Augustina Koduah

Dados Biográficos

ID1743470
NOMEAugustina Koduah
PRENOMESAugustina
SOBRENOMEKoduah
ASSINATURAKODUAH A
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Ghana
ORCID0000-0001-9915-5333
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES3
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2016
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H1

  • Psychosocial interventions for antiretroviral therapy adherence in people living with HIV in West Africa

    Open AccessNathaniel Opoku Atuahene, Adwoa Oforiwaa Kwakye et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2026

    Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) compromises the immune system and remains a major cause of morbidity and mortality. While antiretroviral therapy (ART) is accessible to many individuals, inadequate adherence continues to compromise viral suppression, especially in resource-limited regions. This scoping review and bibliometric analysis sought to identify psychosocial interventions targeting ART adherence among HIV patients in West Africa. The st…

  • The Trump Administration’s ‘earthquake’ is why we need the New Public Health Order

    Open AccessPeg Murray-Evans, Sarah Harman et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

  • How and why pharmaceutical reforms contribute to universal health coverage through improving equitable access to medicines

    Open AccessAugustina KoduahARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: Examining how and why a country prioritizes and implements pharmaceutical reforms tends to show complex processes and myriad efforts made toward improving access to medicines. This study examines factors that enabled the prioritization and implementation of selected pharmaceutical reform items and how these factors contributed to improving equitable access to medicines and universal health coverage in Ghana. Methods: An analytical fra…

  • Powers, engagements and resultant influences over the design and implementation of medicine pricing policies in Ghana

    Open AccessAugustina Koduah, Leonard Baatiema et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2022

    INTRODUCTION: Universal availability and affordability of essential medicines are determined by effective design and implementation of relevant policies, typically involving multiple stakeholders. This paper examined stakeholder engagements, powers and resultant influences over design and implementation of four medicines pricing policies in Ghana: Health Commodity Supply Chain Master Plan, framework contracting for high demand medicines, Value Ad…

  • Perspectives of frontline health workers on transition from development assistance for health in Ghana

    Open AccessSandra Appiah-Kubi, Wenhui Mao et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    Many Low-income countries depend on development assistance for health (DAH) to finance the health sector. The transition of these countries to middle-income status has led to reduction in effective aid from development partners while these countries are expected to graduate from global funding agencies such as Gavi the vaccine alliance, with implications for service delivery. The aim of this study was to explore the perspectives of frontline heal…

  • How and why do countries make Universal Health Care policies? Interplay of country and global factors

    Open AccessChris Atim, Augustina Koduah et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2021

    BACKGROUND: An examination of country policy making tends to reveal more complex processes that reflect domestic as well as external pressures and influences. The paper examines the interplay of external and internal, as well as other, factors in universal health care (UHC) decision-making for a select number of countries spanning the income range from low to high income. METHODS: After developing a conceptual framework to help identify variables…

  • Health systems, population and patient challenges for achieving universal health coverage for hypertension in Ghana

    Open AccessAugustina Koduah, Justice Nonvignon et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2021

    Ghana has signed on to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal to achieve universal health coverage (UHC), ensuring that all individuals receive the health care they require without financial hardship. Achieving that goal is a difficult task in any setting. The challenges are further exacerbated by a changing disease landscape, as the burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) is increasing and creating a dual burden along with infectious…

  • Use of evidence and negotiation in the review of national standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list

    Open AccessAugustina Koduah, Brian A Asare et al.ARTICLEHealth Policy and Planning2019

    Understanding how countries review their national standard treatment guidelines (STGs) and essential medicines list (EML) is important in the light of ever-changing trends in public health and evidence supporting the selection and use of medicines in disease management. This study examines the 2017 STGs and EML review process, the actors involved and how the list of medicines and disease conditions evolved between the last two editions. We examin…

  • Temporal trends in childhood mortality in Ghana

    Open AccessGbenga A Kayode, Diederick E Grobbee et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2016

    BACKGROUND: Following the adoption of the Millennium Development Goal 4 (MDG 4) in Ghana to reduce under-five mortality by two-thirds between 1990 and 2015, efforts were made towards its attainment. However, impacts and challenges of implemented intervention programs have not been examined to inform implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 (SDG 3.2) that seeks to end preventable deaths of newborns and children aged under-five. Thus, thi…

  • The one with the purse makes policy

    Open AccessAugustina Koduah, Irene Akua Agyepong et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2016Citada por: 3Referências: 10