Yaw Asante Awuku

Dados Biográficos

ID7743448
NOMEYaw Asante Awuku
PRENOMESYaw Asante
SOBRENOMEAwuku
ASSINATURAAWUKU Y A
AFILIAÇÕESKomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
ORCID0000-0001-8307-2242
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS3
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR3
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2012
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2022
ÍNDICE H0

  • A nationwide cross-sectional review of in-hospital hepatitis B virus testing and disease burden estimation in Ghana, 2016 - 2021

    Open AccessYvonne Ayerki Nartey, Rafiq Okine et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Ghana remains a country with high HBV burden. There is an unequal distribution, with higher HBsAg seroprevalence in the north of the country. Furthermore, PCR testing is not widely available outside of large teaching hospitals, which limits diagnostic work-up. Hepatitis reporting systems and registers should be improved to facilitate data capture of indicators and standardised across the country to allow for comparability. Furthermore, where gain…

  • Prevalence of helicobacter pylori infection among children living in a rural setting in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessYaw Asante Awuku, David Larbi Simpong et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    Our study demonstrated a high prevalence of H. pylori infection among children in a rural setting. Educational status of parents did not affect H. pylori prevalence but increasing household numbers, female gender, source of drinking water other than pipe and borehole, open-air defecation and younger age were associated with a higher H. pylori prevalence

  • Diabetes mellitus type 2 in urban Ghana

    Open AccessIna Danquah, George Bedu‐Addo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    In this study from urban Ghana, DM2 affects predominantly obese patients of rather low socio-economic status and frequently is accompanied by hypertension and hyperlipidaemia. Prevention and management need to account for a specific risk profile in this population