Philip Baba Adongo

Head of Department, University of Ghana School of Public Health, since 2009per ORCID

Publishing since 1994, latest 2026

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
General Health Professions
Nutrition and Dietetics
Epidemiology
Infectious Diseases

In their own words

Neonatal/prenatal health
Maternal & child health
Reproductive health
Infectious disease research
Health systems research

Publications: 1231994–2026
Citations: 4,483to those papers
h-index: 41i10-index 76
Field-weighted impact: 4.211.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 54%53 of 99 scored papers
Open access: 76%76 of the 100 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 6,348 citations, h-index 45 and i10-index 77 (2,959 citations and h-index 30 since 2021), as of October 12, 2026. It also counts theses, books and web pages, so it runs higher.

By year

Papers, and the citations to them

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

Career

As their ORCID record read on October 4, 2026

Positions

Head of Department, Social and Behavioural SciencesUniversity of Ghana School of Public Healthsince 2009

Education

PhD, Epidemiology and Population HealthLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine2000–2004
MSc, Medical AnthroplogyKeele University1992–1993
BA Arts, SociologyUniversity of Ghana1989–1991

Honours, memberships and service

ChairmanNational Immunisation Technical Advisory Group

Publications

123 in all

Feasibility and acceptability of ACT for the community case management of malaria in urban settings in five African sites
2011Malaria JournalJournalOpen access53 citations10.1186/1475-2875-10-240
Trends in the prevalence of female genital muti-lation and its effect on delivery outcomes in the kassena-nankana district of northern Ghana
2010

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Citations received each year

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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

From the classification of each paper

Subfields

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health4637%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3932%
General Health Professions2924%
Nutrition and Dietetics1714%
Epidemiology119%
Infectious Diseases119%
Obstetrics and Gynecology87%
Safety Research76%
Economics and Econometrics65%
Health65%

Health Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health44
Child Nutrition and Water Access17
Malaria Research and Control15
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health10
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions8
Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare7
Blood donation and transfusion practices6
Mosquito-borne diseases and control6
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy6
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research6
Diabetes Management and Education5
Global Health and Surgery5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

67% of their 100 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

papers co-written23456712Home

Most frequent partner countries

United States50
United Kingdom17
Switzerland12
Malaysia6
Kenya4
Canada4
Tanzania4
South Africa4

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Navrongo Health Research CentreGH37 papers
Ghana Health ServiceGH26 papers
University of MichiganUS12 papers
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUS9 papers
Columbia UniversityUS9 papers
University of Health and Allied SciencesGH9 papers
Michigan MedicineUS8 papers
London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineGB7 papers
Syracuse UniversityUS6 papers
World Health OrganizationCH6 papers

Where they publish

PLoS ONE7
Tropical Medicine & International Health6
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth5
Malaria Journal5
Studies in Family Planning5
TRANSFUSION5
BMC Health Services Research

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being39
5Gender equality12
1No poverty5
2Zero hunger4
11Sustainable cities and communities3
17Partnerships for the goals3
4Quality education2
10

Most cited

‘They treat you like you are not a human being’: Maltreatment during labour and delivery in rural northern Ghana
Midwifery5
2013224 citationsWorld top 10%
Domestic waste disposal practice and perceptions of private sector waste management in urban Accra
BMC Public Health11
2014219 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Scientific Advisory BoardMedecins Sans Frontiers, West and Central Africa regionsince 2025

MemberWHO Health Workforce Development (Global Health and Care Workforce)2021–2023

PresidentAssociation of Schools of Public in Africa2018–2024

Ghana Medical Journal

Beyond symptom recognition: care‐seeking for ill newborns in rural Ghana

2008Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen accessSenior author96 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01981.x

Social costs of skilled attendance at birth in rural Ghana

2008International Journal of Gynecology & ObstetricsJournalSenior author72 citations10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.02.004

How local community knowledge about malaria affects insecticide‐treated net use in northern Ghana

2005Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding168 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01361.x

Sustainability of bednet use for malaria control: an ethnographic study in northern Ghana

2004London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (University of London)ThesisFirst author0 citations

Bicycle with a flat tyre.

2004Navrongo Ghana Ministry of Health Navrongo Health Research Centre [2004].ReportSenior author0 citations

Gate-Keeping and Women's Health Seeking Behaviour in Navrongo, Northern Ghana

2003African Journal of Reproductive HealthJournalOpen access65 citations10.2307/3583341

The demographic determinants of nuptiality: age and fertility in nuptial transitions among the Kassena-Nankana of northern Ghana.

1998Ann Arbor Michigan University of Michigan Population Studies CenterReport0 citations

Acceptability and use of insecticide impregnated bednets in northern Ghana

1997Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalSenior author132 citations10.1111/j.1365-3156.1997.tb00173.x

Child survival and health in the Guinea Savannah (Ghana)

1994Navrongo Health Research CentreReport0 citations

The socio-cultural context of infant/child morbidity and mortality in Kassena-Nankana District

1994Legon, Ghana: University of Ghana, Department of Sociology. UnpublishedJournal12 citations

Ghana Medical Journal4

How it can be read

76% free to read, of the 100 recorded

Diamond 8 · 7%Free to read and to publish
Gold 55 · 45%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 4 · 3%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 5 · 4%Free to read, no open licence
Green 4 · 3%A copy in a repository
Closed 24 · 20%Behind a paywall
Unknown 23 · 19%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

48 of 123 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation10
University of Ghana7
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute5
World Health Organization5
Comic Relief3
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation3
United States Agency for International Development3
FHI 3602

Reduced inequalities

16Peace, justice and strong institutions1

2005168 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Bronze

Infertility and childlessness: a qualitative study of the experiences of infertile couples in Northern Ghana

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth5

2013163 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold