Journal articles: 'Accra'

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Grant, R., and P. Yankson. "Accra." Cities 20, no. 1 (February 2003): 65–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0264-2751(02)00090-2.

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Amuzu, A. T., and Josef Leitmann. "Accra." Cities 11, no. 1 (February 1994): 5–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0264-2751(94)90043-4.

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Hobden, Deborah. "“Your Mall with it All:” Luxury Development in a Globalizing African City." Perspectives on Global Development and Technology 13, no. 1-2 (2014): 129–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15691497-12341293.

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AbstractIn this article I examine the impact of luxury development on an African city through a case study of the Accra Mall, in Accra, Ghana. Completed in 2008, the mall is the first self-contained shopping and leisure destination in the country and has been celebrated for propelling Ghana into the modern era. Situating the Accra Mall within the globalization of Accra, I contrast the private consumption-oriented development of twenty-first century Accra with the public architecture of the 1950s and 1960s, arguing that contemporary development in Accra responds to the demands of elite urban consumers while marginalizing the needs of the majority of urban residents. I then explore how elite development is contributing to shifting notions of urban citizenship, whereby citizenship is being defined in increasingly neoliberal and consumerist terms.

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Quayson, SE, EK Wiredu, DN Adjei, and JT Anim. "Breast cancer in Accra, Ghana." Journal of Medical and Biomedical Sciences 3, no. 3 (January 13, 2015): 21–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/jmbs.v3i3.4.

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The aim of this study was to look at the pattern of breast cancer over a period of five years and to compare the findings to similar studies done in the Department and elsewhere within the African sub-region. All breast cancers diagnosed in the Department of Pathology of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, Accra, over a 5-year period were compiled. The slides for the cases were retrieved and reviewed. Invasive ductal carcinomas were graded according to the Scarff-Bloom-Richardson’s grading system. The data were entered and analyzed using the EPI-Info microcomputer software (Version 3.5.1, 2008, Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Atlanta). Breast cancer in Accra is mostly of the ductal type or its variants affecting relatively younger age groups. The mean age of incidence of cancer in Ghana is 48 years, and about 67% have lymph node metastases (at least Stage II or N1) and 74% are of high grade at the time of diagnoses. The percentage of male breast cancers in Ghana is 2.9% (2.0 - 3.75% within the West African sub-region) and is higher than what is reported in Western literature. The results of this study show that there has been no im-provement in the stage at which patients present with breast cancer in the past 30 years.Keywords: Breast cancer, cancer types, cancer grade, lymph node status, Accra

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Moeller, Mary Catherine. "ACCRA cost of living index." Journal of Business & Finance Librarianship 25, no. 3-4 (October 1, 2020): 375–78. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08963568.2020.1847558.

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&NA;. "International Report: ACEW Accra Ghana." Journal of Clinical Engineering 34, no. 3 (July 2009): 136–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.jce.0000337813.84766.1b.

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Bjarnesen, Mariam. "The foot soldiers of Accra." African Affairs 119, no. 475 (January 8, 2020): 296–307. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adz028.

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Ofori-Sarpong, E., and John Annor. "Rainfall over Accra, 1901-90." Weather 56, no. 2 (February 2001): 55–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/j.1477-8696.2001.tb06535.x.

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Bittaye, Lamin. "The Effectiveness of the ‘Quantity Theory of money’ in Explaining the Inflation in the Gambian Economy." Advances in Multidisciplinary and scientific Research Journal Publication 29 (December 15, 2021): 47–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.22624/aims/abmic2021p4.

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. Proceedings of the Accra Bespoke Multidisciplinary Innovations Conference. University of Ghana/Academic City University College, Accra, Ghana. December 2021. Pp 47-56 www.isteams.net/ghanabespoke2021. DOI https://doi.org/ 10.22624/AIMS/ABMIC2021P4

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Ahenkan, Albert, Abdul-Washeru Alhassan, and Emmanuel Kwesi Boon. "Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development: An Assessment of Solar Energy Adoption among SMEs in the City of Accra, Ghana." African Journal of Management Research 28, no. 1 (June 6, 2022): 58–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajmr.v28i1.5.

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Energy demand continues to drive sustainable development in all countries of the world. As Ghana is accelerating her transition to a low carbon economy, this paper aims to investigate the nature, opportunities and challenges of the solar energy market in the City of Accra. This paper used a qualitative inquiry approach to investigate the solar energy market development in Accra. The Ghana Government’s policy framework for achieving sustainable energy in the country as well as the emerging opportunities and barriers relating to market development of this energy sub-sector in Accra are analysed. The paper found that inadequate institutional and service-provider’s financial support, after-sales technical support, limited consumer credit facilities, a dearth of public education and general awareness among the public about solar energy technology remain important barriers to solar energy development in Accra. In addition, the Net Metering policy dissonance constitutes a critical barrier to solar energy transition and market development in the city. In conclusion, government programming and increasing industrial sector participation will provide a vital catalyst for the development of the solar energy sub-sector and market in Accra.

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Otoo, F., E. O. Darko, M. Garavaglia, C. Giovani, S. Pividore, A. B. Andam, J. K. Amoako, O. K. Adukpo, J. B. Tandoh, and S. Inkoom. "Seasonal indoor radon studies in buildings of Accra Metropolis of Greater Accra region of Ghana." Radioprotection 53, no. 3 (June 11, 2018): 199–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/radiopro/2018023.

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Indoor radon concentration for annual, rainy and dry season have been studied in 228 buildings which includes bedroom, kitchen, sitting room, laboratories and offices in Accra metropolis of Greater Accra of Ghana. The passive radon CR-39 SSNTD was used for this study. The cumulative frequency distribution, normalizing Q-Q plots, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Shapiro-Wilk statistical test showed that the result of both workplaces and dwellings are not normally distributed. The strong positive correlation between the two seasons occurred at 95% confidence level with 2 tailed. The rainy season recorded highest coefficient variation of r2 = 0.982. Statistical analysis of median (39.3), AM (103.4), GM (57.9) and GSD (3.2) for rainy season were greater than that of the dry season of median (26.9), AM (88.2), GM (49.2) and GSD (2.8) respectively. Rainy season was found to contain high radon concentrations than the dry season for all the studied locations. In general, workplace had radon concentration far greater than dwellings. The results obtained from this study ranged between 13.6 to 533.7 Bq/m3, out of which 9.6%, 12.7% and 3.5% were found to be greater than action levels proposed by WHO, EC and ICRP.

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Mosuro, A. A., A. N. Agyapong, M. Opoku-Fofie, and S. Deen. "Twinning Rates in Ghana." Twin Research 4, no. 4 (August 1, 2001): 238–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1375/twin.4.4.238.

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AbstractThe incidence of twin births in Accra and Kumasi, the two major cities in Ghana, was investigated. In Accra, data were collected from the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital while data were collected and analyzed from the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi. Both hospitals are the leading teaching hospitals in Ghana. The data consisted mainly of single and twin births recorded in the hospitals over a period of 12 years in Accra (1988–1999) and 15 years in Kumasi (1985–1999). The study revealed an incidence of 33.4 twin births per thousand live births for Accra and 26.6 twin births per thousand live births for Kumasi. Though these values are not as high as those reported among the Yoruba tribe of southwest Nigeria, who are reported to have the highest twin birth rates in the world, the present values still rank among the highest recorded twin birth rates.

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Abomah, Peter Worlanyo. "The Influence of Social Media Social Support on the Flourishing Homosexual Identity: A Case Study of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer (LGBTQ) Community in Accra-Ghana." TEXILA INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING 8, no. 1 (May 30, 2022): 54–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.21522/tijnr.2015.08.01.art006.

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The aim of the study was to explore the influence of social media and social support on the flourishing homosexual identity in Accra, Ghana. The objectives were to determine the extent to which social support influence’s homosexual identity, the correlation between homosexual identity and flourishing levels among homosexuals, to ascertain the extent to which media, emotional, and social support predicts how homosexuals flourish, and finally to as certain how differences in the level of education predict how homosexuals flourish in Accra, Ghana. A case study design was employed. The population for this study was associates of the homosexual Community in Accra-Ghana. Using a purposive sampling technique, 142 homosexual respondents answered a standard questionnaire. Berlin Social Support scale (BSSS), Diener Flourishing scale Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Identity Scale were used on demographics, social support, flourishing, and lesbian, gay, bisexual identity. Data was analysed using simple linear regression, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, and one-way analysis of variance. Results obtained indicated that social support does not predict homosexual identity among homosexuals in Accra. As an individual homosexual identity increases so does the level with which the individual flourishes. Thirdly, social media emotional, and social support was found to be a predictor of flourishing among homosexuals in Accra. Finally, the results also indicated that differences in the level of education do not predict how homosexuals flourish in Accra. The conclusion indicates that study has shown that differences in the level of education among homosexuals do not influence the extent to which homosexuals flourish.

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Mantey, Isaac, Christopher Lartei Aryee, and Justice Agyei Ampofo. "THE OPERATIONS OF SAVINGS AND LOANS AND THE PERFORMANCES OF BUSINESSES IN ACCRA." International Journal of Advanced Economics 3, no. 4 (August 18, 2021): 80–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.51594/ijae.v3i4.243.

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Savings and Loans operations in Ghana represent significant development and performance of most businesses and therefore maintaining these Savings and Loans operations is important. However, there seems to be paucity of studies on the operations of savings and loans companies’ effects on the performances of businesses in general and Greater Accra in particular. This research seeks to bridge this knowledge gap by analyzing the operations of savings and loans companies’ effects on the performances of businesses in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. The study will be guided by three research objectives. Study methods include the use of questionnaire for data analysis. A total of 40 respondents (20 staff of Savings and Loans companies and twenty (20) small business operators (men and women) who took part in this study were randomly purposively selected. The results indicate that small businesses in Accra township sourced start-up capital from savings and loans companies, personal savings and support from friends and families. It also emerged from the study that the business operators that were unable to receive entire amount requested from the financial institutions attributed it to failure to meet the credit requirements, failure to provide the required collateral security and the absence of active account with the financial institutions. Again the study found that credit received by the business operators in Accra township was utilized for the expansion of business. The study further found that business operators in Accra township are confronted with several challenges in accessing credit facilities from Savings and Loans Companies. These challenges include bureaucracy, lack of opportunity to take second loan, high risk and uncertainty, high level of interest rate on credit, low level of knowledge about credit sourcing and shorter repayment period. It is recommended that to enhance small and medium business operators in Accra township access and acquisition of credit facilities from Savings and Loans companies should be efficiently utilized. Keywords: Operations, Savings and Loans, Performance, Businesses, Accra.

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Onumah, Edward Ebo, and Felix Larry Essilfie. "Regional Analysis of Fish Farms in Ghana: A Stochastic MetaFrontier Approach." Aquaculture Studies 20, no. 2 (September 17, 2020): 99–111. http://dx.doi.org/10.4194/2618-6381-v20_2_04.

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Using a cross-section data of 320 observations, this paper employs the meta-frontier stochastic model to estimate and compare the productivity, efficiency levels and their determining factors among fish farms in Greater Accra, Ashanti, Western and Volta regions of Ghana. Findings reveal that productivity of output response to individual production factors employed in Greater Accra and Western regions exhibit increasing return to scale, whilst their counterpart in the Volta and Ashanti regions display decreasing return to scale. Some exogenous factors are also estimated to influence variance in efficiency. Fish farms in the Volta and Greater Accra regions are comparatively more technically efficient than their similitudes in the Western and Ashanti regions. Thus, whilst policy considerations to enhance efficiency and productivity of fish farms in the country are paramount, increasing fish output to the potential maximum could easily be achieved among farms in the Volta and Greater Accra regions than fish farms in the Western and Ashanti regions.

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Møller-Jensen, Lasse, Richard Y. Kofie, and Albert N. M. Allotey. "Measuring accessibility and congestion in Accra." Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography 66, no. 1 (February 2012): 52–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2011.644322.

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Pellow, Deborah. "New Spaces in Accra: transnational houses." City Society 15, no. 1 (January 2003): 59–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/city.2003.15.1.59.

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Jenness, Samuel M., Adriana A. E. Biney, William K. Ampofo, Francis Nii-Amoo Dodoo, and Susan Cassels. "Minimal Coital Dilution in Accra, Ghana." JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 69, no. 1 (May 2015): 85–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000000543.

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Fosu, Gabriel B. "Fertility and Family Planning in Accra." Journal of Biosocial Science 18, no. 1 (January 1986): 11–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932000006453.

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SummaryData from a sample interview survey conducted in Accra in 1982 show that there is a very high level of knowledge of contraceptive methods among mothers aged 25–39 years (92%). However, only about 41% of the women had ever used any form of contraception, and only 18% were using modern methods at the time of the study. This is low for a city where an official family planning programme has been in operation for 15 years, even when the confounding effects of availability and accessibility of services have been controlled for. Suggestions are made for increasing the effectiveness of such programmes.

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Appeaning Addo, Kwasi. "Changing morphology of Ghana’s Accra coast." Journal of Coastal Conservation 15, no. 4 (December 4, 2010): 433–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11852-010-0134-z.

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Toivanen, Anna-Leena. "Anxious Mobilities in Accra and Beyond." Matatu 49, no. 2 (December 20, 2017): 307–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18757421-04902005.

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Abstract In Aidoo’s Changes: A Love Story (1991), the characters are constantly on the move: tropes of mobility recur throughout the novel. Cars, hotels, business and leisure travel, modern technologies and the figure of what can be referred to as the Afropolitan avant la lettre play a pivotal role in embodying meanings that pertain to class, gender, globalization, and consumerism marking the postcolonial African condition, and give the novel an articulate contemporary character. This article adopts a wholesale understanding of mobility in order to explore the ways in which Aidoo’s characters employ different forms of mobility in their processes of self-fashioning as modern African subjects. The article draws attention to the anxiety that informs processes of self-fashioning among urban African elites, caught as they are between the tensions of the traditional and the modern.

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Nunoo, R. "Le Musée national du Ghana, Accra." Museum International (Edition Francaise) 18, no. 3 (April 24, 2009): 155–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-5825.1965.tb01930.x.

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Opoku, P. "Establishing Accra Population-Based Cancer Registry." Journal of Global Oncology 4, Supplement 2 (October 1, 2018): 66s. http://dx.doi.org/10.1200/jgo.18.64600.

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Background: The African Cancer Organization (ACO) seeks to establish Accra Population-Based Cancer Registry (ACR). The whole idea is to collect, store and analyze data on persons with cancer to provide complete, accurate and timely cancer report for interventional programs. Such information would guide us to monitor patient care, prioritize and allocate resources effectively, give understanding of the things we do not yet know, and also act as a driver for policy development for the urgent need of comprehensive cancer control in Ghana. Countries require cancer surveillance programs to collect and analyze data on the scale of the cancer burden in each country. These are urgently needed in Africa as cancer data sources are scarce. Data can help to evaluate the impact of prevention, early detection/screening, treatment and palliative care programs. The proposed population-based cancer registry will help to act as a driver for policy development and program evaluation as recommended by the WHO. ACR intends to capture cancer cases diagnosed and/or treated within the Greater Accra region of Ghana and then further extend to cover the Central, Eastern, Western and the Volta regions of Ghana later. Aim: The goal of ACR to collect, store and analyze data on persons with cancer to generate incidence, prevalence, trends, mortality, and survival rates which is required to help develop a realistic and sustainable cancer control plan for Ghana. Methods: Cancer registry staff will be trained to abstract cancer cases diagnosed and/or treated within the southern regional geography of Ghana using a customized cancer notification form designed to capture detailed information on cancer patient demographics, tumor details, treatment, reporting sources and follow-up information based on both analytic and nonanalytic active case-finding reportability methods. These cases will then be classified and coded using the ICD-O-3, FIGO and/or SEER Summary Staging 2000 Manual. The data will be stored in customized cancer registry software which will be configured with various address codes from the registry geography. The cancer registry software checks for duplicate cases, data edits and consolidation. The software tracks down duplicate records and multiple primaries using a probability matching and consistency checking for impossible or rare cases. Conclusion: Establishing a cancer registry in Africa is challenging but very possible. Conflicts of interests are common norms among new cancer registries. With a good budget and working plan backed by few sincere and dedicated staff, it will be very possible to sustain the registry to capture all cancer cases within the catchment area, to take advantage of available modern technology to produce timely results. ACO is by this seeking for partnership to raise the needed support to embark on this national cancer registry campaign in the region.

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Klinkenberg, Eveline, P. J. McCall, Ian M. Hastings, Michael D. Wilson, Felix P. Amerasinghe, and Martin J. Donnelly. "Malaria and Irrigated Crops, Accra, Ghana." Emerging Infectious Diseases 11, no. 8 (August 2005): 1290–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1108.041095.

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Wolf-Gould, C., L. Osei, J. O. O. Commey, and F. J. Bia. "Pediatric Cerebral Malaria in Accra, Ghana." Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 38, no. 6 (December 1, 1992): 290–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/tropej/38.6.290.

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ROBERTS, JONATHAN. "KORLE AND THE MOSQUITO: HISTORIES AND MEMORIES OF THE ANTI-MALARIA CAMPAIGN IN ACCRA, 1942–5." Journal of African History 51, no. 3 (November 2010): 343–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021853710000502.

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ABSTRACTFrom 1942 to 1945, British and American armed forces attempted to eradicate malaria in Accra by dredging the sacred Korle Lagoon and spraying the city with pesticides. They also conducted experiments on the biting patterns of mosquitoes by using human subjects as bait. But, despite the extent of the anti-malaria campaign, it is largely forgotten by the inhabitants of Accra, and those who do remember it regard it as a nominal event in the history of the city. This article contrasts the official military history of the anti-malaria campaign with oral evidence to determine why the event fails to resonate in the collective memory of the residents of Accra.

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Wajah, A., B. O. Emikpe, D. A. Asare, T. N. Asenso, and D. Essel-Cobbinah. "Preference for grasscutter offal by some consumers in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions of Ghana." Sokoto Journal of Veterinary Sciences 20, no. 3 (October 14, 2022): 153–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/sokjvs.v20i3.1.

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The objective of this study was to assess the preference for grasscutter offal among consumers in the Greater Accra and Ashanti regions of Ghana. The stratified three-stage random sampling was adopted for the selection of respondents. A total of 140 respondents (120 consumers; 20 operators) were used in this study. In the Ashanti region, 93 consumers and 13 chop bar operators were considered. Within the Greater Accra region, only one market was selected (Agbogbloshie market), where 27 consumers and seven chop bar operators were considered. Relevant information was collected through the administration of well-structured questionnaires. Results obtained showed a relatively higher offal preference by consumers in the Ashanti region (91.4%) as compared to the Greater Accra region (81.5%). Most consumers preferred the intestines and intestinal contents in both represented areas 60% from the Ashanti region and 45.6% from the Greater Accra region. 90.6% and 81.8% of the consumers from the Ashanti and Greater Accra regions, respectively preferred cooked offal to either smoked or roasted. These regional differences were not statistically significant. The rate of offal consumption was higher in the Ashanti region (i.e., on a weekly basis) as compared to the Greater Accra region (i.e., occasionally), represented by 63.5% and 68.2%, respectively. This difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). The taste was considered the most significant, relevant and important factor affecting consumer preference for grasscutter offal consumption in both regions. It is concluded in this study that the grasscutter offal has relatively high patronage by the respondents in this study. Further studies should be focused on the possible health implication of offal consumption on consumers as the intestines, and their contents might contain some parasites and other bacteria which can be harmful to humans. Further studies should be carried out to obtain a nationwide view of grasscutter offal consumption.

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Asabere, Nana Yaw, Gare Lawson, Godwin Badu-Marfo, Lydia Kwofie, Daniel Opoku Mensah, and Reginald Lartey. "Classification of Public Health Centres in Accra through a Web-Based Portal Integrated with Geographical Information System (GIS)." Journal of Healthcare Engineering 2021 (December 3, 2021): 1–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/4178161.

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A health system is described as a logically organized collection of resources, agents, and institutions that offer healthcare to a specific population based on the finance, regulation, and delivery of health services. Many health centres have been established in Accra, the capital city of Ghana, due to the importance of good health. People in other developed nations can seek adequate healthcare, since information about relevant health centres is readily available. However, there is a paucity of information about the services provided by existing health institutions in Ghana, particularly in Accra. The majority of patients commute to either Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital or Greater Accra Regional Hospital, putting a considerable medical strain on these facilities. In this study, we use a Geographic Information System (GIS) to establish a database for all of Accra’s health centres and categorize them according to the services they provide. This research tackled the previously mentioned problem by proposing and developing a web-based map called Geohealth for the classification of public health centres in Accra using GIS to assist users in accessing information and locating health centres. We utilized a mixed-method approach consisting of quantitative as well as Build Computer Science Research Methods. Results of our study show that the majority of the participants and stakeholders in our research are eager to embrace Geohealth. Furthermore, in comparison with existing techniques such as Google Maps, our proposed approach, Geohealth, takes less time to obtain information and locate public health centres in Accra, Ghana.

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Duda, Rosemary B., John K. Anarfi, Richard M. K. Adanu, Joseph Seffah, Rudolph Darko, and Allan G. Hill. "The Health of the “Older Women” in Accra, Ghana: Results of the Women’s Health Study of Accra." Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 26, no. 3 (June 22, 2011): 299–314. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10823-011-9148-8.

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Akotia, Pino. "Judicial and Legal Records in the National Archives of Ghana/Accra: An Introduction for Users." History in Africa 20 (1993): 361–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3171981.

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Judicial and legal records in the National Archives of Ghana headquarters repositories are important primary source materials for historians, social scientists, and other researchers, and in particular practicing lawyers. The holdings of the national archives service, both in Accra and its network, cover records relating to the political and bureaucratic activities of government. This paper focuses on the Accra holdings pertaining to judicial and legal records, in order to draw attention to the decisive attractiveness of these record series in general and, in particular, the Accra judicial and legal records to a generation inclined to both quantification and sociological analysis and to provide a guide to prospective users.The headquarters of the national archives service, where the judicial and legal records are located, is situated on Castle Road in Accra near the junction with Barnes Road. The offices are open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Friday. The search room functions between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. The formal requirement for admission to use the archives materials is the searcher's ticket obtained from the Search Room Officer on the spot.

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Ansah, S. O., M. A. Ahiataku, C. K. Yorke, F. Otu-Larbi, Bashiru Yahaya, P. N. L. Lamptey, and M. Tanu. "Meteorological Analysis of Floods in Ghana." Advances in Meteorology 2020 (March 24, 2020): 1–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/4230627.

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The first episodes of floods caused by heavy rainfall during the major rainy season in 2018 occurred in Accra (5.6°N and 0.17°W), a coastal town, and Kumasi (6.72°N and 1.6°W) in the forest region on the 18th and 28th of June, respectively. We applied the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to investigate and examine the meteorological dynamics, which resulted in the extreme rainfall and floods that caused 14 deaths, 34076 people being displaced with damaged properties, and economic loss estimated at $168,289 for the two cities according to the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO). The slow-moving thunderstorms lasted for about 8 hours due to the weak African Easterly Wave (AEW) and Tropical Easterly Jet (TEJ). Results from the analysis showed that surface pressures were low with significant amount of moisture influx aiding the thunderstorms intensification, which produced 90.1 mm and 114.6 mm of rainfall over Accra and Kumasi, respectively. We compared the rainfall amount from this event to the historical rainfall data to investigate possible changes in rainfall intensities over time. A time series of annual daily maximum rainfall (ADMR) showed an increasing trend with a slope of 0.45 over Accra and a decreasing trend and a slope of –0.07 over Kumasi. The 95th percentile frequencies of extreme rainfall with thresholds of 45.10 mm and 42.16 mm were analyzed for Accra and Kumasi, respectively, based on the normal distribution of rainfall. Accra showed fewer days with more heavy rainfall, while Kumasi showed more days with less heavy rainfalls.

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Donkor, Eric S., Nana Esi S. Anyen, and Amos Akumwena. "Making a Case for Infection Control at Public Places of Convenience in Accra, Ghana." Environmental Health Insights 14 (January 2020): 117863022093841. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178630220938414.

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In Ghana, environmental hygiene remains a major problem and infection control measures are hardly practised, particularly outside of the hospital. To provide evidence for infection control measures at public places of convenience in Accra (capital city of Ghana), this study was performed. The aim of the study was to evaluate microbial contamination of door handles at public places of convenience in Accra and assess the public health risk. A total of 183 swab specimens were collected aseptically from door handles of public places of convenience of shops, schools, hospitals, lorry stations, churches, and markets. The samples were cultured on bacteriological media, and the isolated organisms were identified. The most prevalent bacterial agent isolated was Bacillus spp. (55.7%), followed by Staphylococcus aureus (20.2%), coagulase-negative staphylococcus spp. (17.1%), Citrobacter freundii (6.0%), Citrobacter koseri (4.4%), and Salmonella Paratyphi A (3.8%). Although in low prevalence, a wide range of enteric bacteria were isolated from door handles, accounting for 12 of the 16 isolated organisms. In conclusion, door handles of places of convenience in Accra harbour several pathogenic microorganisms, especially enteric organisms. This study highlights the need for proper disinfection of door handles of places of convenience in Accra as well as handwashing after visiting such places.

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Larbi, Wordsworth Odame. "Spatial planning and urban fragmentation in Accra." Third World Planning Review 18, no. 2 (May 1996): 193. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/twpr.18.2.512j2355x17032m1.

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Li, Junfeng, and Zhongwen Zhai. "Correlative Study of Accra Water Supply Project." IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 631 (January 7, 2021): 012049. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/631/1/012049.

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Allotey, Nii K., Godwin Arku, and Paulina E. Amponsah. "Earthquake‐disaster preparedness: the case of Accra." International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment 1, no. 2 (July 16, 2010): 140–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/17595901011056613.

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Pellow, Deborah. "Muslim Segmentation: Cohesion and Divisiveness in Accra." Journal of Modern African Studies 23, no. 3 (September 1985): 419–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x00057165.

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This is a study of feuding and conciliation, fissioning and fusing, among the constituent segments of Accra's Muslim community. It articulates the argument of legitimacy – to build a new mosque, to choose a new leader, in effect, to direct the group – and in so doing, politically delineates the principle that by excluding rivals it is feasible to gainsay power for one's own group.

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Minissi, Franco. "Le nouveau Musée national du Ghana, Accra." Museum International (Edition Francaise) 18, no. 3 (April 24, 2009): 160–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1755-5825.1965.tb01931.x.

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Owusu, Charlotte, and Philip Kwaku Kankam. "Information seeking behaviour of beggars in Accra." Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication 69, no. 4/5 (November 21, 2019): 205–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/gkmc-07-2019-0080.

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Purpose It is evident that human existence is highly dependent on information. Information is considered to be an essential right of every single individual to sustain life and enjoy it as well. The benefits of looking into the information behaviour of people can, therefore, not be overemphasised. However, there is a yawning gap in research conducted into the information behaviour of marginalised groups such as beggars. This study aims to investigate the information seeking behaviour of beggars in Ghana. Design/methodology/approach Through a case study design, the study used a qualitative approach and interpretivist paradigm to look into this phenomenon. In total, ten beggars were sampled from the beggar population in Accra through the use of convenient and snowball sampling techniques. A semi-structured interview schedule was used as data collection tool to solicit responses from the participants. Findings The study revealed that beggars in Accra lacked understanding of their information needs, although they were heavily dependent on information for their tasks and survival. Again, the findings of the study showed that beggars were faced with information seeking barriers such as illiteracy, lack of information literacy skills and financial resources. The study recommends the need for stakeholders to look into the social welfare and literacy needs of beggars. Originality/value The authors consider the study original both in conceptualisation and design. The main question being interrogated stems from identified gaps in the literature and the study intends to fill these knowledge gaps. The study’s originality also stems from the fact that there is a paucity of information on the subject of study in the context of Ghana.

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Luhrmann, T. M. "Symposium Response: Talking to God in Accra." Pastoral Psychology 63, no. 2 (December 11, 2013): 229–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11089-013-0580-2.

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DUDA, ROSEMARY B., JOSEPH SEFFAH, JOHN K. ANARFI, RUDOLPH DARKO, RICHARD M. K. ADANU, SHIVA GAUTAM, and ALLAN G. HILL. "HIV PREVALENCE AND RISK FACTORS IN WOMEN OF ACCRA, GHANA: RESULTS FROM THE WOMEN’S HEALTH STUDY OF ACCRA." American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 73, no. 1 (July 1, 2005): 63–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2005.73.63.

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Clark, Sierra N., James E. Bennett, Raphael E. Arku, Allan G. Hill, Günther Fink, Richard M. Adanu, Richard B. Biritwum, et al. "Small area variations and factors associated with blood pressure and body-mass index in adult women in Accra, Ghana: Bayesian spatial analysis of a representative population survey and census data." PLOS Medicine 18, no. 11 (November 11, 2021): e1003850. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003850.

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Background Body-mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) levels are rising in sub-Saharan African cities, particularly among women. However, there is very limited information on how much they vary within cities, which could inform targeted and equitable health policies. Our study aimed to analyse spatial variations in BMI and BP for adult women at the small area level in the city of Accra, Ghana. Methods and findings We combined a representative survey of adult women’s health in Accra, Ghana (2008 to 2009) with a 10% random sample of the national census (2010). We applied a hierarchical model with a spatial term to estimate the associations of BMI and systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) with demographic, socioeconomic, behavioural, and environmental factors. We then used the model to estimate BMI and BP for all women in the census in Accra and calculated mean BMI, SBP, and DBP for each enumeration area (EA). BMI and/or BP were positively associated with age, ethnicity (Ga), being currently married, and religion (Muslim) as their 95% credible intervals (95% CrIs) did not include zero, while BP was also negatively associated with literacy and physical activity. BMI and BP had opposite associations with socioeconomic status (SES) and alcohol consumption. In 2010, 26% of women aged 18 and older had obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2), and 21% had uncontrolled hypertension (SBP ≥ 140 and/or DBP ≥ 90 mm Hg). The differences in mean BMI and BP between EAs at the 10th and 90th percentiles were 2.7 kg/m2 (BMI) and in BP 7.9 mm Hg (SBP) and 4.8 mm Hg (DBP). BMI was generally higher in the more affluent eastern parts of Accra, and BP was higher in the western part of the city. A limitation of our study was that the 2010 census dataset used for predicting small area variations is potentially outdated; the results should be updated when the next census data are available, to the contemporary population, and changes over time should be evaluated. Conclusions We observed that variation of BMI and BP across neighbourhoods within Accra was almost as large as variation across countries among women globally. Localised measures are needed to address this unequal public health challenge in Accra.

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Assounga, Alain. "Abstracts of the 12th Congress of the African Association of Nephrology (Accra, Ghana, 20-23 February, 2013)." African Journal of Nephrology 16, no. 1 (2013): 20–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.21804/16-1-746.

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Donkor, Elorm, Matthew Kelly, Cecilia Eliason, Charles Amotoh, Darren J. Gray, Archie C. A. Clements, and Kinley Wangdi. "A Bayesian Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Malaria in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana from 2015 to 2019." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 11 (June 4, 2021): 6080. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18116080.

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The Greater Accra Region is the smallest of the 16 administrative regions in Ghana. It is highly populated and characterized by tropical climatic conditions. Although efforts towards malaria control in Ghana have had positive impacts, malaria remains in the top five diseases reported at healthcare facilities within the Greater Accra Region. To further accelerate progress, analysis of regionally generated data is needed to inform control and management measures at this level. This study aimed to examine the climatic drivers of malaria transmission in the Greater Accra Region and identify inter-district variation in malaria burden. Monthly malaria cases for the Greater Accra Region were obtained from the Ghanaian District Health Information and Management System. Malaria cases were decomposed using seasonal-trend decomposition, based on locally weighted regression to analyze seasonality. A negative binomial regression model with a conditional autoregressive prior structure was used to quantify associations between climatic variables and malaria risk and spatial dependence. Posterior parameters were estimated using Bayesian Markov chain Monte Carlo simulation with Gibbs sampling. A total of 1,105,370 malaria cases were recorded in the region from 2015 to 2019. The overall malaria incidence for the region was approximately 47 per 1000 population. Malaria transmission was highly seasonal with an irregular inter-annual pattern. Monthly malaria case incidence was found to decrease by 2.3% (95% credible interval: 0.7–4.2%) for each 1 °C increase in monthly minimum temperature. Only five districts located in the south-central part of the region had a malaria incidence rate lower than the regional average at >95% probability level. The distribution of malaria cases was heterogeneous, seasonal, and significantly associated with climatic variables. Targeted malaria control and prevention in high-risk districts at the appropriate time points could result in a significant reduction in malaria transmission in the Greater Accra Region.

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Salami, Akim Adekunlé, Ayité Sénah Akoda Ajavon, Mawugno Koffi Kodjo, and Koffi-Sa Bedja. "Evaluation of wind potential for an optimum choice of wind turbine generator on the sites of Lomé, Accra, and Cotonou located in the gulf of Guinea." International Journal of Renewable Energy Development 5, no. 3 (November 4, 2016): 211–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ijred.5.3.211-223.

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This work presents the characterization and assessment of wind energy potential in annual and monthly levels of the sites of Lomé, Accra and Cotonou located in the Gulf of Guinea, and the optimal characteristics of wind turbines to be installed on these sites. Studies of characterization and the wind potential of these sites from the wind speed data collected over a period of thirteen years at a height of 10 meters above the ground, show an annual average speed of 3.52 m/s for Lomé, 3.99 m/s for Cotonou and 4.16 m/s for Accra. These studies also showed that a monthly average speed exceeding 4 m/s was observed on the sites of Cotonou and Accra during the months of February, March, April, July, August and September and during the months of July, August and September on the site of Lomé. After a series of simulation conducted using the software named PotEol that we have developed in Scilab, we have retained that the wind turbines rated speeds of ~8 to 9 m/s at the sites of Lomé and Cotonou and ~ 9 to 10 m/s on the site of Accra would be the most appropriate speeds for optimal exploitation of electric energy from wind farms at a height of 50 m above the ground.Article History: Received May 26th 2016; Received in revised form August 24th 2016; Accepted August 30th 2016; Available onlineHow to Cite This Article: Salami, A.A., Ajavon, A.S.A , Kodjo, M.K. and Bédja, K. (2016) Evaluation of Wind Potential for an Optimum Choice of Wind Turbine Generator on the Sites of Lomé, Accra, and Cotonou Located in the Gulf of Guinea. Int. Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 5(3), 211-223.http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ijred.5.3.211-223

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Anderson, Jemima Asabea, John Franklin Wiredu, Gladys Nyarko Ansah, George Frimpong-Kodie, Elizabeth Orfson-Offei, and Dennis Boamah-Boateng. "A linguistic landscape of the central business district of Accra." Legon Journal of the Humanities 31, no. 1 (December 30, 2020): 1–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ljh.v31i1.1.

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Using the mixed method research approach, this study investigated the linguistic landscape of the central business district of Accra, Ghana. The study employed both the Ethnolinguistic Vitality Theory (EV) and the Place Semiotics Theory to explore the types of signage displayed by shop owners in the Makola market, the languages used on these signs, the dominant language(s) on the signs and how the use of language reflects the ethnolinguistic vitality of the local languages used in Accra. The findings present a very busy linguistic landscape where shop owners use the names of their companies and the products they sell as a marketing strategy through a variety of modes including signboards, billboards, taglines, and signposts to attract customers. There was also a preponderance of English in the linguistic landscape of Accra, which establishes English as a powerful tool for inter-ethnic communication and national integration, giving an implicit impression of low vitality of indigenous languages in the space.

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Anderson, Jemima Asabea, John Franklin Wiredu, Gladys Nyarko Ansah, George Frimpong-Kodie, Elizabeth Orfson-Offei, and Dennis Boamah-Boateng. "A linguistic landscape of the central business district of Accra." Legon Journal of the Humanities 31, no. 1 (December 30, 2020): 1–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ljh.v31i1.1.

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Using the mixed method research approach, this study investigated the linguistic landscape of the central business district of Accra, Ghana. The study employed both the Ethnolinguistic Vitality Theory (EV) and the Place Semiotics Theory to explore the types of signage displayed by shop owners in the Makola market, the languages used on these signs, the dominant language(s) on the signs and how the use of language reflects the ethnolinguistic vitality of the local languages used in Accra. The findings present a very busy linguistic landscape where shop owners use the names of their companies and the products they sell as a marketing strategy through a variety of modes including signboards, billboards, taglines, and signposts to attract customers. There was also a preponderance of English in the linguistic landscape of Accra, which establishes English as a powerful tool for inter-ethnic communication and national integration, giving an implicit impression of low vitality of indigenous languages in the space.

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Amfo-Otu, Richard, Enoch Akyeampong, Michael Affordofe, Philip A. Bannor, Yakubu Alhassan, Doreen Danso, Senam Tengey, et al. "Health care waste management in health facilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana." International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health 9, no. 6 (May 27, 2022): 2355. http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20221506.

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Background: Healthcare waste management (HCWM) system in healthcare facilities is essential in dealing with the spread of infectious diseases, especially during an outbreak period such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The study assessed health care waste management situation in selected healthcare facilities in the greater Accra and Ashanti regions of Ghana during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: This was a multi-facility-based cross-sectional study that used a monitoring tool of the health facilities regulatory agency of Ghana to collect information on health care waste management practices at the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic. Data was gathered from 501 healthcare facilities in the greater Accra (335) and Ashanti (151) regions. Descriptive, Chi-square and multiple logistic regression were performed. All statistical analyses were considered significant at an alpha level of 0.05.Results: Less than half (45.7%) of the health facilities were assessed as having HCWM systems with majority (54.3%) having effective infectious waste management system. The health facilities in the greater Accra region (38.8%) and Ashanti region (60.9%) were categorized as poor on healthcare waste management system. The assessment levels of governance/leadership, management, quality assurance system, human resource, infection prevention and control equipment and water management were all significantly associated with the adherence to good HCWM systems.Conclusions: Health facilities were assessed as having good healthcare waste management systems, especially in the greater Accra region compared to the Ashanti, however treatment and safe disposal should be improved.

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Y. Osei, Johnson, Priscillia A. Nortey, Delia A. Bandoh, Ernest Kenu, and Adolphina A. Addo- Lartey. "Adverse drug reaction reporting by community pharmacists in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana, 2016." Ghana Medical Journal 55, no. 1 (March 31, 2021): 9–17. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i1.3.

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Objectives: To assess adverse drug reactions (ADRs) reporting and identify factors to improve ADR reporting among community pharmacists in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.Design: A quantitative cross-sectional study.Setting: Community pharmacies in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.Participants: We randomly selected 210 pharmacists from a list community of pharmacies in Accra, Ghana. All participants had been practicing in the past one year, with this study being conducted from June to July 2016.Main outcome measure: Prevalence of ADR reporting by community pharmacists in Accra, Ghana.Results: Of the 210 community pharmacists interviewed 54.0% were males. Mean age was 32±10 years. Majority (96.0%) had heard of ADR reporting in Ghana, yet 18% had never seen the ADR reporting form. Reasons given for failure to report suspected ADRs included unavailability of reporting forms (83.1%), uncertainty about a causal relationship between the drug and the suspected ADR and classification of the reaction as “normal” with the medication being taken (23.6%). Only 34.0% of pharmacists had the ADR reporting forms available in their facilities. Marital status was the only factor significantly associated with ADR reporting (OR 3.18, 95%CI 1.02 – 9.12).Conclusion: ADR reporting by community pharmacists in Ghana remains low. To improve the proportion of reporting, ADR forms should be made available in all pharmacies, pharmacists and the general public should be made aware of online reporting systems, with continuous professional development in Pharmacovigilance with the advice that all suspected ADRs should be reported irrespective of uncertainty about causality.

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Temurçin, Kadir, İsmail Kervankıran, and Michael Gameli Dziwornu. "Spatial Structure and Distribution of Manufacturing Industries in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana." Studies of the Industrial Geography Commission of the Polish Geographical Society 31, no. 4 (December 21, 2017): 71–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.24917/20801653.314.5.

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A key driving force and determinant of a country’s worth in the globalized world is inherent in its level of industrialization. Certainly, other dimensions are crucial and come into play, however, the infamous classification of nations into industrialized and non-industrialized has added substantial merit to the concept. Essentially, industrialization in Ghana was based on the premise of the production and processing of its vast natural resources from traditionally primary products to tertiary and finished goods. While the industry can boast of employment generation and a model of economic growth in the 1960s and 1970s, inadequate implementation of industrial policies has resulted in the consistent contraction of the manufacturing subsector. Manufacturing sector contribution to GDP declined from 36.69% in 2000 to 6.7% in 2012 and therefore is considered the weakest link in Ghana’s industrial drive. This paper examines the growth, spatial structure, and distribution of manufacturing industries in the Greater Accra region using districts as the unit of analysis. The Greater Accra region has traditionally been the focal point of Ghana’s industrial development accounting for 23.4% of all manufacturing establishment as of 2015, most of which are concentrated in the Accra and Tema Metropolitan areas due to obvious political, socioeconomic and mobility factors. Examining historical data from 1962–2010, we found that despite the overwhelmingly large localization of manufacturing industries delete in Accra and Tema Metropolitan areas, a relative spatial redistribution of manufacturing industries was evident in the peripheral district of the region. Furthermore, the change in distribution is reflected in the pattern of employment at the district level, which per our findings shows a relative diffusion from the core districts of Accra to districts located in the peripheries. The study also found that industrial policies, such as free trade zone initiative, decentralization policies, foreign investment and improvements in critical infrastructure, have resulted in the relative spatial diffusion of manufacturing industries. These findings are significant because they show how areas without previous manufacturing base have witnessed the emergence of some form of industry.

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Massaquoi, J. G. M. "Conference Report." Industry and Higher Education 10, no. 4 (August 1996): 264. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/095042229601000409.

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