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Institute of Health Research
 

DR. MATILDA ABERESE-AKO

Matilda AbDr. Matilda Aberese-Ako is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Health Research in the University of Health and Allied Science in Ghana. She is a medical and organizational anthropologist. She previously worked with the Navrongo Health Research Centre as a research fellow.

Education

She pursued Bachelor of Arts Studies (Integrated Development Studies option) at the University for Development Studies in Ghana. She later pursued a Master of Arts degree in development studies (with specialisation in Gender, Women and Development) at the Erasmus International Institute of Social Studies in the Hague, the Netherlands. Additionally she conducted PhD studies in Medical and Organisational Anthropology at the Wageningen University and Research in Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Work Experience

She taught in her Alma Mater, the Tamale Secondary School for one year and proceeded to the Navrongo Health Research Centre to work as a research assistant on the Female Genital Mutilation study. She later worked as a research officer on the adolescent sexual and reproductive health study and until recently, she worked as a research fellow on maternal and child health intervention studies.

Science /Research output

Dr. Aberese-Ako’s area of research expertise include human rights approaches to development, women and gender studies, health worker motivation, adolescent sexual and reproductive health and maternal and child health studies. She has written articles on human rights, female genital mutilation studies and health worker motivation in peer-reviewed journals and has also made several presentations at local and international conferences. Currently she is a postdoctoral fellow on the Malaria Research Capacity Development programme for West and Central Africa. Her research focus is on behavioural and attitudinal influences on acceptance of malaria interventions among pregnant women in Sub Saharan Africa. She is also involved in studies on maternal and new born health care using community resources in rural areas of Ghana.

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