2009
Scholars who participate in the GE-NMF Global Health Fellows Program complete a presentation on their clinical findings and experience at one of our partner sites in Ghana or Kenya. Projects are categorized by year. Topics covered include healthcare delivery, child and maternl health, HIV/AIDS, and more.
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| Link | Year | Country | Name | Medical School | Title | Key Outcome (s) | Site |
| 2009 | Ghana | Nneka U. Egbuonu | Howard University College of Medicine | Geographic Variation in Mampong, Ashanti Region and Axim, Western Region as a Correlation of Malaria Profile in Children under age 15 | ▪Malaria ▪Child Health |
Mampong District Hospital Axim Government District Hospital |
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| 2009 | Ghana | Mechelle Elosiebo | University of Tennessee Health Science Center | An Occupational and Regional Investigation of Maternal and Fetal Parturition Outcomes in Apam and Axim, Ghana | ▪Maternal and Child Health ▪Childbirth ▪Morbidity and Mortality ▪Outcomes |
Apam Catholic Hospital Axim Hospital |
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| 2009 | Ghana | Irma Flemings | Meharry Medical College | Maternal Matters | ▪Maternal & Child Health ▪Mortality |
Apam Catholic Hospital | |
| 2009 | Ghana | Tania M. Gonzalez-Santiago | University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine | Knowledge, attitudes and risky behaviors towards HIV among the adult population of Mampong and Apam, Ghana | ▪HIV/AIDS ▪Knowledge, Attitudes &Risky Behavior |
Mampong Apam |
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| 2009 | Ghana | Mikel A. Hofman | Florida State University College of Medicine | Condom Use Among Young Women in Rural Ghana | ▪HIV/AIDS ▪Prevention ▪Women’s Health Focus on STD |
Axim Hospital Apam Reproductive Clinic |
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| 2009 | Ghana | Christelle Ilboudo | University of Nebraska College of Medicine | Typhoid Intestinal Perforation in Children: Cases at Apam Catholic Hospital | ▪Typhoid Fever ▪Intestinal Perforation |
Apam Catholic Hospital | |
| 2009 | Ghana | Kenneth O. Matthew | Morehouse School of Medicine | Prevalence of Insecticide Treated Net Usage for Child Malaria Prevention Among Rural Ghanaian Women: A Cross-Sectional Study | ▪Malaria ▪Maternal & Child health |
Apam Axim Mampong |
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| 2009 | Ghana | Jeffrey Mora | Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California | A comparison and analysis of risk behavior in known HIV-positive patients in Central and Coastal Ghana | ▪HIV/AIDS ▪Risk Behavior |
Mampong District Hospital Apam Catholic Hospital |
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| 2009 | Ghana | Kim-Tan Nguyen | David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA | National Ambulance Service | ▪Ambulance Service ▪Healthcare Services |
Apam Catholic Hospital | |
| 2009 | Ghana | Theodore Nyame | Harvard Medical School | Allocation and Utilization of Funds in Ghana’s District Hospitals | ▪Hospital Funding ▪Costs ▪Expenditures |
Mampong District Hospital Axim Government District Hospital |
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| 2009 | Ghana | Danielle K. Potter | Creighton University School of Medicine | Identifying barriers to a collaborative partnership between traditional birth attendants and the organized healthcare system to improve infant and maternal health in the Nzema East District (Axim) and the Gomoa district (Apam) | ▪Maternal and Child Health ▪Healthcare delivery |
Axim Government District Hospital Apam Catholic Hospital Satellite Clinics |
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| 2009 | Ghana | Harry L. South | Morehouse School of Medicine | Knowledge is Power: Exploring the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Community Members from Mampong and Axim towards Tuberculosis | ▪Tuberculosis ▪Knowledge, Attitudes, & Practice |
Mampong District Hospital Axim Government District Hospital |