Uncovering the determinants of health in deprived urban neighborhoods in Accra, Ghana: a qualitative and participatory reconnaissance study by Nina Amedzro, Dominic Anaseba, Akosua Gyasi Darkwa, Afua Twumasi, Andrews Ayim, Adelaide Maria Ansah-Ofei, Delanyo Dovlo, John K. Awoonor-Williams, Erasmus Emmanuel Akurugu Agongo, Irene Akua Agyepong, Helen Elsey

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Situs inversus totalis in a 34-year-old diabetic woman. A case report by Nana Ama Amankwa, MbChB, Eugene Kojo Adomako, MbChB, Edwina Okaikai Obodai, MbChB, Sanaa Poku Afriyie-Ansah, MbChB, Abdul Raman Asemah, BA, Frank Quarshie, MSc

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Editorial: Addressing contemporary public health challenges in Ghana for improved outcomes: getting to SDG 3 by Delanyo Dovlo, Evelyn K. Ansah, Kwasi Torpey, Irene A. Agyepong

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Interventions for adolescent mental, sexual and reproductive health in West Africa: A scoping review by Irene A. Agyepong, Emelia Agblevor, Selase Odopey, Selasie Addom, Nana Efua Enyimayew Afun, Mary Pomaa Agyekum, Paapa Yaw Asante, Grace Emmanuelle Aye, Natasha Darko, Aïssa Diarra, Ama Pokuaa Fenny, Annick Gladzah, Nassirou Ibrahim, Aline Kagambega, Lauren J. Wallace, Jacob Novignon, Maurice Yaogo, Roxane Borgès Da Sliva, Tim Ensor, Tolib Mirzoev

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Implementation of the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) in rural and urban Ghana: a history and systematic review of what works, for whom and why by Helen Elsey, Mary Abboah-Offei, Aishwarya Lakshmi Vidyasagaran, Dominic Anaseba, Lauren Wallace, Adanna Nwameme, Akosua Gyasi, Andrews Ayim, Adelaide Ansah-Ofei, Nina Amedzro, Delanyo Dovlo, Erasmus Agongo, Koku Awoonor-Williams, Irene Agyepong

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“We have nice policies but…”: implementation gaps in the Ghana adolescent health service policy and strategy (2016–2020) by Emelia Afi Agblevor, Natasha Afua Darko, Priscilla Ama Acquah, Selasie Addom, Tolib Mirzoev, Irene Akua Agyepong

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Factors influencing primary care access, utilisation and quality of management for patients living with hypertension in West Africa: a scoping review protocol by Tolib Mirzoev, Pablo Perel, Aïssa Diarra, Irene Akua Agyepong, Edward Antwi, Evelyn K Ansah, Kezia Naa Amerley Akosua Amarteyfio, Eugene Paa Kofi Bondzie, Veronika Reichenberger, Maurice Yaogo

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Adapting the Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) to engage poor urban communities in Ghana: protocol for a participatory action research study by Helen Elsey, Delanyo Dovlo, Irene Akua Agyepong, Mary Abboah-Offei, Akosua Gyasi Darkwa, Andrews Ayim, Adelaide Maria Ansah-Ofei, John K Awoonor‐Williams, Erasmus Emmanuel Akurugu Agongo

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Incidence, prevalence and risk factors for comorbid mental illness among people with hypertension and type 2 diabetes in West Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-anal... by Tolib Mirzoev, Mary Amoakoh-Coleman, Irene Akua Agyepong, Edward Antwi, Elizabeth Awini, Yasmin Jahan, Roberta Naa Barkey Ayiku, Nhyira Yaw Adjei-Banuah, Sammy Ohene

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Factors influencing access, quality and utilisation of primary healthcare for patients living with hypertension in West Africa: a scoping review by Tolib Mirzoev, Pablo Perel, Irene Akua Agyepong, Evelyn K Ansah, Kezia Naa Amerley Akosua Amarteyfio, Eugene Paa Kofi Bondzie, Veronika Reichenberger, Nana Efua Enyimayew Afun, Albert Kofi Mensah Cofie, Mary Pomaa Agyekum, Paul Lamptey

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Why district assemblies disburse resources to district health systems for service delivery at district level in the context of decentralization: a comparative study of two district... by Andrews Ayim, Andrews Ayim, Irene Akua Agyepong, Irene Akua Agyepong, Nana Enyimayew

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Effectiveness of lifestyle interventions for glycaemic control among adults with type 2 diabetes in West Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Ellen Barnie Peprah, Yasmin Jahan, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Abdul-Basit Abdul-Samed, Tolib Mirzoev, Edward Antwi, Dina Balabanova, Irene Agyepong

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A Narrative Synthesis Review of Out-of-Pocket Payments for Health Services Under Insurance Regimes: A Policy Implementation Gap Hindering Universal Health Coverage in Sub-Saharan A... by Abigail Nyarko Codjoe Derkyi-Kwarteng, Irene Akua Agyepong, Nana Enyimayew, Lucy Gilson

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Evaluation of the ultrasound findings of thyroid gland enlargement in Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana: A retrospective cross‐sectional study by Emmanuel Kobina Mesi Edzie, Klenam Dzefi‐Tettey, Edmund Kwakye Brakohiapa, Obed Nimo, Peter Appiah‐Thompson, Michael Kofi Amedi, Ansumana Bockarie, Frank Quarshie, Emmanuel Onimole, Emmanuel Akorli, Richard Anthony, Richard Ato Edzie, Nana Ama Amankwa, Aaron Amartey, Bernard Osei, Bright Oppong, Abdul Raman Asemah, Philip Narteh Gorleku

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Tools for screening maternal mental health conditions in primary care settings in sub-Saharan Africa: systematic review by Leveana Gyimah, Leveana Gyimah, Irene Akua Agyepong, Irene Akua Agyepong, David Owiredu, David Owiredu, Elizabeth Awini, Linda Lucy Yevoo, Mary Eyram Ashinyo, Sorre Grace Emmanuelle Victoire Aye, Sorre Grace Emmanuelle Victoire Aye, Shazra Abbas, Anna Cronin de Chavez, Tolib Mirzoev, Anthony Danso-Appiah, Anthony Danso-Appiah

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Health workforce policy and plan implementation in the context of universal health coverage in the Africa Region by Delanyo Dovlo, Jennifer Nyoni, Sunny C Okoroafor, Jean Jacques Salvador Millogo, Mourtala Mahaman Abdou Illou

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27 Childbearing women’s experiences of and interactions with the health system in post-Doi Moi Vietnam by Tolib Mirzoev, Sumit Kane, Irene Akua Agyepong, Kimberly Lakin, Dinh Thu Ha, Bui Thi Thu Ha

Adolescent mental health services in West Africa: a comparative analysis of Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Niger by Michel Adurayi Amenah, Nassirou Ibrahim, Ludovic Deo Gracias Tapsoba, Jacob Novignon, Ama Pokuaa Fenny, Irene A. Agyepong, Roxane Borges da Silva, Tim Ensor

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Identifying the conundrums of “global health” in the Global North and Global South: a case for Sub-Saharan Africa by Luchuo Engelbert Bain, Luchuo Engelbert Bain, Oluwafemi Atanda Adeagbo, Oluwafemi Atanda Adeagbo, Cephas K. Avoka, Hubert Amu, Peter Memiah, Ikenna D. Ebuenyi

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Travel of pregnant women in emergency situations to hospital and maternal mortality in Lagos, Nigeria: a retrospective cohort study by Mobolanle Balogun, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Charles Ameh, Bosede Bukola Afolabi, Cephas Ke-on Avoka, Uchenna Gwacham-Anisiobi, Olufemi Omololu, Kikelomo Wright, Tolulope Temitayo Fasesin, Adedotun Olusi

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