Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

Datos Biográficos

ID7277167
NOMBREDorothy Yeboah-Manu
NOMBRESDorothy
APELLIDOYeboah-Manu
FIRMAYEBOAH-MANU D
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Ghana
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2013
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2026
ÍNDICE H0

  • Evidence based targeting of districts for active surveillance of skin-related neglected tropical diseases in Ghana

    Open AccessWilliam Jones-Warner, Yaw Ampem Amoako et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    To improve control and management of skin-neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), district-level integration of case finding and management is recommended. However, these strategies are costly and should be targeted to co-endemic areas. Identifying districts with high burdens of undiagnosed cases, particularly where access to healthcare is limited, can better direct efforts. We developed an evidence consensus framework—a structured decision-making ap…

  • Ethnographic study of Buruli ulcer wound management practices in a traditional therapeutic setting in Ghana

    Open AccessEdmond Kwaku Ocloo, Daniel Okyere et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2025

    Our findings suggest that the traditional healer enjoyed substantial public legitimacy from his clients due to his perceived interest in helping affected individuals achieve cures using culturally and financially appropriate ways to manage wounds. However, we also observed the use of non-sterile procedures and unregulated preparations, which may be potentially deleterious. The willingness of the traditional healer to collaborate with the formal h…

  • Development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy to improve experiences of skin neglected tropical diseases and other skin conditions in Atwima Mponua District, Ghana

    Open AccessRichard Odame Phillips, Lucy Owusu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Integrated strategies are recommended to tackle neglected tropical diseases of the skin (skin NTDs), which pose a substantial health and economic burden in many countries, including Ghana. We describe the development of an integrated and decentralised skin health strategy designed to improve experiences of skin NTDs in Atwima Mponua district in Ashanti Region. A multidisciplinary research team led an iterative process to develop an overall strate…

  • Improving experiences of neglected tropical diseases of the skin

    Open AccessDaniel Okyere, Edmond Kwaku Ocloo et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Integrated approaches to managing co-endemic neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) of the skin within primary healthcare services are complex and require tailoring to local contexts. We describe formative research in Atwima Mponua District in Ghana’s Ashanti Region designed to inform the development of a sustainable intervention to improve access to skin NTD care. We employed a convergent, parallel, mixed-methods design, collecting data from Februar…

  • Impact of Covid-19 lockdown measures on mother and child health – the case of Ghana

    Open AccessEric Koka, Emmanuel Narh et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Government responded to COVID-19 using different strategies however the policy response resulted in both intended and unintended consequences especially for women and children in Ghana. It is recommended that national policy directions should ensure the continuous provision of child and maternal healthcare services which are essential health services during lockdowns

  • Lockdown measures in response to Covid-19 in nine sub-Saharan African countries

    Open AccessNajmul Haider, Abdinasir Yusuf Osman et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2020

    Lockdown measures have been introduced worldwide to contain the transmission of COVID-19. However, the term ‘lockdown’ is not well-defined. Indeed, WHO’s reference to ‘so-called lockdown measures’ indicates the absence of a clear and universally accepted definition of the term ‘lockdown’. We propose a definition of ‘lockdown’ based on a two-by-two matrix that categorises different communicable disease measures based on whether they are compulsory…

  • Antimycobacterial and cytotoxic activity of selected medicinal plant extracts

    Open AccessJoseph Mwanzia Nguta, Regina Appiah-Opong et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnopharmacology2016

    The overall results of the present study provide supportive data on the use of some medicinal plants for tuberculosis treatment. The leaves of Solanum torvum are a potential source of anti-TB natural products and deserve further investigations to develop novel anti-TB agents against sensitive and drug resistant strains of M. tuberculosis

  • Enhancing Buruli ulcer control in Ghana through social interventions

    Open AccessCollins K Ahorlu, Collins Ahorlu et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    The study showed that with a little more investment in early case detection, diagnosis and treatment, coupled with free transportation and breakfast for patients, most of the cases could be treated effectively with the available antibiotics to avoid disability and complications from the disease