Mr. Anthony Kwarteng

Health Research Officer

Contact details

Phone: +233-202570384

Email: anthony.kwarteng@ghs.gov.gh, kwasikwarteng2014@gmail.com

Relevant Positions held

  • Principal Investigator, Improving access to test-based management of malaria at Licensed Chemical Sellers. University of Ghana – WHO Strengthening Capacity for Implementation Research (SCAPIR) Project.

  • Pharmacovigilance Coordinator and Trainer, GSK – AMP (The Agence de Medecine Preventive), Malaria Vaccine Trial. Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC). Kintampo.

  • Convener, Scientific Technical Meeting, KHRC. Kintampo.

  • Project Coordinator, INDEPTH Network Effectiveness and Safety Studies (INESS), KHRC. Kintampo.

  • MPH, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana. 2008.

  • BSc. Biological Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana. 2002.

Recent training

  • Research Project and Grant Management

  • Knowledge Management and Knowledge Translation

  • Training of trainers on Pharmacovigilance

Research interest

  • Malaria

  • Health System Strengthening

  • Patient Safety

  • Non-communicable Disease

Ongoing research work(s)

  • Impact assessment of Indoor Residual Spraying and its implication for malaria control and elimination in Ghana

Selected publications

 

  1. Kwarteng, A ., Akazili, J., Welaga, P., Dalinjong, P.A., Asante, K.P., Sarpong, D., et. al (2020). The state of enrollment on the National Health Insurance Scheme in rural Ghana after eight years of implementation.   International Journal for Equity in Health ,   19 (1): pp1-14.

  2. Kwarteng, A. , Malm, K.L., Febir, L.G., Tawiah, T., Adjei, G., Nyame, S., et al. (2019). The Accuracy and Perception of Test-Based Management of Malaria at Private Licensed Chemical Shops in the Middle Belt of Ghana.   The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene ,   100 (2): pp.264-274.

  3. Tawiah, T., Malam, K., Kwarteng, A. , Bart-Plange, C., Febir, L., Aubyn, V., et al. (2018). Improving the first-line treatment of febrile illnesses in Ghana: willingness to pay for malaria rapid diagnostic tests at licensed chemical shops in the Kintampo area.   Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation ,   16 (1), p.4.

  4. Dalinjong, P.A., Welaga, P., Akazili, J., Kwarteng, A. , Bangha, M., Oduro, A., et al. (2017). The association between health insurance status and utilization of health services in rural Northern Ghana: evidence from the introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme.   Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition ,   36 (1), p.42

  5. Freeman, A., Kwarteng, A. , Febir, L.G., Amenga-Etego, S., Owusu-Agyei, S. and Asante, K.P., et al. (2017). Two years post affordable medicines facility for malaria program: availability and prices of anti-malarial drugs in central Ghana.   Journal of pharmaceutical policy and practice ,   10 (1), p.15.

  6. Tawiah, T., Asante, K.P., Dwommoh R.A., Kwarteng, A. , Gyaase, S., Mahama, E., et al. (2016). Economic costs of fever to households in the middle belt of Ghana.   Malaria journal ,   15 (1), p. 68

  7. Odei-Lartey, E.O., Boateng, D., Danso, S., Kwarteng, A. , Abokyi, L., Amenga-Etego, S., et al. (2016). The application of a biometric identification technique for linking community and hospital data in rural Ghana.   Global Health Action ,   9 (1), p.29854

  8. Febir, L.G., Asante, K.P., Afari-Asiedu, S., Abokyi, L.N., Kwarteng, A. , Ogutu, B., et al. (2016). Seeking treatment for uncomplicated malaria: experiences from the Kintampo districts of Ghana.   Malaria Journal ,   15 (1), p.108.

  9. Kwarteng, A. , Asante, K.P., Abokyi, L., Gyaase, S., Febir, L.G., Mahama, E., et al. (2015). Provider compliance to artemisinin-based combination therapy at primary health care facilities in the middle belt of Ghana.   Malaria Journal ,   14 (1), p.361.

  10. Angwenyi, V., Asante, K.P., Traoré, A., Febir, L.G., Tawiah, C., Kwarteng, A., et al. (2015). Health providers’ perceptions of clinical trials: lessons from Ghana, Kenya and Burkina Faso.   PloS one ,   10 (5), p.e0124554.

  11. Abokyi, L.N., Asante, K.P., Mahama, E., Gyaase, S., Sulemana, A., Kwarteng, A ., et al. (2015). Use of Antimalarial in the Management of Fever during a Community Survey in the Kintampo Districts of Ghana.   PloS one ,   10 (11), p.e0142106