The “No Bed Syndrome” is a visible manifestation of persistent weaknesses in Ghana’s healthcare system. It refers to situations in which patients requiring urgent care are denied admission because beds, essential equipment, specialist personnel, or operational capacity are unavai...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i94463
Pandemics and pandemic-scale emergencies of the past three decades have produced an unusually large and heterogeneous body of evidence, yet the epidemiological, mechanistic and clinical literatures have largely developed in parallel and have rarely been appraised together. This r...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2026/v38i96192
Background: Recurrent chieftaincy conflict may disrupt educational continuity, clinical training and student well-being, yet evidence from nursing training institutions in Ghana is limited. Objective: This study examined associations between exposure to recurrent chieftaincy conf...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1387
Road traffic accidents (RTAs) rank among the most severe, and most persistently overlooked, public health problems facing Africa today. The continent records the world's highest road traffic fatality rate despite holding only a modest share of the world's registered vehicles, a p...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2026/v32i74308
Introduction: In a globalised world where healthcare providers are increasingly coming into contact with patients from diverse language backgrounds, communicating effectively in the patient’s language is essential. Considering that French-speaking countries border Ghana, includin...
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Research Article10.9734/ajarr/2025/v19i71099
Introduction: The discovery of the ABO Blood Group and rhesus factor, over century ago, triggered countless enthusiasm. Before then, all blood had been presumed to be the matching, and the often tragic consequences of blood transfusions were not understood. Objective: The objecti...
The objective of this opinion article is to explain how to improve Health Training Institutions Status to Function as Tertiary. Health Training Institution (HTI) is a unit under Ministry of Health of Ghana which has as its principal object the conducting of courses of training in...
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Research Article10.9734/jsrr/2023/v29i111811
Albert Opoku, Joseph Sarfo Antwi, Joana Owusu Danso, Olivia Nyarko Mensah, Kofi Baffoe - Sarpong, Abdul Karim Boakye Yiadom, Nicholas Amoah Owusu, Prince Twene & Ransford Sarfo Mensah·Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research·2020
Introduction: The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic is a continuing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), result in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). By May 27th, 2020, over 5.61 million people have been infected with COVID 19 across the globe in...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i1030510
Albert Opoku, Joana Owusu Danso, Olivia Nyarko Mensah, Nicholas Amoah Owusu, Prince Twene, Jefferson Asare Dankwa & Andrews Owusu·Asian Journal of Immunology·2020
The aim of this article is to explain different types of immunity and discuss how the human body could build immunity against COVID 19. This would also serve as a guide for public health education on immunity in this era of COVID 19 pandemic.
Introduction: The severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has been found to be the cause of this current pandemic of corona virus infection (COVID 19), (World Health Organization (WHO) 2020). It is of interest to note that Wuhan, which is located in the Hube...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2020/v32i630439
Aims: To assess the semen characteristics of primary and secondary male infertile couples in the Kumasi metropolis. Study Design: A cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi; between Februa...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMMR/2014/5700
Mustapha Bin Usman, Albert Opoku, Thomas A. Asafo Adjei, Dorcas Aba Engmann, Felix Aayel, Bright Owusu Afriyie, Lydia Konadu, Dieshonnie Aboagye Dacosta, Wilson Gyabeng, Peter Namtibil Wanaba, Elizabeth Appiagyei, Bernice Gyasi, Martha Edem Kotah & Esther Anim·Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies·2026
Lecturer-prepared notes, handouts, slide decks and learning-management-system materials are embedded in contemporary university teaching, yet their educational value depends on what they enable students to do beyond receiving information. This critical narrative review examines l...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2026/v52i93289
Ghana has expanded nursing and midwifery education to increase the supply of health professionals, yet educational growth has not consistently translated into clinically prepared graduates, equitable deployment or timely employment. This critical narrative review examines how acc...
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Research Article10.9734/jesbs/2026/v39i51513
Background: Institutional preparedness for nursing education depends on the combined strength of clinical training, infrastructure, digital systems, psychosocial support, and financial and logistical arrangements. Evidence on how these domains jointly relate to students’ percepti...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2026/v9i1386
Emergency care at the primary healthcare level is essential for the timely assessment, stabilisation, and referral of patients with acute illnesses and injuries, particularly in rural settings where access to higher-level facilities may be delayed. This study examined emergency c...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmpcp/2026/v9i2458
Introduction: Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) contribute 74% of global mortalities, with cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in the lead. Higher rates of CVD have been reported in reproductive women, with the occurrence of CVD in pregnancy posing a problem to both the attending physic...
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Research Article10.9734/jammr/2025/v37i75900
Background: Healthcare professionals render various healthcare services to patients. However, in their duty to patients, they are exposed to occupational hazards that could be detrimental to their health and safety. In order to minimize exposure to these occupational hazards and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajmah/2022/v20i1030516
Some political actors and activists have waged war against compulsory vaccination in Ghana by insinuating that such decision by government is an affront to the rights and freedoms of citizens as enshrined in the 1992 republican constitution. This paper scrutinizes this position a...
Introduction: Adolescent pregnancy and childbearing remain an important global public health concern. Several studies across the globe have enlisted numerous obstetric complications compromising adolescent pregnancy including perineal trauma. Such complications can occur during c...
Objective: To assess the knowledge and practice of nurses and midwivies in blood transfusion at Komfo Anokye Teaching. Hospital. Methodology: This study used the descriptive cross-sectional approach with a total population of 280 Nurses and Midwives from Accident and Emergency, S...
Introduction: Patient safety is a major concept in the provision of health care and a significant factor in the maintenance of quality health care services. Medication errors are among one of patients’ safety issues which needs to be dealt with because of consequences it poses to...
Aim: To explore and describe the factors that influence utilization of reproductive health services among adolescents seeking for services at the Child and Maternal Health Hospital (MCHH) in Kumasi, Ghana. Sample: Adolescents between ages 15 to 19 years receiving health services...
Introduction: Family presence during resuscitation (FPDR) is supported by multiple professional organizations as a means of implementing family-centered care during life-threatening situations. Patient- and Family-centered care is central to professional nursing practice. Objecti...
Introduction: The public health importance of family planning is well documented, some of which include averting the number of unintended pregnancies, reducing maternal and child mortality and number of abortion episodes among women. Adolescents are mostly vulnerable to peculiar...
Jefferson Asare Danquah, Albert Opoku, Thomas Boansi Gyamerah, Monica Pili Bernard, Prince Twene & Rebecca Kuma·Asian Journal of Immunology·2021
Introduction: Universal and global accessibility to COVID-19 vaccination is a vital tool for the reduction in the rate of infection, the severity of symptoms, the occurrence of death, and the acquiring of herd immunity. This is the major strategy in the reduction of the global so...
Background: Secure authentication is increasingly important in health-professions education because students and staff use digital platforms that contain personal, academic, and potentially practice-related information. Yet password security is constrained by memory burden, passw...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrcos/2026/v19i10921
Background: Mental health assessment remains the cornerstone of all mental health professionals caring for people living with mental disorders. Mental health assessment and diagnosis have shifted to general practitioners and community mental health nurses due to the low number of...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2025/v8i1220
Introduction: Nursing documentation is the record of nursing care planned and delivered to individual patients by qualified nurses or other caregivers under the direction of a qualified nurse. Objectives: The purpose of the study was to explore nursing documentation practice and...
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Research Article10.9734/ajrnh/2025/v8i1191
Introduction: There has been increase in the Demand for Caesarean Section (CS) or Caesarean Delivery on Maternal Request (CDMR) in recent years with increasing financial and resource burden on health care delivery especially in resource poor settings including Ghana. This study w...
Olivia Nyarko Mensah, Mary Ani-Amponsah, Albert Opoku, Yussif Issah Sumaila, Veronica Oduro-Kwarteng, Egya Gyanzah Eshun, Ajaratu Lampinley, Faisal Adomako Duku, Ransford Sarfo- Mensah & Bright K. Avuglah·Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies·2021
Background: The clinical practice component in nursing and midwifery education is a neglected area of research. There is far ranging evidence that clinical exposure and skills acquisition is not equitable in Ghana. Researchers have focused mostly on clinical supervision with stud...
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Research Article10.9734/ajess/2021/v14i230351
Introduction: The goal of the project was to analyze and explore the midwifery workload and its effects on clients’ quality care in some selected districts in Central Region. Methods: Quantitative cross-sectional and exploratory study designs were employed using 388 participants...
Introduction: The standard of nursing education in Ghana is frequently brought to focus by stakeholders in the educational industry. This is obviously due to the emphasis placed on education by every nation as a means of economic, social and political development. The public outc...
Background: HIV-related stigma and discrimination are impediments to mitigating the HIV epidemic, with women mostly affected. This qualitative study explored issues of stigmatization, disclosure of status and adherence to Antiretroviral therapy (ART) among HIV positive women. Met...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMMR/2018/41278