INDEPTH - DSS UNIVERSITIES:
SHORT TERM FELLOWSHIPS
NAVRONGO DSS, Navrongo Ghana
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Name of site: |
Navrongo
Demographic Surveillance Site |
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City/Country: |
Navrongo,
Ghana |
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Site Leader: |
Dr. Abraham
Hodgson |
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Site contact person for this programme: |
Dr. Abraham
Hodgson
Telephone:(+233-742-22380)
AHodgson@Navrongo.mimcom.net |
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Short description of site: |
The Navrongo DSS site is
in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East region of Ghana. The
district covers an area of 1675 km2 along the Ghana–Burkina Faso border.
It measures roughly 55 km x 50 km and has an altitude of 200–400 m above
sea level. The land is fairly flat, and passing through it from Burkina
Faso is the White Volta River, which feeds Lake Volta (the world’s
largest artificial lake) in the Volta region, south of Ghana. Located in
the Guinea savannah belt, the district is typically Sahelian (hot and
dry). |
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Research objectives: |
To accurately document
demographic dynamics in the Kassena-Nankana district
To provide a framework for population-based health research that
addresses local health priorities
To serve as a platform for research that informs population and health
policy in Ghana and beyond |
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Priority research areas: |
Malaria prevention and
control
Reproductive Health
Cerebro-spinal meningitis epidemiology and vaccine studies
Rotavirus epidemiology and vaccine studies
Health Policy Assessment
Poverty and Equity Studies |
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Sample publications in the last five years: |
Efficacy and
acceptability of oral artemether (ArtemosTM) for the treatment of acute
uncomplicated malaria in Ghana
A. R. Oduro, S. Owusu-AgyeI, T. Anyorigiya, M. Adjuik and A. Hodgson.
In: Ghana Medical Journal, 2004; 38(2): 75 – 79.
A randomized, comparative study of two regimens of beta-artemether for
the treatment of uncomplicated, Plasmodium falciparum malaria, in
northern Ghana.
A.R. Oduro, T. Anyorigiya, M. Adjuik, T.M. Afful, F. Anto, F. Atuguba,
S., Owusu-Agyei, A. Hodgson.
In Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2004 Jul;98(5):433-40.;PMID: 15257791
Malaria transmission dynamics at a site in northern Ghana proposed for
testing malaria vaccines
Maxwell Appawu, Seth Owusu-Agyei, Samuel Dadzie, Victor Asoala, Francis
Anto, Kwadwo Koram, William Rogers, Francis Nkrumah, Stephen L. Hoffman
and David J. Fryauff
In: Tropical Medicine & International Health Volume 9 Issue 1 Page 164 -
January 2004 ;PMID: 14728621
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging trial of
tafenoquine for weekly prophylaxis against Plasmodium falciparum.
Hale BR, Owusu-Agyei S, Fryauff DJ, Koram KA, Adjuik M, Oduro AR,
Prescott WR, Baird JK, Nkrumah F, Ritchie TL, Franke ED, Binka FN,
Horton J, Hoffman SL.
In: Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Mar 1;36(5):541-9.Epub 2003 Feb 14. PMID:
12594633
Changing patterns of rotavirus genotypes in ghana: emergence of human
rotavirus G9 as a major cause of diarrhea in children.
Armah GE, Steele AD, Binka FN, Esona MD, Asmah RH, Anto F, Brown D,
Green J, Cutts F, Hall A.
In: J Clin Microbiol. 2003 Jun;41(6):2317-2332. PMID: 12791843
Seasonal profiles of malaria infection, anaemia, and bednet use among
age groups and communities in northern Ghana.
Koram KA, Owusu-Agyei S, Fryauff DJ, Anto F, Atuguba F, Hodgson A,
Hoffman SL, Nkrumah FK.
In: Trop Med Int Health. 2003 Sep;8(9):840-6. ; PMID: 12950665 |
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Description of areas, or example of research
questions site is interested in for which it will welcome collaboration
from the university: |
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Description of existing staff and competence in data analysis |
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Period of time / length of time site can host a visiting researcher: |
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Will your site welcome a PhD student (supervised by staff in the
population programme) to work on available data to answer questions you
are interested in? |
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Any other issues you think are relevant to the programme / suggestions: |
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For more information, please contact:
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Dr. Osman Sankoh
Deputy Executive Director
INDEPTH Network
Accra, Ghana
Email :
osman.sankoh@indepth-network.org
Tel.: +233 21 519394
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