| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Perioperative patient outcomes in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study | Lancet, The | 2018 | 373 |
| 2 | Factors Affecting Antenatal Care Attendance: Results from Qualitative Studies in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi | PLoS ONE | 2013 | 262 |
| 3 | Absence of Putative Artemisinin Resistance Mutations Among Plasmodium falciparum in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Molecular Epidemiologic Study | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2015 | 235 |
| 4 | Genome-wide association study indicates two novel resistance loci for severe malaria | Nature | 2012 | 227 |
| 5 | Hepatitis B in sub-Saharan Africa: strategies to achieve the 2030 elimination targets | The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2017 | 217 |
| 6 | Wolbachia endobacteria depletion by doxycycline as antifilarial therapy has macrofilaricidal activity in onchocerciasis: a randomized placebo-controlled study | Medical Microbiology and Immunology | 2008 | 216 |
| 7 | Doxycycline as a novel strategy against bancroftian filariasis?depletion of Wolbachia endosymbionts from Wuchereria bancrofti and stop of microfilaria production | Medical Microbiology and Immunology | 2003 | 137 |
| 8 | Maternal and neonatal outcomes after caesarean delivery in the African Surgical Outcomes Study: a 7-day prospective observational cohort study | The Lancet Global Health | 2019 | 127 |
| 9 | Task shifting interventions for cardiovascular risk reduction in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials | BMJ Open | 2014 | 117 |
| 10 | Feasibility and acceptability of artemisinin-based combination therapy for the home management of malaria in four African sites | Malaria Journal | 2008 | 116 |
| 11 | Prevalence of anaemia and immunological markers among ghanaian HAART-naïve HIV-patients and those on HAART | African Health Sciences | 2011 | 114 |
| 12 | Congenital Anomalies in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries: The Unborn Child of Global Surgery | World Journal of Surgery | 2015 | 105 |
| 13 | A qualitative study of health system barriers to accessibility and utilization of maternal and newborn healthcare services in Ghana after user-fee abolition | BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth | 2014 | 99 |
| 14 | Efficacy of 5-week doxycycline treatment on adult Onchocerca volvulus | Parasitology Research | 2009 | 97 |
| 15 | Intermittent Screening and Treatment versus Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy: A Randomised Controlled Non-Inferiority Trial | PLoS ONE | 2010 | 96 |
| 16 | Hepatitis C in sub-Saharan Africa: the current status and recommendations for achieving elimination by 2030 | The Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2017 | 95 |
| 17 | Macrofilaricidal effect of 4 weeks of treatment with doxycycline on Wuchereria bancrofti | Tropical Medicine and International Health | 2007 | 94 |
| 18 | Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacterial infections in a teaching hospital in Ghana | Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control | 2018 | 92 |
| 19 | ALOX5 variants associated with susceptibility to human pulmonary tuberculosis | Human Molecular Genetics | 2007 | 91 |
| 20 | Doxycycline Improves Filarial Lymphedema Independent of Active Filarial Infection: A Randomized Controlled Trial | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2012 | 88 |
| 21 | Skin diseases in Ghana and the UK | International Journal of Dermatology | 2001 | 84 |
| 22 | Molecular Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Clinical Staphylococcus aureus from Healthcare Institutions in Ghana | PLoS ONE | 2014 | 82 |
| 23 | Standardized data collection for multi-center clinical studies of severe malaria in African children: establishing the SMAC network | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene | 2006 | 81 |
| 24 | Principal component analysis of socioeconomic factors and their association with malaria in children from the Ashanti Region, Ghana | Malaria Journal | 2010 | 81 |
| 25 | Incidence and Characteristics of Bacteremia among Children in Rural Ghana | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 80 |
| 26 | A renal registry for Africa: first steps | CKJ: Clinical Kidney Journal | 2016 | 79 |
| 27 | Efficacy, safety, and tolerability of amodiaquine plus sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine used alone or in combination for malaria treatment in pregnancy: a randomised trial | Lancet, The | 2006 | 78 |
| 28 | Health and Economic Benefits of Improved Injury Prevention and Trauma Care Worldwide | PLoS ONE | 2014 | 78 |
| 29 | Delayed Hemolysis After Treatment With Parenteral Artesunate in African Children With Severe Malaria—A Double-center Prospective Study | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2014 | 77 |
| 30 | Integrated Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining in Ghana — Part 3: Social Sciences and Economics | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | 2015 | 74 |
| 31 | Randomized Controlled Trial of RTS,S/AS02D and RTS,S/AS01E Malaria Candidate Vaccines Given According to Different Schedules in Ghanaian Children | PLoS ONE | 2009 | 73 |
| 32 | Susceptibility to tuberculosis is associated with TLR1 polymorphisms resulting in a lack of TLR1 cell surface expression | Journal of Leukocyte Biology | 2011 | 71 |
| 33 | Efficacy of 2- and 4-week rifampicin treatment on the Wolbachia of Onchocerca volvulus | Parasitology Research | 2008 | 70 |
| 34 | Detection and clinical manifestation of placental malaria in southern Ghana | Malaria Journal | 2006 | 69 |
| 35 | Decline of placental malaria in southern Ghana after the implementation of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy | Malaria Journal | 2007 | 68 |
| 36 | Antepartum Depression and Anxiety Associated with Disability in African Women: Cross-Sectional Results from the CDS Study in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 68 |
| 37 | Doxycycline Leads to Sterility and Enhanced Killing of FemaleOnchocerca volvulusWorms in an Area With Persistent Microfilaridermia After Repeated Ivermectin Treatment: A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Double-Blind Trial | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2015 | 66 |
| 38 | Health insurance coverage with or without a nurse-led task shifting strategy for hypertension control: A pragmatic cluster randomized trial in Ghana | PLoS Medicine | 2018 | 66 |
| 39 | Prevalence and risk factors for diabetes mellitus among adults in Ghana: a systematic review and meta-analysis | International Health | 2019 | 66 |
| 40 | Characterizing the Global Burden of Surgical Disease: A Method to Estimate Inguinal Hernia Epidemiology in Ghana | World Journal of Surgery | 2013 | 65 |
| 41 | Inequities in accessibility to and utilisation of maternal health services in Ghana after user-fee exemption: a descriptive study | International Journal for Equity in Health | 2014 | 64 |
| 42 | A Cross-Sectional Study of ‘Yaws’ in Districts of Ghana Which Have Previously Undertaken Azithromycin Mass Drug Administration for Trachoma Control | PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases | 2015 | 63 |
| 43 | MCP-1 promoter variant -362C associated with protection from pulmonary tuberculosis in Ghana, West Africa | Human Molecular Genetics | 2008 | 61 |
| 44 | Incidence of sexual dysfunction: a prospective survey in Ghanaian females | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology | 2010 | 60 |
| 45 | Population Pharmacokinetics of Artesunate and Dihydroartemisinin following Intra-Rectal Dosing of Artesunate in Malaria Patients | PLoS Medicine | 2006 | 59 |
| 46 | The impact of insecticide-treated bednets on malaria and anaemia in pregnancy in Kassena-Nankana district, Ghana: a randomized controlled trial | Tropical Medicine and International Health | 2001 | 58 |
| 47 | Rapid Increase in the Prevalence of Sulfadoxine‐Pyrimethamine Resistance amongPlasmodium falciparumIsolated from Pregnant Women in Ghana | Journal of Infectious Diseases | 2008 | 57 |
| 48 | T Cell Responses to the RTS,S/AS01E and RTS,S/AS02D Malaria Candidate Vaccines Administered According to Different Schedules to Ghanaian Children | PLoS ONE | 2011 | 56 |
| 49 | IL10 Haplotype Associated with Tuberculin Skin Test Response but Not with Pulmonary TB | PLoS ONE | 2009 | 55 |
| 50 | Determinants of sexual dysfunction among clinically diagnosed diabetic patients | Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology | 2011 | 54 |
