Cephas Avoka

Biographic Data

ID1734656
NAMECephas Avoka
GIVEN NAMESCephas
FAMILY NAMEAvoka
SIGNATUREAVOKA C
AFFILIATIONSGhana College of Physicians and Surgeons
ORCID0000-0002-7298-3670
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Identifying the conundrums of “global health” in the Global North and Global South

    Open AccessLuchuo Engelbert Bain, Oluwafemi Atanda Adeagbo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    OPINION article Front. Public Health, 15 January 2024Sec. Public Health Policy Volume 12 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1168505

  • Effectiveness of the Gratuité user fee exemption policy on utilization and outcomes of maternal, newborn and child health services in conflict-affected districts of Burkina Faso from 2013 to 2018

    Open AccessMarie-Jeanne Offosse, Cephas Avoka et al.ARTICLEConflict and Health2023

    Our study shows that, even in conflict-affected areas, the Gratuité policy significantly influences MNCH service utilization. There is a strong case for continued funding of the user fee exemption policy to ensure that gains are not reversed, especially if the conflict ceases to abate

  • Travel of pregnant women in emergency situations to hospital and maternal mortality in Lagos, Nigeria

    Open AccessAduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Cephas Avoka et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    INTRODUCTION: Prompt access to emergency obstetrical care (EmOC) reduces the risk of maternal mortality. We assessed institutional maternal mortality by distance and travel time for pregnant women with obstetrical emergencies in Lagos State, Nigeria. METHODS: We conducted a facility-based retrospective cohort study across 24 public hospitals in Lagos. Reviewing case notes of the pregnant women presenting between 1 November 2018 and 30 October 201…

  • Use of motorised transport and pathways to childbirth care in health facilities

    Open AccessCephas Avoka, Dorothée Benoit Browaeys et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    In Nigeria, 59% of pregnant women deliver at home, despite evidence about the benefits of childbirth in health facilities. While different modes of transport can be used to access childbirth care, motorised transport guarantees quicker transfer compared to non-motorised forms. Our study uses the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) to describe the pathways to childbirth care and the determinants of using motorised transport to reach …

  • Influence of travel time and distance to the hospital of care on stillbirths

    Open AccessAduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Cephas Avoka et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    INTRODUCTION: Access to emergency obstetric care can lead to a 45%-75% reduction in stillbirths. However, before a pregnant woman can access this care, she needs to travel to a health facility. Our objective in this study was to assess the influence of distance and travel time to the actual hospital of care on stillbirth. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cross-sectional study of pregnant women who presented with obstetric emergencies over a …

  • Patterns, travel to care and factors influencing obstetric referral

    Open AccessAduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Cephas Avoka et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2021References: 43

    The criticality of referral makes it imperative to study its patterns and factors influencing it at a health systems level. This study of referral in Lagos, Nigeria is based on health records of 4181 pregnant women who presented with obstetric emergencies at one of the 24 comprehensive emergency obstetric care (EmOC) facilities in the state between November 2018 and October 2019 complemented with distance and time data extracted from Google Maps.…