Desmond T. Jumbam

Chartered Institute of Marketing Ghana

Publishing since 2018, latest 2026

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Emergency Medical Services
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
General Health Professions
Emergency Medicine
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Publications: 352018–2026
Citations: 1,412to those papers
h-index: 17i10-index 24
Field-weighted impact: 5.371.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 49%17 of 35 scored papers
Open access: 89%31 papers free to read

3 other works — preprints, datasets and the like — are listed but not counted.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

Publications, left axisCitations to that year’s papers, right axis2026 still in progress

Citations received each year

Peerford

To all their work, old papers included. Google Scholar also counts citations from theses, books and web pages, so its line runs higher.

What they work on

Career

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Publications

35 in all

Climate Change and Mental Health in Africa: A Scoping Review
2026Annals of Global HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author5 citations10.5334/aogh.5110
Neocolonialism: should it concern surgeons?
2025British journal of surgeryJournal2 citations

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From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3189%
Emergency Medical Services1337%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health1029%
General Health Professions926%
Emergency Medicine617%
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine411%
Gender Studies411%
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management39%
Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis26%
Surgery26%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Health and Surgery30
Global Health Workforce Issues12
Global Maternal and Child Health10
Trauma and Emergency Care Studies6
Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes4
Diversity and Career in Medicine4
Global Healthcare and Medical Tourism4
Health and Medical Research Impacts3
Climate Change and Health Impacts2
Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology2
Advances in Oncology and Radiotherapy1
Airway Management and Intubation Techniques1

Who they write with

Their most frequent co-authors, and the papers those co-authors share

Where their co-authors are

86% of their papers have a co-author abroad

papers co-written34567810Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States24
Tanzania11
South Africa10
Rwanda8
Zambia6
Nigeria6
Cameroon6
Botswana5

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Harvard UniversityUS20 papers
Boston Children's HospitalUS10 papers
University of the WitwatersrandZA7 papers
University of Global Health EquityRW7 papers
Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and ChildrenTZ7 papers
Government of TanzaniaTZ6 papers
JhpiegoUS5 papers
University of Cape TownZA5 papers
University of BotswanaBW5 papers
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied SciencesTZ5 papers

Where they publish

BMJ Global Health5
British journal of surgery2
East and Central African journal of surgery2
Global Health Action2
Journal of Global Health Reports2
PAMJ Clinical Medicine2
Anaesthesia1
Annals of Global Health1

How it can be read

89% free to read

Diamond 6 · 17%Free to read and to publish
Gold 19 · 54%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 11%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 2 · 6%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 4 · 11%Behind a paywall

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

9Industry, innovation and infrastructure5
17Partnerships for the goals5
1No poverty3
3Good health and well-being2
13Climate action2
5Gender equality1
8Decent work and economic growth1
10Reduced inequalities1

Most cited

Globalization of national surgical, obstetric and anesthesia plans: the critical link between health policy and action in global surgery
Globalization and Health
2020333 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Addressing power asymmetries in global health: Imperatives in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
PLoS Medicine3
2021267 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Global surgery and the sustainable development goals
British journal of surgery5
2019153 citationsWorld top 10%
Disparities in Access to Trauma Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: a Narrative Review
Current Trauma Reports
202272 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Hybrid
Towards equitable surgical systems: development and outcomes of a national surgical, obstetric and anaesthesia plan in Tanzania
BMJ Global Health
201969 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

The Global Surgery Advocacy Fellowship: training a new generation of global surgery leaders

2025Journal of Public Health and EmergencyJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.21037/jphe-24-110

A Financing Strategy to Expand Surgical Health Care

2023Global Health Science and PracticeJournalOpen accessFirst author18 citations10.9745/ghsp-d-21-00295

To advance global surgery and anaesthesia, train more advocates

2023BMJ Global HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding9 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2023-012848

Incorporating surgical and anesthesia care into universal health care: a national plan for the development of surgery in Madagascar

2023Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésieJournalOpen accessCorresponding3 citations10.1007/s12630-023-02500-8

The state of surgery, obstetrics, trauma, and anaesthesia care in Ghana: a narrative review

2022Global Health ActionJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding16 citations10.1080/16549716.2022.2104301

Voices beyond the Operating Room: centring global surgery advocacy at the grassroots

2022BMJ Global HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding17 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2022-008969

Recalibrating global health: how COVID-19 can bring us together

2021Journal of Global Health ReportsJournalOpen accessSenior author2 citations10.29392/001c.25474

Knowledge, attitudes and practices assessment of malaria interventions in rural Zambia

2020BMC Public HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding46 citations10.1186/s12889-020-8235-6

Global surgery and the sustainable development goals

2019British journal of surgeryJournal153 citations10.1002/bjs.11044

The Situation of Safe Surgery and Anaesthesia in Tanzania: A Systematic Review

2018World Journal of SurgeryJournalOpen accessCorresponding41 citations10.1007/s00268-018-4767-7

Who funds it

14 of 35 papers name a funder

GE Foundation7
World Health Organization4
Fogarty International Center3
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality2
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation1
Eck Institute for Global Health, University of Notre Dame1
GE Healthcare1
General Electric1