Adwoa Asante-Poku

Biographic Data

ID7041995
NAMEAdwoa Asante-Poku
GIVEN NAMESAdwoa
FAMILY NAMEAsante-Poku
SIGNATUREASANTE-POKU A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Ghana
ORCID0000-0001-8929-193X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Knowledge, attitudes, and perceived barriers to seeking treatment for tuberculosis and diabetes in Ghana

    Open AccessAdwoa Asante-Poku, Michelle Yeboah-Manu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2026

    Background: The global tuberculosis (TB) burden remains high, though several interventions have been instituted to fight the TB epidemic. Community perception and understanding play a critical role in health-seeking behaviors, ultimately influencing the acceptance and effectiveness of control efforts. In observance of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day in 2022 and 2023, we engaged the community and sought their understanding of TB and diabetes mellitus …

  • Scaling up tuberculosis case finding via private providers in Ghana

    Open AccessKenneth Mawuta Hayibor, Ernest Kenu et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: Although TB services are free in Ghana, TB case detection remains low and mostly limited to public facilities. To address this, a Public-Private Mix (PPM) Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) model was introduced, involving community private healthcare providers and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to boost TB case detection rates. Methods: This impact evaluation focuses on four key interventions targeting vulnerable populations…

  • 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…

  • Opinion review of drug resistant tuberculosis in West Africa

    Open AccessIsaac Darko Otchere, Adwoa Asante-Poku et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Drug-resistant (DR) tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health concern globally, complicating TB control and management efforts. West Africa has historically faced difficulty in combating DR-TB due to limited diagnostic skills, insufficient access to excellent healthcare, and ineffective healthcare systems. This has aided in the emergence and dissemination of DR Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC) strains in the region. In the past, DR-TB p…

  • 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

  • The Relevance of Genomic Epidemiology for Control of Tuberculosis in West Africa

    Open AccessPrince Asare, Adwoa Asante-Poku et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2021

    Tuberculosis (TB), an airborne infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (MTBC), remains a global health problem. West Africa has a unique epidemiology of TB that is characterized by medium- to high-prevalence. Moreover, the geographical restriction of M. africanum to the sub-region makes West Africa have an extra burden to deal with a two-in-one pathogen. The region is also burdened with low case detection, late reporting, …