R, Nkrumah F. Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: how many lives could be saved with targeted health interventions? PLoS Med. 2010 Jun 21;7(6):e1000295.
  25. Kinney MV, Kerber KJ, Black RE, Cohen B, Nkrumah F, Coovadia H, Nampala PM, Lawn JE; Science in Action: Saving the lives of Africa's Mothers, Newborns, and Children working group, Axelson H, Bergh AM, Chopra M, Diab R, Friberg I, Odubanjo O, Walker N, Owusu-Agyei S, Weissman E. Sub-Saharan Africa's mothers, newborns, and children: where and why do they die? PLoS Med. 2010 Jun 21;7(6):e1000294.
  26. B Akpalu, C Lund, V Doku, A Ofori-Atta, A Osei, K Ae-Ngibise, D Awenva, S Cooper, AJ Flisher, MHAPP Research Programme Consortium. Scaling up community-based services and improving quality of care in the state psychiatric hospitals: the way forward for Ghana Afri J Psy 2010 May 13:109-115
  27. Newton S, Filteau S, Owusu-Agyei S, Ampofo W, Kirkwood BR. Seroprotection associated with infant vitamin A supplementation given with vaccines is not related to antibody affinity to Hepatitis B and Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccines. Vaccine. 2010 May 17.
  28. Kirkwood BR, Manu A, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Ten Asbroek G, Gyan T, Weobong B, Lewandowski RE, Soremekun S, Danso S, Pitt C, Hanson K, Owusu-Agyei S, Hill Z. Newhints cluster randomised trial to evaluate the impact on neonatal mortality in rural Ghana of routine home visits to provide a package of essential newborn care interventions in the third trimester of pregnancy and the first week of life: trial protocol. Trials. 2010 May 17;11(1):58.
  29. Kirkwood BR, Hurt L, Amenga-Etego S, Tawiah C, Zandoh C, Danso S, Hurt C, Edmond K, Hill Z, Ten Asbroek G, Fenty J, Owusu-Agyei S, Campbell O, Arthur P; ObaapaVitA Trial Team. Effect of vitamin A supplementation in women of reproductive age on maternal survival in Ghana (ObaapaVitA): a cluster-randomised, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet. 2010 May 8;375(9726):1640-9.
  30. Shann F, Nohynek H, Scott JA, Hesseling A, Owusu-Agyei S, Flanagan KL; Working Group on Nonspecific Effects of Vaccines. Randomized trials to study the nonspecific effects of vaccines in children in low-income countries. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2010 May;29(5):457-61.
  31. Baiden F, Owusu-Agyei S, Webster J, Chandramohan D. The need for new antibiotics. Lancet. 2010 Feb 20;375(9715):637-8.
  32. Frank Baiden. Making Safe Abortion Services Accessible in Ghana. J of women’s health 2009 18(12)
  33. Andrew Kitua, Peter Folb, Marian Warsame, Fred Binka, Abul Faiz, Isabela Ribeiro, Tom Peto, John Gyapong, Emran Bin Yunus, Ridwan Rahman, Frank Baiden, Christine Clerk, Zakayo Mrango, Charles Makasi, Omari Kimbute, Amir Hossain, Rasheda Samad, Melba Gomes. The use of placebo in a trial of rectal artesunate as initial treatment for severe malaria patients en route to referral clinics: ethical issues. J Med Ethics 2010;36:116e120.
  34. Owusu-Agyei S, Ansong D, Asante K, Kwarteng Owusu S, Owusu R, Wireko Brobby NA, Dosoo D, Osei Akoto A, Osei-Kwakye K, Adjei EA, Boahen KO, Sylverken J, Adjei G, Sambian D, Apanga S, Kayan K, Vekemans J, Ofori-Anyinam O, Leach A, Lievens M, Demoitie MA, Dubois MC, Cohen J, Ballou WR, Savarese B, Chandramohan D, Gyapong JO, Milligan P, Antwi S, Agbenyega T, Greenwood B, Evans J. Randomized controlled trial of RTS,S/AS02D and RTS,S/AS01E malaria candidate vaccines given according to different schedules in Ghanaian children. PLoS One. 2009 Oct 2;4(10):e7302
  35. Aponte JJ, Schellenberg D, Egan A, Breckenridge A, Carneiro I, Critchley J, Danquah I, Dodoo A, Kobbe R, Lell B, May J, Premji Z, Sanz S, Sevene E, Soulaymani-Becheikh R, Winstanley P, Adjei S, Anemana S, Chandramohan D, Issifou S, Mockenhaupt F, Owusu-Agyei S, Greenwood B, Grobusch MP, Kremsner PG, Macete E, Mshinda H, Newman RD, Slutsker L, Tanner M, Alonso P, Menendez C. Efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in African infants: a pooled analysis of six randomised, placebo-controlled trials. Lancet. 2009 Oct 31;374(9700):1533-42.
  36. Tchum SK, Newton S, Tanumihardjo SA, Fareed KNA, Tetteh A and SO-Agyei. Evaluation of a green  leafy vegetable intervention in Ghanaian postpartum mothers. Afri J of Food Agric Nutr and Dev 2009 Sep 9(6)
  37. Owusu-Agyei S, Asante KP, Adjuik M, Adjei G, Awini E, Adams M, Newton S, Dosoo D, Dery D, Agyeman-Budu A, Gyapong J, Greenwood B, Chandramohan D. Epidemiology of malaria in the forest-savanna transitional zone of Ghana. Malar J. 2009 Sep 28;8:220.
  38. Fine PE, Williams TN, Aaby P, Källander K, Moulton LH, Flanagan KL, Owusu-Agyei S, Smith PG, Benn CS; Working Group on Non-specific Effects of Vaccines. Epidemiological studies of the 'non-specific effects' of vaccines: I--data collection in observational studies. Trop Med Int Health. 2009 Sep;14(9):969-76. Epub 2009 Jun 15.
  39. Farrington CP, Firth MJ, Moulton LH, Ravn H, Andersen PK, Owusu-Agyei S, Evans S; Working Group on Non-specific Effects of Vaccines. Epidemiological studies of the non-specific effects of vaccines: II--methodological issues in the design and analysis of cohort studies. Trop Med Int Health. 2009 Sep;14(9):977-85.
  40. Premji Z, Umeh RE, Owusu-Agyei S, Esamai F, Ezedinachi EU, Oguche S, Borrmann S, Sowunmi A, Duparc S, Kirby PL, Pamba A, Kellam L, Guiguemdé R, Greenwood B, Ward SA, Winstanley PA. Chlorproguanil-dapsone-artesunate versus artemether-lumefantrine: a randomized, double-blind phase III trial in African children and adolescents with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria. PLoS One. 2009 Aug 19;4(8):e6682.
  41. Asante KP, Owusu R, Dosoo D, Awini E, Adjei G, Amenga Etego S, Chandramohan D, Owusu-Agyei S. Adherence to Artesunate-Amodiaquine Therapy for Uncomplicated Malaria in Rural Ghana: A Randomised Trial of Supervised versus Unsupervised Drug Administration. J Trop Med. 2009 Aug;529583.
  42. Dominique P. Béhague, Charlotte Tawiah,  Mikey Rosato,Télésphore Some, Joanna Morrison. Evidence‐based policy‐making: the implications of globally applicable research for context‐specific problem‐solving in developing countries. Social Sci and Med 2009 Jun
  43. Anto F, Asoala V, Anyorigiya T, Oduro A, Adjuik M, Owusu-Agyei S, Dery D, Bimi L, Hodgson A. Insecticide resistance profiles for malaria vectors in the Kassena-Nankana district of Ghana. Malar J. 2009 Apr 23;8:81.
  44. Pearce RJ, Pota H, Evehe MS, Bâ el-H, Mombo-Ngoma G, Malisa AL, Ord R, Inojosa W, Matondo A, Diallo DA, Mbacham W, van den Broek IV, Swarthout TD, Getachew A, Dejene S, Grobusch MP, Njie F, Dunyo S, Kweku M, Owusu-Agyei S, Chandramohan D, Bonnet M, Guthmann JP, Clarke S, Barnes KI, Streat E, Katokele ST, Uusiku P, Agboghoroma CO, Elegba OY, Cissé B, A-Elbasit IE, Giha HA, Kachur SP, Lynch C, Rwakimari JB, Chanda P, Hawela M, Sharp B, Naidoo I, Roper C. Multiple origins and regional dispersal of resistant dhps in African Plasmodium falciparum malaria. PLoS Med. 2009 Apr 14;6(4)
  45. MF Gomes, MA Faiz, JO Gyapong, M Warsame, T Agbenyega, A Babiker, F Baiden, EB Yunus, F Binka, C Clerk, P Folb, R Hassan, MA Hossain, O Kimbute, A Kitua, S Krishna, C Makasi, N Mensah, Z Mrango, P Olliaro, R Peto, TJ Peto, MR Rahman,  I Ribeiro, R Samad, NJ White, and for the Study 13 Research Group. Pre-referral rectal artesunate to prevent death and disability in severe malaria: a placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2009 Feb 14; 373(9663): 557–566.
  46. Weobong B, Akpalu B, Doku V, Owusu-Agyei S, Hurt L, Kirkwood B, Prince M. The comparative validity of screening scales for postnatal common mental disorder in Kintampo, Ghana. J Affect Disord. 2009 Feb;113(1-2):109-17.
  47. Newton S, Doku V, Geissler W, Asante KP, Cousens S. Drawing blood from young children: lessons learned from a trial in Ghana. Trans. R Soc Trop Med Hyg 2009 Jan 103 497-499
  48. Newton S, Owusu-Agyei S, Filteau S, Gyan T, Kirkwood BR. Vitamin A supplements are well tolerated with the pentavalent vaccine. Vaccine. 2008 Dec 2;26(51):6608-13
  49. Edmond KM, Quigley MA, Zandoh C, Danso S, Hurt C, Owusu Agyei S, Kirkwood BR. Aetiology of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural Ghana: implications for health programming in developing countries. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2008 Sep;22(5):430-7.
  50. Edmond KM, Quigley MA, Zandoh C, Danso S, Hurt C, Owusu Agyei S, Kirkwood BR. Diagnostic accuracy of verbal autopsies in ascertaining the causes of stillbirths and neonatal deaths in rural Ghana. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2008 Sep;22(5):417-29.
  51. Z Hill, C Tawiah-Agyemang, S Odei-Danso and B Kirkwood. Informed consent in Ghana: What do participants really understand. J. Med. Ethics 2008;34;48-53
  52. C Tawiah-Agyemang, BR Kirkwood, K Edmond, A Bazzano and Z Hill. Early initiation of breast-feeding in Ghana: barriers and facilitators J of perinatology 2008 28 S46-S52
  53. Z Hill, A Manu, C Tawiah-Agyemang, T Gyan, K Turner, B Weobong, AHA Ten Asbroek and BR Kirkwood. How did formative research inform the development of a home-based neonatal care intervention in rural Ghana? J of Perinatology 2008 28 S38-S45
  54. Bazzano AN, Kirkwood B, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Owusu-Agyei S, Adongo P. Social costs of skilled attendance at birth in rural Ghana. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2008 Jul;102(1):91-4.
  55. Owusu-Agyei S, Asante KP, Owusu R, Adjuik M, Amenga-Etego S, Dosoo DK, Gyapong J, Greenwood B, Chandramohan D. An open label, randomised trial of artesunate+amodiaquine, artesunate+chlorproguanil-dapsone and artemether-lumefantrine for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. PLoS One. 2008 Jun 25;3(6):e2530
  56. Edmond KM, Kirkwood BR, Tawiah CA, Owusu Agyei S. Impact of early infant feeding practices on mortality in low birth weight infants from rural Ghana. J Perinatol. 2008 Jun;28(6):438-44.
  57. Cairns M, Carneiro I, Milligan P, Owusu-Agyei S, Awine T, Gosling R, Greenwood B, Chandramohan D. Duration of protection against malaria and anaemia provided by intermittent preventive treatment in infants in Navrongo, Ghana. PLoS One. 2008 May 21;3(5):e2227.
  58. Bazzano AN, Kirkwood BR, Tawiah-Agyemang C, Owusu-Agyei S, Adongo PB. Beyond symptom recognition: care-seeking for ill newborns in rural Ghana. Trop Med Int Health. 2008 Jan;13(1):123-8.
  59. Zelee Hill1, Betty Kirkwood, Carl Kendall, Eunice Adjei, Paul Arthur and Charlotte Tawiah Agyemang. Factors that affect the adoption and maintenance of weekly vitamin A supplementation among women in Ghana. Public Health Nutr 2007 10(8) 827-833
  60. Newton S, Owusu-Agyei S. Need to worry. Wrong vitamin A doses reported. Vaccine 2007 25(23)
  61. Abdullah S, Adazu K, Masanja H, Diallo D, Hodgson A, Ilboudo-Sanogo E, Nhacolo A, Owusu-Agyei S, Thompson R, Smith T, Binka FN. Patterns of age-specific mortality in children in endemic areas of sub-Saharan Africa. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Dec;77(6 Suppl):99-105.
  62. Newton S, Owusu-Agyei S, Kirkwood B. Is there any monitoring of the quality of vitamin A capsules used in supplementation programs? Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Oct; 86(4):1254.
  63. Edmond KM, Kirkwood BR, Amenga-Etego S, Owusu-Agyei S, Hurt LS. Effect of early infant feeding practices on infection-specific neonatal mortality: an investigation of the causal links with observational data from rural Ghana. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Oct;86(4):1126-31.
  64. Owusu-Agyei S, Awini E, Anto F, Mensah-Afful T, Adjuik M, Hodgson A, Afari E, Binka F. Assessing malaria control in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana through repeated surveys using the RBM tools. Malar J. 2007 Aug 4;6:103.
  65. Chandramohan D, Webster J, Smith L, Awine T, Owusu-Agyei S, Carneiro I. Is the Expanded Programme on Immunisation the most appropriate delivery system for intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in West Africa? Trop Med Int Health. 2007 Jun;12(6):743-50.
  66. Carneiro IA, Drakeley CJ, Owusu-Agyei S, Mmbando B, Chandramohan D. Haemoglobin and haematocrit: is the threefold conversion valid for assessing anaemia in malaria-endemic settings? Malar J. 2007 May 22;6:67.
  67. Sam Newton, John Appiah-Poku. Opinion of researchers based in the UK on recruiting subjects from developing countries into randomized controlled trials. Dev.  World Bioethics 2007,Dec(1)49-156
  68. Chandramohan D, Hodgson A, Coleman P, Baiden R, Asante K, Awine E, Owusu-Agyei S, Boutriau D, Nelson CB, Greenwood B. An evaluation of the immunogenicity and safety of a new trivalent meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine. Vaccine. 2007 Sep 3;25 Suppl 1:A83-91.
  69. Frank Baiden, Ayaga Bawah, Sidu Biai, Fred Binka, Ties Boerma, Peter Byass, Daniel Chandramohan, Somnath Chatterji, Cyril Engmann, Dieltiens Greet, Robert Jakob, Kathleen Kahn, Osamu Kunii, Alan D Lopez, Christopher  L Murray, Bernard Nahlen, Chalapati Rao, Osman Sankoh, Philip W Setel, Kenji Shibuya, Nadia Soleman, Linda Wright  & Gonghuan Yang. Setting international standards for verbal autopsy. Bull of the WHO 2007 Aug 85(8)
  70. Newton S, Owusu-Agyei S, Ampofo W, Zandoh C, Adjuik M, Adjei G, Tchum S, Filteau S, Kirkwood BR. Vitamin A supplementation enhances infants' immune responses to hepatitis B vaccine but does not affect responses to Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine. J Nutr. 2007 May;137(5):1272-7.
  71. Sam Newton, John Appiah-Poku. Perspectives of researchers on obtaining informed consent in developing countries. Dev. World Bioethics.2007,April(1)19-24.
  72. F. Baiden, G. Akanlu, A. Hodgson, P. Akweongo, C. Debpuur F. Binka. Using lay counsellors to promote Community-based voluntary Counselling and HIV testing in rural Northern Ghana: A baseline survey On community acceptance and stigma. J.Biosoc.Sci,2007
  73. Fryauff DJ, Owusu-Agyei S, Utz G, Baird JK, Koram KA, Binka F, Nkrumah F, Hoffman SL. Mefloquine treatment for uncomplicated falciparum malaria in young children 6-24 months of age in northern Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2007 Feb;76(2):224-31.
  74. Tchum SK, Tanumihardjo SA, Newton S, de Benoist B, Owusu-Agyei S, Arthur FK, Tetteh A. Evaluation of vitamin A supplementation regimens in Ghanaian postpartum mothers with the use of the modified-relative-dose-response test. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006 Dec;84(6):1344-9.
  75. Jennifer A. Evan, Juergen May, Daniel Ansong, Sampson Antwi, Emmanuel Asafo-Adjei, Samuel Blay Nguah,  Kingsley Osei-Kwakye, Alex Osei Yaw Akoto,  Alex Owusu Ofori,  David Sambian, Justice Sylverken Wibke Busch, Christian Timmann, Tsiri Agbenyega,  And Rolf D. Horstmann. Capillary refill time as an independent prognostic indicator in Severe and complicated malaria J Pediatr 2006 Jul;149(:676-81)
  76. Maire N, Smith T, Ross A, Owusu-Agyei S, Dietz K, Molineaux L. A model for natural immunity to asexual blood stages of /Plasmodium falciparum malaria in endemic areas. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2006 August 75(2 Suppl):19-31.
  77. Falk N, Maire N, Sama W, Owusu-Agyei S, Smith T, Beck HP, Felger.I. Comparison of PCR-rflp and genescan-based genotyping for analyzing infection dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2006 June, 74(6), 944-50.
  78. Christofides A, Asante KP, Schauer C, Sharieff W, Owusu-Agyei S, Zlotkin S: Multi-micronutrient Sprinkles including a low dose of iron provided as microencapsulated ferrous fumarate improves haematologic indices in anaemic children: a randomised clinical trial. J Maternal and Child Nutrition 2006, 2, pp. 169-180
  79. Frank Baiden, Abraham Hodgson, & Fred N Binka. Demographic Surveillance Sites and emerging challenges in international health. Bull of the WHO 2006 39(1) No abstract
  80. Zlotkin SH, Schauer C, Owusu-Agyei S, Wolfson J, Tondeur MC, Asante KP, Newton S, Claudia Serfass WE, Sharieff W. Demonstrating Zinc and Iron bioavailability from intrinsically labeled Microencapsulated Ferrous Fumarate and Zinc Gluconate Sprinkles in Young Children. Journal of Nutrition 2006 Apr;136(4):920-5
  81. Edmond K, Zandoh C, Quigley M, Amenga-Etego S, Owusu-Agyei S, Kirkwood B: Delayed breastfeeding initiation increases risk of neonatal mortality. Pediatrics. 2006 Mar; 117(3):e380-6
  82. Sama W, Owusu-Agyei S, Felger I, Dietz K, Smith T. Age and seasonal variation in the transition rates and detectability of Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Parasitology. 2006 Jan;132(Pt 1):13-21.
  83. Newton S, Cousens S, Owusu-Agyei S, Filteau S, Stanley C, Linsell L, Kirkwood B. Vitamin a supplementation does not affect infants' immune responses to polio and tetanus vaccines. J Nutr. 2005 Nov;135(11):2669-73.
  84. Sama W, Owusu-Agyei S, Felger I, Vounatsou P and Smith T: An immigration-death model to estimate the duration of malaria infection when detectability of the parasite is imperfect. Stat Med. 2005 Nov 15;24(21):3269-88.
  85. Chandramohan D, Owusu-Agyei S, Carneiro I, Awine T, Amponsa-Achiano K, Mensah N, Jaffar S, Baiden R, Hodgson A, Binka F, Greenwood B. Cluster randomised trial of intermittent preventive treatment for malaria in infants in area of high, seasonal transmission in Ghana. BMJ. 2005 Oct 1;331(7519):727-33.
  86. F. Baiden, Rita Baiden, J. Williams, Patricia Akweongo, Christine Clerk, C. Debpuur, J. Philips And A. Hodgson.  Review of antenatal-linked voluntary counseling and hiv testing in sub-saharan africa: lessons and options for Ghana. Ghana Med J 2005 Mar 39(1)
  87. Harold C Furr, Michael H Green, Marjorie Haskell, Najat Mokhtar, Penelope Nestel, Sam Newton, Judy D Ribaya-Mercado, Guangwen Tang, Sherry Tanumihardjo and Emorn Wasantwisut. Stable isotope dilution techniques for assessing vitamin A status and bioefficacy of provitamin A carotenoids in humans. Public Health Nutrition 2005; 8(6):596 607
  88. Oduro AR, Owusu-Agyei S, Anyorigiya T, Adjuik M and Hodgson A: Efficacy and acceptability of oral artemether (ArtemosTM) for the treatment of acute uncomplicated malaria in Ghana: Ghana Medical Journal, 2004; 38(2): 75-79.
  89. Christopher Duggan, William B. MacLeod, Nancy F. Krebs,Jamie L. Westcott, Wafaie W. Fawzi, Zul G. Premji, Victor Mwanakasale, Jonathon L. Simon, Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, Davidson H. Hamer, and the Zinc Against Plasmodium Study Group.  Plasma Zinc Concentrations Are Depressed during the Acute Phase Response in Children with Falciparum Malaria. J Nutr 2005;135:802-807.
  90. Oduro AR, Anyorigiya T, Adjuik M, Afful TM, Anto F, Atuguba F, Owusu-Agyei S, Hodgson A: A randomised, comparative study of two regimens of beta-artemether for the treatment of uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria, in northern Ghana. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2004 Jul;98(5):433-40.
  91. Appawu M, Owusu-Agyei S, Dadzie S, Asoala V, Anto F, Koram K, Rogers W, Nkrumah F, Hoffman SL, Fryauff DJ: Malaria transmission dynamics at a site in northern Ghana proposed for testing malaria vaccines. Trop Med Int Health. 2004 Jan;9(1):164-70.
  92. Koram KA, Owusu-Agyei S, Fryauff DJ, Anto F, Atuguba F, Hodgson A, Hoffmann SL, Nkrumah FK: Seasonal profiles of malaria infection, anaemia, and bednet use among age groups and communities in northern Ghana. Trop. Med. & Int. Hlth. 2003, September 8(9), 793-802.
  93. Zelee Hill, Carl Kendall, Paul Arthur, Betty Kirkwood and Eunice Adjei: Recognizing childhood illnesses and their traditional explanations: exploring options for care-seeking interventions in the context of the IMCI strategy in rural Ghana. Trop. Med Int Health. 2003 Jul;8(7):668-678
  94. Hale BR, Owusu-Agyei S, Koram, Fryauff DJ, Adjuik M, Oduro AR, Prescott WR, Baird JK, Nkrumah F, Franke ED, Binka FN, Horton J, Hoffman SL: A Randomised, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Dose-ranging Trial of Tafenoquine for Weekly Prophylaxis against Plasmodium falciparum. Clin. Infect. Dis 2003, March 1; 36(5): 541-9.
  95. Frank Baiden, Elizabeth Awini, Christine Clerk. Perception of university students in Ghana about emergency contraception. Contraception  2002 66 (23–26)
  96. Zinc against plasmodium study group. Effect of zinc on the treatment of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutri 2002;76;805-12
  97. Baird JK, Owusu-Agyei S, Utz GC, Koram KA, Barcus MJ, Hoffman SL, and Nkrumah FN: Seasonal Malaria Attack rates in Infants and Young Children in northern Ghana. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 2002, 66(3), 280-286.
  98. Owusu-Agyei S, Fryauff DJ, Chandramohan D, Koram KA, Binka FN, Nkrumah FK, Utz GC, Baird JK and Hoffman SL. Characteristics of severe anaemia and its association with malaria in young children of the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2002, 67(4):371-7
  99. Owusu-Agyei S, Binka FN, Koram KA, Anto F, and Adjuik M., Nkrumah F. and Smith T: Does Radical Cure of Asymptomatic P. falciparum place Adults in Endemic Areas at Increased Risk of Recurrent Symptomatic Malaria? Trop. Med. & Int. Hlth. 2002, July 7(7): 599-603.
  100. Owusu-Agyei S, Smith T, Beck H-P, Amenga-Etego L, Felger I: Molecular Epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparum infections among asymptomatic inhabitants of a holoendemic malarious area in northern Ghana. Trop. Med. & Int. Hlth. 2002, May 7(5), 421-428.
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