Koku Awoonor-Williams

Datos Biográficos

ID8520147
NOMBREKoku Awoonor-Williams
NOMBRESKoku
APELLIDOAwoonor-Williams
FIRMAAWOONOR-WILLIAMS K
AFILIACIONESDivision of Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation, Ghana Health Service, Accra, Ghana
VERIFICADONo
TOTAL DE OBRAS4
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR4
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Unpacking the impact of Covid-19 on child immunization

    Open AccessKathrin Durizzo, John Koku Awoonor‐Williams et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Our results indicate that the negative effect on child immunization was less severe and shorter than predicted by experts. Fear of COVID-19 and delayed vaccination campaigns had a substantial impact on childhood immunization while rising COVID-19 cases and moderate social distancing regulations did not seem to affect immunization rates

  • Implementation of the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in rural and urban Ghana

    Open AccessHelen Elsey, Mary Abboah-Offei et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

  • Trial-based economic evaluation of the system-integrated activation of community health volunteers in rural Ghana

    Open AccessYinseo Cho, John Koku Awoonor‐Williams et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2023

    BACKGROUND: Globally, steps to revitalise programmes deploying community health workers (CHWs) on a national scale have been growing, but few economic evaluations have been done on system-integrated CHW programmes. Ghana has dual cadres of CHWs: community health officers (CHOs) and community health volunteers (CHVs). CHO plays a major role in primary health services but has suffered from chronic staff shortages. We activated CHVs in communities t…

  • Supervision of community health nurses in Ghana

    Open AccessMeghan Bellerose, Soumya Alva et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    Adequate supervision is critical to maintain the performance of health workers who provide essential maternal and child health services in low-resource areas. Supportive supervision emphasizing problem-solving, skill development and mentorship has been shown to improve the motivation and effectiveness of health workers, especially at the community level, but it is not always routinely provided. Previous studies have assessed the uptake of support…