Nana‐Kwadwo Biritwum

Center for Global Health — United States

Immunology and Microbiology · Life Sciences

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Research Topics

Parasites and Host Interactions(34), Parasitic Diseases Research and Treatment(27), Parasite Biology and Host Interactions(23), Global Maternal and Child Health(17), Mosquito-borne diseases and control(6)

Publications50 total

‘We cannot just keep it in our palm’: A policy analysis of the integration of the case management of neglected tropical diseases into the health system of Liberia
PLOS Global Public Health·2025Open Access
‘We can not just keep it in our palm’: A policy analysis of the integration of the case management of Neglected Tropical Diseases into the health system of Liberia
2025Open Access
How do disease control measures impact spatial predictions of schistosomiasis and hookworm? The example of predicting school-based prevalence before and after preventive chemotherapy in Ghana
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
How well do coverage surveys and programmatically reported mass drug administration coverage match? Results from 214 mass drug administration campaigns in 15 countries, 2008–2017
BMJ Global Health·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Referee report. For: Improving anthelmintic treatment for schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminthiases through sharing and reuse of individual participant data [version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Faculty of 1000 Research Ltd·2022Open Access
Improving data use for decision making by neglected tropical disease program teams: eight use cases
Gates Open Research·2021· 5 citedOpen Access
Onchocerciasis control in Ghana (1974–2016)
Parasites & Vectors·2021· 38 citedOpen Access
Review of MDA registers for Lymphatic Filariasis: Findings, and potential uses in addressing the endgame elimination challenges
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2020· 23 citedOpen Access
Progress towards lymphatic filariasis elimination in Ghana from 2000-2016: Analysis of microfilaria prevalence data from 430 communities
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2019· 25 citedOpen Access
The use of remotely sensed environmental parameters for spatial and temporal schistosomiasis prediction across climate zones in Ghana
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment·2019· 14 cited
Contextualizing Schistosoma haematobium transmission in Ghana: Assessment of diagnostic techniques and individual and community water-related risk factors
Acta Tropica·2019· 14 citedOpen Access
Ghana: Accelerating neglected tropical disease control in a setting of economic development
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2019· 29 citedOpen Access
Elimination within reach: A cross-sectional study highlighting the factors that contribute to persistent lymphatic filariasis in eight communities in rural Ghana
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2019· 67 citedOpen Access
Lymphatic filariasis elimination : platform for neglected tropical diseases control in Ghana
University of Liverpool·2019Open Access
Progress towards lymphatic filariasis elimination in Ghana from 2000-2016: analysis of microfilaria prevalence data from 430 communities
2018· 2 citedOpen Access
Low Microfilaremia Levels in Three Districts in Coastal Ghana with at Least 16 Years of Mass Drug Administration and Persistent Transmission of Lymphatic Filariasis
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease·2018· 19 citedOpen Access
Routine Surveillance Data as a Resource for Planning Integration of NTD Case Management
Leprosy Review·2018· 10 citedOpen Access
Schistosomiasis in Africa: Improving strategies for long-term and sustainable morbidity control
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2018· 57 citedOpen Access
Evaluation of onchocerciasis control in the Upper Denkyira East municipal in the forest area of Ghana: Responses of participants and distributors to the CDTI programme
Acta Tropica·2018· 16 cited
Improving spatial prediction of Schistosoma haematobium prevalence in southern Ghana through new remote sensors and local water access profiles
PLoS neglected tropical diseases·2018· 50 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Dziedzom K. de Souza(10), Daniel A. Boakye(9), Mike Y. Osei‐Atweneboana(8), Odame Asiedu(8), Benjamin Marfo(8), Alexandra V. Kulinkina(8), Elena N. Naumova(6), María‐Gloria Basáñez(5), John O. Gyapong(5), Samuel Frimpong Odoom(5), Bright Alomatu(5), Magaly Koch(5), Joseph Otchere(5), Collins Ahorlu(5), Martin Walker(4), Michael D. Wilson(4), Fiona Fleming(4), Alexander Yaw Debrah(4), Abednego Yeboah(4), Joseph B. Koroma(4)