Full Name: Cornelius Yayele Debpuur

Contact details:

Email: cornelius.debpuur@ghs.gov.gh or cdebyele@gmail.com

Phone: 0244204848 or 0509914328

 

Relevant Positions held:

1997 – 2008: Research Scientist, Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Upper East Region, Ghana

2008 – 2012: Principal Health Research Officer Navrongo Health Research Centre, Upper East Region. Ghana

2012 – 2019: Deputy Chief Health Research Officer Navrongo Health Research Centre, Upper East Region. Ghana

2019 – date: Deputy Director, Research, Ghana Health Service Research and Development Division, Accra 

 

Education:

BA (Sociology) University of Ghana, Legon: 1984-1987

MA (Sociology/Demography) Brown University, USA: 1990-1992

PhD (Sociology/Demography) Brown University, USA: 1992-1997

Recent short training ( last five years):

June 2020 Certificate in Leadership and Management in Health; University of Washington, USA

Research interest:

Social determinants of health; Maternal & Child Health; Health systems assessment; General population dynamics

Ongoing Research works:

Frontline Service Readiness and Capacity Assessments in Ghana – COVID-19 Project

Leaving no one behind: The role of primary care provider networks in advancing equitable Universal Health Coverage in 4 districts of Ghana: Implementation Research (Phase II)

Navrongo Integrated Surveillance Project (NISP) Social Component - Community Engagement of Participants Enrolled in EID 005b/RV 466b/WRAIR 2383b, “Severe Infectious Disease: Surveillance, Detection, Risks and Consequences in West Africa” for Zoonotic and Vector Borne Public Health Survey

 

Recent Publications:

  1. Maxwell A. Dalaba, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Samuel T. Chatio, James K. Adoctor, Daniella Watson, Mary Barker, Kate A. Ward, and Cornelius Debpuur . 2021. Culture and community perceptions on diet for maternal and child health: a qualitative study in rural northern Ghana. BMC Nutrition (2021) 7:36 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-021-00439-x
  2. Sakeah E, Aborigo RA, Debpuur C , Nonterah EA, Oduro AR, Awoonor-Williams JK (2021) Assessing selection procedures and roles of Community Health Volunteers and Community Health Management Committees in Ghana’s Community-based Health Planning and Services program. PLoS ONE 16(5): e0249332. https://doi. org/10.1371/journal.pone.0249332
  1. Agongo, G., Debpuur, C., Amenga-Etego, L., Nonterah, E. A., Kaburise, M. B., Oduro, A., Ramsay, M., & Tindana, P. (2021). Community engagement and feedback of results in the H3Africa AWI-Gen project: Experiences from the Navrongo Demographic and Health Surveillance site in Northern Ghana (4:15). AAS Open Research. https://doi.org/10.12688/aasopenres.13081.1
  1. Cornelius Debpuur , Engelbert A Nonterah, Samuel T Chatio, James K Adoctor, Edith Dambayi, Paula Beeri, Esmond W Nonterah, Doreen Ayi-Bisah, Daniella Watson, Sarah H Kehoe, Maxwell A Dalaba, Winfred Ofosu, Raymond Aborigo, Paul Welaga, Abraham R Oduro, Marie-Louise Newell, and Mary Barker for the INPreP Study Group. 2020. Supporting maternal and child nutrition: views from community members in rural Northern Ghana. Public Health Nutrition, doi:10.1017/S136898002000302X
  2. Daniella Watson, Sarah H Kehoe, Agnes Erzse, Adélaïde Compaoré, Cornelius Debpuur , Engelbert A Nonterah, Hermann Sorgho, Shane A Norris, Karen J Hofman, Wendy Lawrence, Marie-Louise Newell1, Keith M Godfrey, Kate A Ward and Mary Barker, for the INPreP group. 2020. Community perspectives on maternal and child health during nutrition and economic transition in sub-Saharan Africa. Public Health Nutrition . doi:10.1017/S1368980020003018 
  3. Godfred Agongo, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Cornelius Debpuur , Michael B. Kaburise, Stuart A. Ali, Nigel J. Crowther, Michele Ramsay, and Abraham R. Oduro. 2020. Blood Pressure Indices and Associated Risk Factors in a Rural West African Adult Population: Insights from an AWI-Gen Substudy in Ghana. International Journal of Hypertension Volume 2020, Article ID 4549031, 11 pages https://doi.org/10.1155/2020/4549031
  4. Paulina Tindana, Cornelius Depuur , Jantina de Vries, Janet Seeley & Michael Parker (2020): Informed consent in genomic research and biobanking: taking feedback of findings seriously. Global Bioethics , DOI: 10.1080/11287462.2020.1717896  https://doi.org/10.1080/11287462.2020.1717896
  5. Sakeah E, Debpuur C , Aborigo RA, Oduro AR, Sakeah JK, Moyer CA (2019) Persistent female genital mutilation despite its illegality: Narratives from women and men in northern Ghana. PLoS ONE 14(4): e0214923. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214923
  6. Engelbert Adamwaba Nonterah, Cornelius Debpuur , Godfred Agongo, Lucas Amenga-Etego, Nigel J. Crowther, Michèle Ramsay & Abraham Rexford Oduroas members of AWIGen and the H3Africa Consortium (2018). Socio-demographic and behavioural determinants of body mass index among an adult population in rural Northern Ghana: the AWI-Gen study. Global Health Action, 11:sup2, 1467588, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1467588  https://doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2018.1467588
  7. Welaga P, Debpuur C , Aaby P, et al . Is the decline in neonatal mortality in northern Ghana, 1996–2012, associated with the decline in the age of BCG vaccination? An ecological study. BMJ Open 2018;8:e023752. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023752
  8. Evelyn Sakeah, Cornelius Debpuur , Abraham Rexford Oduro, Paul Welaga, Raymond Aborigo, James Kotuah Sakeah and Cheryl A. Moyer. 2018. Prevalence and factors associated with female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age in the Bawku municipality and Pusiga District of northern Ghana. BMC Women's Health (2018) 18:150 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-018-0643-8
  9. Welaga P, Hodgson A, Debpuur C , Aaby P, Binka F, Azongo D and Oduro A (2018) Measles Vaccination Supports Millennium Development Goal 4: Increasing Coverage and Increasing Child Survival in Northern Ghana, 1996–2012. Frontiers in Public Health 6:28. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00028