Education:

Qualification:

August 2024 – Present Lecturer, University of Ghana, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology & Disease Control 

January 2017 – July 2024 Field Epidemiologist, Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program, University of Ghana, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology & Disease Control

• Provide mentorship, coaching and supervision for trainees during field placement periods to ensure acquisition of key field epidemiology skills and competencies

• Provide technical assistance to trainees in preparing their presentations for local and national level dissemination of key findings and recommendations from their field projects

• Participate in disease surveillance, outbreak investigation and response activities in the Ghana Health Service together with the trained surveillance officers as a means to demonstrate best practices

• Assist with the evaluation of FELTP program and participants

• Develop a database for all FELTP alumni in the country

• Prepare regular and timely technical reports on the program implementation in the country for submission to GHS, AFENET and other partners

• Assist in teaching of residents during the didactic component of the training

• Actively participate in conducting planned short courses and capacity building trainings for public health officers

Supervisor - Assessment of Hepatitis B and C Burden of Disease and Testing Capacity in Ghana, Hepatitis Evaluations to Amplify Testing and Treatment (HEAT) Project– 2021

Coordinator - Field Epidemiologists COVID-19 contact tracing in Ghana, 2020 -2021

• Coordinated the training and deployment of Field Epidemiologist to conduct contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana
• Trained Ghana Health Service staff on contact tracing and on use of SORMAS application for field data collection
• Assigned Field Epidemiologist to hotspots districts for COVID-19 during the initial response to support DHMT in the developing micro plans, COVID-19 contact tracing and response
• Coordinated timely collection of samples to the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) for testing
• Coordinated the development of application for effective COVID-19 contact tracing and timely access to COVID-19 test results 
• Supervised the mandatory quarantine of Travellers following the closure of our boarders
• Led the development of COVID-19 Sitreps for Ghana FELTP
• Collated, analyzed and reported on daily COVID-19 updates to Director, Ghana FELTP

Epidemiologist for the SCOSA Project (AFENET) – Ghana 2021

• Led the development of SCOSA sub project “Sero-prevalence and Circulating Variants Of SARS-CoV-2 Among Travelers at Points of Entry, Ghana, 2021”
• Led the development of project implementation materials and slides
• Recruited supervisors to support monitoring activities at various ports of entry into Ghana in all boarder regions
• Recruited and trained Laboratory staff to conduct COVID-19 testing at the various ports of entries
• Planed and deployed supervisor to conduct monthly monitoring and supervision of field officers in testing and specimen collection sites in Ghana
• Compiled and submitted monitoring & evaluation reports to project coordinator and PI
• Complied and submitted weekly reports and summaries on all sites to the project coordinator
• Analyzed and wrote project report 

FIELD CONSULTANT, August 2016 –October 2016 

Field Consultant for basic FETP, Ghana with the Ghana Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (Ghana-FELTP)/School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon 

• Teaching surveillance officers, Health informaticians, basic field epidemiology via didactics classes

• Supporting selected District Health management Teams in Brong Ahafo Region to review the Integrated Disease and Surveillance Response (IDSR) document 

• Travelling across the various Districts to provide field mentorship and training to the surveillance officers in applying thought epidemiological skills on their jobs and produce required field outputs

• Supervising Basic FELTP residents to write and present abstracts of their outputs at international conferences

August 2015 – January 2017 Epidemiologist, Regional Health Directorate, Ghana Health Service, Bono Region 

September 2008 – July 2013 Medical Laboratory Scientist, Sunyani Municipal Hospital, Ghana Health Service 

1. Abdulai, M., Kenu, E., Ameme, D., Bandoh, D., Tabong, P., Lartey, A., Noora, C., Adjei, E., & Nyarko, K. (2020). Demographic and socio-cultural factors influencing contraceptive uptake among women of reproductive age in Tamale Metropolis, Northern Region, Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, 54(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i2
2. Adu-Gyamfi, C. K., Kye-Duodu, G., & Noora, C. L. (2017). Analysis of teenage pregnancy data, Sunyani West District, 2011-2015. Pan African Medical Journal, 3(3).
3. Afagbedzi, S. K., Owusu, A. B., Kissiedu, I. N., Amoako-Coleman, M., Bandoh, D. A., Noora, C. L., Aikins, B. E., Hinneh, R. T., Calys-Tagoe, B., & Malm, K. L. (2021). Design and deployment of relational geodatabase on mobile GIS platform for real-time COVID-19 contact tracing in Ghana. Ghana Journal of Geography, 13(1), 126–146.
4. Ameme, D. K., Akweongo, P., Afari, E. A., Noora, C. L., Anthony, R., & Kenu, E. (2022). Effectiveness of adjunct telephone-based postnatal care on maternal and infant illness in the Greater Accra Region, Ghana: A randomized controlled trial. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 22(1), 1–13.
5. Amoakoh-Coleman, M., Bandoh, D. A., Noora, C. L., Alomatu, H., Baidoo, A., Quartey, S., Kenu, E., & Koram, K. A. (2021). Utility of early diagnosis, contact tracing and stakeholder engagement in outbreak response in three COVID-19 outbreak settings in Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, 55(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i2.5
6. Appiah, A. B., Calys-Tagoe, B., Issahaku, G. R., Bandoh, D. A., Noora, C. L., Dapaa, S., Cato, C.-A., Ameme, D. K., & Kenu, E. (2021). Outbreak Investigation and Enhanced Contact Tracing of Novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Ablekuma North Municipality, Greater Accra, Ghana. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 4(7).
7. Asiimwe, N., Tabong, P. T.-N., Iro, S. A., Noora, C. L., Opoku-Mensah, K., & Asampong, E. (2021). Stakeholders perspective of, and experience with contact tracing for COVID-19 in Ghana: A qualitative study among contact tracers, supervisors, and contacts. PloS One, 16(2), e0247038.
8. Bandoh, D. A., Baidoo, A., Noora, C. L., Quartey, S., Frimpong, J. A., & Kenu, E. (2021). Community acceptance of COVID-19 and demystifying stigma in a severely affected population in Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, 55(2), Article 2. https://doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i2.2
9. Boateng, A. B., Kye-Duodu, G., & Noora, C. L. (2017). Analysis of tuberculosis surveillance data, Sunyani West District, Brong Ahafo. Pan African Medical Journal, 3(3).
10. Bonet, M., Brizuela, V., Abalos, E., Cuesta, C., Baguiya, A., Chamillard, M., Fawole, B., Knight, M., Kouanda, S., Lumbiganon, P., Nabhan, A., Nadisauskiene, R. J., Abdulkadir, A., Adanu, R. M., Aman, M. I., Arriaga Romero, W. E., Assarag, B., Bloemenkamp, K. W. M., Boobekova, A., … Souza, J. P. (2020). Frequency and management of maternal infection in health facilities in 52 countries (GLOSS): A 1-week inception cohort study. The Lancet Global Health, 8(5), e661–e671. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30109-1
11. Brizuela, V., Bonet, M., Romero, C. L. T., Abalos, E., Baguiya, A., Fawole, B., Knight, M., Lumbiganon, P., Minkauskienė, M., & Nabhan, A. (2020). Early evaluation of the ‘STOP SEPSIS!’WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Awareness Campaign implemented for healthcare providers in 46 low, middle and high-income countries. BMJ Open, 10(5), e036338.
12. Brizuela, V., Cuesta, C., Bartolelli, G., Abdosh, A. A., Abou Malham, S., Assarag, B., Banegas, R. C., Díaz, V., El-Kak, F., & El Sheikh, M. (2021). Availability of facility resources and services and infection-related maternal outcomes in the WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Study: A cross-sectional study. The Lancet Global Health.
13. Dadzie, D., Kenu, E., Peprah, N. Y., Ajumobi, O. O., Masiira, B., Bandoh, D. A., Lwanga, C. N., & Afari, E. (2018). Spatio-temporal distribution of under-five malaria morbidity and mortality hotspots in Ghana, 2012–2017: A case for evidence-based targeting of malaria interventions. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 1(5).
14. Dartey, B. K., Noora, C. L., & Kuma, G. K. (2017). Analysis of meningitis outbreak data, Jaman North District (JND), August 2016. Pan African Medical Journal, 3(3).
15. Gyebi-Buaben, J., Duut, B., Areh, O. K., Kuma, G. K., & Noora, C. L. (2017). Analysis of Hepatitis B surveillance data, Berekum Municipality, Ghana, November 2016. Pan African Medical Journal, 3(3).
16. Kenu, E., Ganu, V., Noora, C. L., Adanu, R., & Lartey, M. (2018). Management of dog bites by frontline service providers in primary healthcare facilities in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, 2014–2015. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 7(1), 18.
17. Laryea, E. B., Frimpong, J. A., Noora, C. L., Tengey, J., Bandoh, D., Sabblah, G., Ameme, D., Kenu, E., & Amponsa-Achiano, K. (2022). Evaluation of the adverse events following immunization surveillance system, Ghana, 2019. PloS One, 17(3), e0264697.
18. Letsa, T., Noora, C. L., Kuma, G. K., Asiedu, E., Kye-Duodu, G., Afari, E., Kuffour, O. A., Opare, J., Nyarko, K. M., & Ameme, D. K. (2018). Pneumococcal meningitis outbreak and associated factors in six districts of Brong Ahafo region, Ghana, 2016. BMC Public Health, 18(1), 1–10.
19. Mohammed, A. G., Tamal, C. S., Odikro, M. A., Bandoh, D. A., Noora, C. L., Quarshie, P. R., Afari, E., & Kenu, E. (2021). Malaria Data Analysis Using Routine Surveillance Data, Sunyani Municipality, Ghana, 2020. https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-168549/latest
20. Noora, C., Bandoh, D., Nuoh, R., Sarfo, B., Nyarko, K., & Kenu, E. (2020). Evaluation of timeliness of treatment initiation among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana, 2015. Ghana Medical Journal, 54, 73–82. https://doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i2s.12
21. Noora, C. L., Afari, E. A., Nuoh, R. D., Adjei, E. Y., Anthony, G. K., Abdulai, M., Sackey, S. O., Kenu, E., & Nyarko, K. M. (2016). Pedestrians’ adherence to road traffic regulations on the N1 Highway in Accra, Ghana. The Pan African Medical Journal, 25(Suppl 1).
22. Noora, C. L., Coleman, M., Anang, A., & Kenu, E. (2023). Outbreak of SARS-CoV2 in a tertiary institution, Ghana, March 2020: Lessons learnt through early contact tracing. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 6(11), Article 11. https://doi.org/10.11604/JIEPH.supp.2023.6.1.1191
23. Noora, C. L., Issah, K., Kenu, E., Bachan, E. G., Nuoh, R. D., Nyarko, K. M., Appiah, P., & Letsa, T. (2017). Large cholera outbreak in Brong Ahafo region, Ghana. BMC Research Notes, 10(1), 389.
24. Noora, C. L., Manu, A., Addo-Lartey, A., Mohammed, A. G., Ameme, D., Kenu, E., Torpey, K., & Adanu, R. (2022). Incidence and Determinants of Maternal Sepsis in Ghana in the midst of a pandemic. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-022-05182-0
25. Nuoh, R. D., Nyarko, K. M., Nortey, P., Sackey, S. O., Lwanga, N. C., Ameme, D. K., Nuolabong, C., Abdulai, M., Wurapa, F., & Afari, E. (2016). Review of meningitis surveillance data, upper West Region, Ghana 2009-2013. The Pan African Medical Journal, 25(Suppl 1).
26. Nuoh, R., Nyarko, K., Noora, C., Addo-Lartey, A., Nortey, P., Nuolabong, C., Lartey, M., & Kenu, E. (2020). Barriers to early infant diagnosis of HIV in the Wa Municipality and Lawra District of Upper West Region, Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, 54, 83–90. https://doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i2s.13
27. Nyarko-Ameyaw, S., Kuma, G. K., & Noora, C. L. (2017). Analysis of meningitis outbreak data, Techiman Municipality, November 2016. Pan African Medical Journal, 3(3).
28. Ohene-Adjei, K., Kenu, E., Bandoh, D. A., Addo, P. N. O., Noora, C. L., Nortey, P., & Afari, E. A. (2017). Epidemiological link of a major cholera outbreak in Greater Accra region of Ghana, 2014. BMC Public Health, 17(1), 801.
29. Squire, J. S., Dadzie, D., Nyarko, K. M., Danso-Appiah, A., Kaburi, B. B., Noora, C. L., Vandi, M. A., Ameme, D. K., Kenu, E., & Sackey, S. O. (2022). Risk Factors for COVID-19 infection among Hospital Healthcare Workers, Sierra Leone, 2020. Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health, 5(4).

Selected Conference publications

1. Abdul Gafaru Mohammed Ruth Nimota Nukpezah, Harriet Bonful, Hilarius Paul Asiwome Kosi Abiwu, Charles Lwanga Noora,, Delia Bandoh, Jennifer Nai-Dowetin, Ernest Kenu: Predictors of Institutional Delivery Service Utilization among Women in Northern Ghana. https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/series/7/2/1/full/
2. Grace Adjoa Ocansey,,&, Dora Dadzie,, Shahadu Sayibu Shembla,, Benedict Adzogble, Happy Ametorwodufia,, Seth Baffoe,, George Opoku-Asumadu,, Peter Zunuo Naab, Clifford Amponsah Ameyaw, Philomina Afful, Charles Lwanga Noora, Ernest Kenu: Schistosomiasis Outbreak Investigation in Essuekyir, Ghana. https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/series/7/2/1/full/
3. Isaac Baffoe-Nyarko Christopher Tamal, Charles Lwanga Noora, Donne Ameme, Paulina Clara Appiah, Seth Baffoe, Thelma Teley Aphour, Ernest Kenu:Malaria surveillance data analysis in the Kintampo North Municipality, Bono East Region, Ghana. https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/series/7/2/1/full/
4. Doris Aboagyewaa Edu-Quansah Garcondoe Burgess Gbelee Jr, Sarja Jarjusey, Anthony Baffour Appiah, George Akowuah, Paul Dsane-Aidoo, Charles Lwanga Noora, Donne Kofi Ameme, Ernest Kenu: Outbreak of Influenza (HN) in two senior high schools in the Eastern Region, Ghana. https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/series/7/2/1/full
5. Abdul Gafaru Mohammed Harriet Bonful, Georgia Ghartey, Alice Adams, Charles Lwanga Noora,, Delia Bandoh, Donne Kofi Ameme, Ernest Kenu:  Factors Associated with the Uptake of COVID-9 Vaccines in the Adult Population, Asante Akim South, North and Central Municipality, Ashanti Region, Ghana. https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/series/7/2/1/full/
6. Thelma Teley Aphour Isaac Baffoe-Nyarko, Jessica Asante, Yaa Danquah Akuamoah-Boateng, Wilson Asare Oyiadjo, Delia Bandoh, Charles Noora, Ernest Kenu:  Surveillance Data Analysis of Uncomplicated Malaria in Pregnancy in Ablekuma North Private Health Facilities, Ghana. https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/series/7/2/1/full/
7. Shahadu Shembla Sayibu Basil Benduri Kaburi, Richard Wodah-Seme, Charles Lwanga Noora, Abdul Gafaru Mohammed, Francis Ganya, Mutawakil Fuseini, Hilarius Awisome Kosi Abiwu, Ernest Kenu: Surveillance data analysis of under-5-year malaria cases amidst malaria Control interventions in the Tamale Metropolis. https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/series/7/2/1/full/
8. Doris Aboagyewaa Edu-Quansah, Danny Kalala Mukandila, Bakalilu Kijera, Seth Baffoe, Amara Stevens Ngegbai, Anthony Baffour Appiah, Delia Akosua Bandoh, Donne Kofi Ameme, Charles Lwanga Noora, Ernest Kenu: Hand hygiene practices among staff and students of School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Accra. https://www.afenet-journal.net/content/series/7/2/1/full/
9. Charles Lwanga Noora, Timothy Letsa, Robert Domo Nuoh, Donne Ameme, Edwin Andrew Afari, Ernest Kenu “Health seeking behaviour, treatment delay, and its determinants among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in rural Ghana” presented at the 10th Africa Union conference, Accra Ghana, 2017
10. Charles Lwanga Noora, T. Letsa, E.A. Afari, R. Nuoh, B. Sarfo, K. Issah, K.M. Nyarko, M. Aikins & E. Kenu “Evaluation of timeliness of treatment initiation among smear positive pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana” presented at the 6th AFENET and 1st ECOWAS Conference in Abuja, Nigeria, 2016
11. Charles L Noora, Kofi Mensah Nyarko, Anthony Kobla Gershon, Robert Domo Nuoh, Alex Asamoah and Edwine Andrews Afari “Cholera outbreak in the Greater Accra Region, 2014, Ghana” Presented at the 8th Global TEPHINET biannual conference in Mexico City, 2015. 
12. Charles Lwanga Noora, Timothy Letsa, Edwin Andrews Afari, Ernest Kenu, and Kwara Awewura “Knowledge and health seeking behavior of smear positive pulmonary Tuberculosis patients in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana” Presented at the 9th International WARIMA conference at Nuguchi, Ghana.

Hepatitis B Mother to Child

Transmission Serosurvey Project in Ghana             

SCOSA Project

Sero-prevalence and Circulating Variants Of SARS-CoV-2 Among Travelers at Points of Entry, Ghana,

Community malaria parasitemia baseline prior to larvicidal spraying in Ghana

Assessment of Hepatitis B and C Burden of Disease and Testing

Capacity in Ghana, Hepatitis Evaluations to Amplify Testing and Treatment (HEAT) Project

Global maternal sepsis study and

awareness campaign (GLOSS)