Ongoing Research - Institute of Health Research

LIST OF ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS AND THEIR FUNDERS

Project Title	Funding Agency	Contact Person(s)
Sustainable Access and Delivery of New Vaccines in Ghana (SAVING)	EDCTP	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://savingconsortium.org/
Feasibility and acceptability of open source for local manufacture of digital diagnostics and routine use in the health system: Exploring the views of Ghanaian stakeholders	UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Global challenges Research Fund (GCRF)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The Fast Package Transition to Scale Project: Improving Women’s Health by Reducing Morbidity from Female Genital Schistosomiasis in Ghana	Grand Challenges Canada	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://fastpackage.org/
Georgetown collaboration		This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The socio-economic and health effects of COVID-19 among vulnerable populations: Evidence from the Ashanti and Volta Regions of Ghana	WHO: Alliance for Health Policy and Health Systems Research	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Engaging communities in responding to COVID-19 in low resource countries: A case study of Ghana	Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
WHO Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research. Partners’ health policy and systems research report, 2021	WHO	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
University of Health and Allied Sciences monthly technical meeting	IHR	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Socio-cultural factors influencing knowledge, attitudes and acceptance of malaria interventions among pregnant women in Ghana	Welcome Trust through the MARCAD Consortium	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Dynamics of Health Care Utilization Strategies in the Context of RTS,S/AS01 Vaccine Introduction In Ghana	PATH	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Strengthening the capacity of Health Management Teams to use DHIMs data in engaging stakeholders for effective decision-making in addressing teenage pregnancy in the Volta region of Ghana	IDRC	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
An Investigation into the health seeking behaviour and management of paediatric fractures in the Ashanti and Central regions of Ghana. An exploratory study of community and health system factors	Paediatric Fractures Solution for Ghana Project (GCPS)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
A Single Ascending Dose Escalation Study in Patients with Onchocerca volvulus Infection to Investigate Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacodynamics and Pharmacokinetics of Emodepside (BAY 44-440) in Comparison to Ivermectin in a Randomised, Double Blind, Group Comparison Design – Site Preparation	Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi)	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Health impact assessment for engaging natural resource extraction projects in sustainable development in producer regions (HIA4SD Project)	Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute
Organisation of National Stakeholders and Evaluation Forum	WHO/TDR	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Lifestyle Behaviour and its Implications on Body Mass Index among 4th year Nursing Students at the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho	Ghana Studies Association	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Malaria Research Capacity Development (MARCAD) in West and Central Africa	Malaria Research Capacity Development (MARCAD) in West and Central Africa Wellcome Trust	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
CHPS+: A National Programme for Strengthening the Implementation of the Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Initiative in Ghana	Doris Duke Foundation
Wellcome Trust training fellowship in public health and tropical medicine, Immunobiology of sexual stage antigens of Plasmodium falciparum parasites with Dr. Britta Urban at Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine	Wellcome Trust	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
NIH/Fogarty Global Health Fellowship, Development of P. falciparum gametocytes in the human host	The NIH/Fogarty International Centre	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Characterization of the microbiome of sickle cell disease children in Ghana	uBiome Inc, San Francisco, CA, USA	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Antibiotic resistance of the gut microbiome of sickle cell disease children in Ghana.	Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London, UK	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Malaria Seminars (In-Service Training)	National Malaria Control Programme	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Satellite African Regional Training Centre	UG/WHO	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Organisation of National Stakeholders and Evaluation Forum	WHO/TDR	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Optimization of Chemotherapy for Control and Elimination of Lymphatic Filariasis and Onchocerciasis	DOLF/Bill and Melinda Gates	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
An open-label study of the pharmacokinetics and safety of a single dose of moxidectin per oral in subjects aged 4 to 17 years with (or at risk of) onchocerciasis to identify an optimal dose for treatment of children 4 to 11 years	Medicines Development for Global Health	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.