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Dr. Adanna U. Nwameme
Senior Lecturer
Contact Info
Email:
aunwameme@ug.edu.gh
Education and Qualification
Education: University of Ghana University of Ghana Abia State University, Nigeria | Qualification: PhD in Public Health MPH MBBS |
Working Experience
Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, December 2020 - date
Research and Course Development/Facilitation, University of Ghana, March 2012 – December 2020
Medical Officer, Aladinma Specialist Hospital, Owerri-Imo State, Nigeria, September 2004 - August 2010
Corper Medical Officer, Iru/Victoria Island Primary Health Clinic, Victoria Island, Lagos State, Nigeria, September 2003 - August 2004
House Officer, Federal Medical Centre, Owerri-Imo State, Nigeria, June 2001 - August 2002
Publications
- Asgary R, Helen Cole H, Philip Adongo P, Nwameme A, Maya E, Adu-Amankwah A, Barnett H, Adanu R (2019). Acceptability and implementation challenges of smartphone-based training of community health nurses for visual inspection with acetic acid in Ghana: mHealth and cervical cancer screening. BMJ Open 9: e030528.
- Valdes V, Adongo PB, Nwameme AU, Tabong PTN, Michelle Fernandes M (2018). Risk factors for self-reported postpartum hemorrhage in Ga East, Ghana. International Journal of Gynecol Obstet 142: 201–206
- Nwameme AU, Tabong PT-N, Adongo PB (2018). Implementing Community-based Health Planning and Services in impoverished urban communities: health workers’ perspective. BMC Health Services Research 18:186
- Asgary R, Adongo PB, Nwameme A, Cole HVS, Maya E, Liu M, Yeates K, Adanu R, Ogedegbe O (2016). mHealth to Train Community Health Nurses in Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid for Cervical Cancer Screening in Ghana. Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease 20:3
- Adongo PB, Phillips JF, Aikins MK, Arhin DA, Schmitt M, Nwameme AU, Tabong PT, Binka FN (2014). Does the design and implementation of proven innovations for delivering basic primary health care services in rural communities fit the urban setting? The case of Ghana's Community-based Health Planning and Services (CHPS). Health Research Policy and Systems 12:16
- Nwameme AU, Phillips JF, Adongo PB (2014). Compliance with emergency obstetric care referrals among pregnant women in an urban informal settlement of Accra, Ghana. Maternal and Child Health Journal 18(6):1403-1412
Ongoing Projects
| Title | Role on the Project | Duration of the Project | Funder | |
| Development of MSc Sexual and Reproductive Health Programme | Module Development | October 2021 - date | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | |
| Development of a Mini-MOOC on the Role of Implementation Research in Vaccines Administration in Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) | Co-PI | May 2021 – date | WHO/TDR | |
| Implementation Research in Health Campaign Effectiveness: Campaign Integration and Transitioning the Delivery of Campaign Interventions into Primary Health Care Systems | Co-PI | April 2021 – date | The Task Force for Global Health | |
| Evaluation of the process and outcome of the Qualitative Evaluator African Health Diagnostics Platform in Ghana | Qualitative Evaluator | November 2020 – date | John Hopkins University/ Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation | |
| Community-led Responsive and Effective Urban Health Systems (CHORUS) in Ghana | Gender and Implementation Researcher | July 2020 – date | Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) |
Completed Projects
| Title | Role on the Project | Duration of the Project | Funder |
| Development of online course on Gender-based Analysis for Vector Borne Diseases and Climate Change Research | Project Co-ordinator | March 2016 – May 2017 | WHO/TDR |
| Diabetes Prevention Program (Small Steps Program) amongst older women in La-Nkwatanang-Madina Municipal, Greater Accra Region | Researcher | July – Dec 2016 | University of Southampton, England |
| mHealth training of Community Health Officers (CHOs) in Visual Inspection with Acetic acid (VIA) for cervical cancer screening in Ga East Municipal, Greater Accra Region | Researcher | Feb 2015 – March 2016 | New York University, USA |
| Ghana Essential Health Implementation Program in Ga East Municipal, Greater Accra Region | Researcher | March 2012 – August 2016 | Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and Comic Relief |