Delia Akosua Bandoh

Scientific Writer, GHANA FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY TRAINING PROGRAMME, since 2016per ORCID

Publishing since 2014, latest 2026

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

Publications: 1192014–2026
Citations: 725to those papers
h-index: 14i10-index 21
Field-weighted impact: 1.281.00 is the world average
World top 10%: 22%19 of 87 scored papers
Open access: 99%86 of the 87 whose access is recorded

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

Google Scholar shows 975 citations, h-index 16 and i10-index 32 (903 citations and h-index 16 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

Scientific Writer, UGSPH Epidemiology and Disease Control, Ghana FELTPGHANA FIELD EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY TRAINING PROGRAMMEsince 2016
Field Supervisor, PFRH - COMBAT Health Promotion StudyUniversity of Ghana School of Public Health2016
Senior Research Assistant, Nutrition and Food Science - TRIUMF ProjectUniversity of Ghana School of Public Health2012–2014
Field Assistant, Nutrition and Food Science - Childhood Obesity in Urban Cities ProjectUniversity of Ghana School of Public Health2010–2011

Education

PhD, Epidemiology and Disease Control

Publications

119 in all

Universal coverage and utilization of free long-lasting insecticidal nets for malaria prevention in Ghana: a cross-sectional study
2023Frontiers in Public HealthJournalOpen access13 citations10.3389/fpubh.2023.1140604
Validation of a measure to assess decision-making autonomy in family planning services in three low- and middle-income countries: The Family Planning Autonomous Decision-Making scale (FP-ADM)

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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

Infectious Diseases3731%
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2521%
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health2420%
Epidemiology1916%
General Health Professions1412%
Nutrition and Dietetics98%
Modeling and Simulation87%
Health Information Management76%
Health65%
Emergency Medicine54%

Health Sciences
Physical Sciences
Social Sciences

Topics most written on

Global Maternal and Child Health23
Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research17
Data-Driven Disease Surveillance13
Child Nutrition and Water Access9
COVID-19 epidemiological studies8
Malaria Research and Control8
Mosquito-borne diseases and control7
Global Health and Epidemiology6
Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy6
HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions5
Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions5
Reproductive Health and Contraception5

Who they write with

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

Where their co-authors are

34% of their 87 papers with recorded affiliations have a co-author abroad

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Most frequent partner countries

United States17
India11
Argentina10
Uganda6
Jordan6
Switzerland4
Sierra Leone3
Nigeria3

Papers with at least one author in that country.

Institutions written with most

Ghana Health ServiceGH41 papers
Harvard UniversityUS12 papers
Population CouncilIN11 papers
Instituto de Efectividad Clínica y SanitariaAR10 papers
Universidad Nacional de La MatanzaAR9 papers
University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUS9 papers
University of JordanJO6 papers
Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical ResearchGH6 papers
African Field Epidemiology NetworkUG6 papers
Korle Bu Teaching HospitalGH5 papers

Where they publish

Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public Health43
Ghana Medical Journal15
PLoS ONE15
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth3
BMC Infectious Diseases2
BMC Nutrition2

Development goals addressed

From each paper’s title and abstract

3Good health and well-being40
1No poverty8
17Partnerships for the goals4
5Gender equality3
2Zero hunger2
11Sustainable cities and communities1
14Life below water1
16

Most cited

Emergency response time and pre-hospital trauma survival rate of the national ambulance service, Greater Accra (January – December 2014)
BMC Emergency Medicine3
201869 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold
Dietary diversity and nutritional adequacy of under-fives in a fishing community in the central region of Ghana
BMC Nutrition2
201763 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

University of Ghana School of Public Health

MPH, EpidemiologyUniversity of Ghana2014–2015

BSC, Nutrition and Food ScienceUniversity of Ghana School of Public Health2006–2010

On their papers

Every institution they have given on a paper.

Analysis of dog bite surveillance data, Volta Region, Ghana, 2020

2023Frontiers in Tropical DiseasesJournalOpen access7 citations10.3389/fitd.2023.1096275

Analysis of national Lassa fever surveillance data, Sierra Leone, 2012–2018

2023Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal8 citations

Evaluation of animal rabies surveillance system, Sunyani West District-ghana, 2019

2023Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal2 citations

A three year review of Tuberculosis surveillance data in Montserrado County, Liberia, 2016-2018

2023Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal1 citation

COVID-19 pandemic response capacity status of West Africa

2022Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal2 citations

Towards global elimination of Trachoma: An evaluation of Trachoma surveillance system, Wa East District, Ghana

2022Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal0 citations

Evaluation de la capacité de préparation et de riposte aux urgences sanitaires du Sénégal

2022Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal6 citations

Assessment of the epidemic preparedness and response capacity in Sierra Leone

2022Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal1 citation

Descriptive data analysis of tuberculosis surveillance data, Sene East District, Ghana, 2020

2022Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal1 citation

Capacity assessment of Nigeria for health emergencies preparedness and response

2022Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal7 citations

Capacity assessment of the Gambia’s emergency preparedness and response system

2022Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal0 citations

Upsurge in meningitis cases in Jirapa district, 2017, Upper West-Ghana

2022Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal1 citation

Outbreak of rabies among humans, dogs and livestock, Awutu-Senya east municipality, Ghana, 2019

2022Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal6 citations

Towards global elimination of trachoma: an evaluation of trachoma surveillance system, Wa East District

2022Ghana. J Interv Epidemiol Public HealthJournalSenior author1 citation

Capacity assessment of Liberia for health emergencies and disaster preparedness and response

2022Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal1 citation

State of public health emergency preparedness and response capacity of Ghana

2022Journal of Interventional Epidemiology and Public HealthJournal16 citations

Emerging infectious diseases

Frontiers in Tropical Diseases2

How it can be read

99% free to read, of the 87 recorded

Diamond 41 · 34%Free to read and to publish
Gold 42 · 35%In an open-access journal
Hybrid 2 · 2%Open in a subscription journal
Bronze 1 · 1%Free to read, no open licence
Closed 1 · 1%Behind a paywall
Unknown 32 · 27%Not recorded by the source

Who funds it

29 of 119 papers name a funder

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation12
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention6
Korea International Cooperation Agency4
World Health Organization4
University of Ghana3
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria2
A.T. Still University1
Center for International Health1

Peace, justice and strong institutions

Obstetric determinants of preterm delivery in a regional hospital, Accra, Ghana 2016

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth3

201936 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold

Evaluation of the adverse events following immunization surveillance system, Ghana, 2019

PLoS ONE3

202229 citationsWorld top 10%Open access · Gold