Dr. Leonard Baatiema
Senior Lecturer
Education and Qualification
Education:
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Qualification:
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Working Experience
2020-Present Lecturer, Department of Health Policy, Planning and Management, School of Public health, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana
2018-2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ACE-NCDs Hub, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, University of Ghana, Legon
2017-2017 Sessional Lecturer/Lecturer in Charge (Coordinator) for Programs and Practices for Health Promotion Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Sydney
2012-2014 Health Policy Analyst, ISODEC Northern Ghana Programs, Ghana
Publications
Ganle, J. K., Baatiema, L., Ayamah, P., Ofori, C. A. E., Ameyaw, E. K., Seidu, A. A., & Ankomah, A. (2021). Family planning for urban slums in low-and middle-income countries: a scoping review of interventions/service delivery models and their impact. International journal for equity in health, 20(1), 1-15.
de-Graft Aikins, A; Sanuade, O; Baatiema, L; Asante, P.Y; Agyei, F; Asah-Ayeh, V; Okai, J; Osei- Tutu, A; Koram A.K. (2021) COVID-19, chronic conditions and multidimensional poverty: assessing the needs of a vulnerable community in Accra, Ghana". Journal of Social and Political Psychology
Sanuade, O. A., Baatiema, L., Adjaye-Gbewonyo, K., & de-Graft Aikins, A. (2021). Improving stroke care in Ghana: a roundtable discussion with communities, healthcare providers, policymakers and civil society organisations. Ghana Medical Journal, 55(2), 147-151.
Boatemaa, K.S., Sanuade, A.O., Baatiema, L., et al. (2021). Non-communicable disease comorbidities in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. South African Medical Journal
Sanuade, O. A., Baatiema, L., Christian, A. K., & Puplampu, P. (2021). Cardiovascular risk factors among patients with human immunodeficiency viral infection at a tertiary hospital in Ghana: a cross-sectional study. The Pan African Medical Journal, 38. 317.
Mirzoev, T., Koduah, A., de Chavez, A. C., Baatiema, L., Danso-Appiah, A., Ensor, T., ... & King, N. (2021). Implementation of medicines pricing policies in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review. BMJ open, 11(2), e044293.
Peer., N., Baatiema., L., & Kengne., P.A. (2021) Cardiovascular disease burden in Africa: current challenges and outlook for the future Expert Review of Cardiovascular Therapy
Baatiema., L., Sanuade, O., Ganle., K.J., Sumah, A., Baatiema, L., Sumankuuro., L (2020). An ecological approach to understanding stroke experience and access to rehabilitation services in Ghana: a cross-sectional study. Health & Social Care in the Community
Baatiema., L., de-Graft Aikins., A., Sarfo., F., Abimbola, S., Ganle., J.K., Somerset., S. (2020) Improving the quality of care for people who had a stroke in a low-middle-income country: a qualitative analysis of health care professionals’ perspectives. Health Expectations
Menyanu E, Baatiema L, Charlton K, et al. (2020). Towards Population Salt Reduction to Control High Blood Pressure in Ghana: A Policy Direction. Curr Dev Nutr. ;4(Suppl 3):naa084. Published 2020
Baatiema., L., Abimbola, S., de-Graft Aikins., A., Damasceno., A., Kengne., P.A., Sarfo., F., Charway., F.A., Somerset., S. (2019). Towards evidence-based policies to strengthen stroke care in low-middle-income countries, Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Ganle, J. K., Boakye, P. P., & Baatiema, L. (2019). Childhood obesity in urban Ghana: evidence from a cross-sectional survey of in-school children aged 5–16 years. BMC public health, 19(1), 1-12.
Abimbola S, Baatiema L, Bigdeli M. (2019) The impacts of decentralization on health system equity, efficiency and resilience: a realist synthesis of the evidence. Health Policy and Planning doi: 101093/heapol/czz055
Sumah A.M., Baatiema L. (2019). Decentralisation and management of human resource for health in the health system of Ghana: a decision space analysis. Int J Health Policy Manag.; doi:10.15171/ijhpm.2018.8
Baatiema, L., Otim, M. E., Mnatzaganian, G., Aikins, A. D. G., Coombes, J., & Somerset, S. (2017). Health professionals’ views on the barriers and enablers to evidence-based practice for acute stroke care: a systematic review. Implementation Science, 12(1),1-15.
Baatiema, L., de-Graft Aikins, A., Sav, A., Mnatzaganian, G., Chan, C., Somerset, S. (2017). Barriers to evidence-based acute stroke care in Ghana: a qualitative study on the perspectives of stroke care professionals. BMJ Open, 7(4): e015385,
Baatiema, L., Otim, M., Mnatzaganian, G., de-Graft Aikins, A., Coombes, J., Somerset, S. (2017). Towards Best Practice in Acute Stroke Care in Ghana: A Survey of Hospital Services. BMC Health Services Research, 17: 108 doi 10.1186/s12913-017-2061-2
Baatiema, L., Chan, C., Sav, A., Somerset, S. (2017). Interventions for Acute Stroke Management in Africa: A Systematic Review of the Evidence. Systematic Reviews.
Baatiema L, Sumah AM, Tang PN, & Ganle JK (2016). Community health workers in Ghana: the need for greater policy attention. BMJ Global Health; 1:e000141. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000141.
Sumah, A., Baatiema, L., & Abimbola, S. (2016). The Impacts of Decentralisation on Health-Related Equity: A Systematic Review of the Evidence. Health Policy, 120(10), 1183-1192.doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2016.09.003
Ganle JK, Obeng B, Segbefia YA, Mwinyuri V, Yeboah YJ, & Baatiema L (2015). How intra- familial decision-making affects women’s access to, and use of maternal healthcare services in Ghana: a qualitative study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 15:173.
Baatiema, L., Skovdal, M., Campbell, C., & Rifkin, S. (2013). Assessing Participation in a Community-based Health Planning and Services Programme in Ghana. BMC Health Services Research, 13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-233
Ongoing Projects
Title | Role on the Project | Duration of the Project | Funder |
The Ghana Non-Communicable Diseases and Injury Poverty Commission Project | Principal Investigator | 2021-2022 | Partners for Health/Harvard Medical School |
Contextual Awareness, Response and Evaluation: Diabetes in Ghana
| Co-Investigator | 2020-2022 | UKRI/Medical Research Council |
Redesigning health systems for improved health outcomes among people living with NCDs during COVID-19 and future public health emergencies in Ghana | Principal Investigator | 2021-2022 | NIH |
Completed Projects
Title | Role on the Project | Duration of the Project | Funder |
Improving equitable access to essential medicines in Ghana through bridging the gaps in implementing medicines pricing policy
| Research Officer | March 2020- May 2021 | NIHR Global Health, Policy and Systems Research Programme |