Education and Qualification

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

1. 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.

2. 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 

3. 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.

4. 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 

5. 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. 

6. 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.

7. 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 

8. 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

9. 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 

10. 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 

11. 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

12. 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.

13. 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 

14. 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 

15. 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.

16. 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, 

17. 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 

18. Baatiema, L., Chan, C., Sav, A., Somerset, S. (2017). Interventions for Acute Stroke Management in Africa: A Systematic Review of the Evidence. Systematic Reviews. 

19. 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. 

20. 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 

21. 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. 

22. 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 

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