Dr. John Humphrey Amuasi

Senior Lecturer

Dept: Global and International Health
Office located at: Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research In Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Southend Asuogya Road, KNUST Campus.
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    1. Amuasi J, “Moving from combating disease to winning against disease”. Global Forum for Health Research, Young Voices in Research for Health, 2006 and the Lancet, 2006. Available from: http://announcementsfiles.cohred.org/gfhr_pub/assoc/s14847e/s14847e.pdf
    2. Owens S, Harper G, Amuasi J, Offei-Larbi G, Ordi J, Brabin B. “Placental malaria and immunity to infant measles”. Archives of Disease in Childhood. 91(6):507-8, 2006 June.
    3. Pécoul B, Sevcsik AM, Amuasi J, Diap G, Kiechel JR. “The story of ASAQ: the first antimalarial product development partnership success”. Health Partnerships Review, Global Forum for Health Research. 1(1): 77-83, 2008 May.
    4. De Schweinitz, Ansong D, Manortey S, Amuasi J, Boakye I, et al. “Evaluating international collaboration: Differential perceptions of a partnership in a CBPR project in Ghana”. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 4(4): 53-67, 2009 December.
    5. Amuasi J, “Technology Transfer and local drug manufacturing in South Africa. Report for the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development (ICTSD), Geneva, Switzerland. Available from: http://ictsd.org/downloads/2009/12/amuasi-paper-edited.pdf
    6. Crookston B, Alder S, Boakye I, Merrill R, Amuasi J, et al. “Exploring the relationship between chronic undernutrition and asymptomatic malaria in Ghanaian children”. Malaria Journal. 2010; 9(39): 1475-2875.
    7. Diap G, Amuasi J, Boakye I, Sevcsik AM, Pecoul B. “Anti-malarial market and policy surveys in sub-Saharan Africa.” Malaria Journal 9, no. Supplement 1 (2010): S1.
    8. Amuasi J, Diap G, Blay-Nguah S, et al. "Access to artesunate-amodiaquine, quinine and other anti-malarials: policy and markets in Burundi". Malaria Journal. 2011;10(1):34.
    9. Ansong D, Alder SC, Crookston BT, Beck C, Gyampomah T, Amuasi J, et “Role of Diagnostic Testing in Schistosomiasis Control Programs in Rural Ghana”. Journal of Bacteriology and Parasitology. 2011; 2:115. doi:10.4172/2155-9597.1000115
    10. Cook-Huynh M, Ansong D, Steckelberg, Boakye I, Seligman K, Appiah L, Kumar N, Amuasi J. “Prevalence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in adults from a rural community in Ghana”. Journal of Ethnicity and Disease. 2012. 22(3), 347–352.
    11. Odoi-Agyarko A, Nyako E, Amuasi J, Adu-Ababio F. "Fluoride levels at Bongo District of Northern Ghana". Ghana Dental Journal. 2012; 9(1):14-16
    12. Whiteside L, Oteng R, Carter P, Amuasi J, Abban E, et al. "Non-fatal injuries among pediatric patients seeking care in an urban Ghanaian Emergency Department". Journal of International Emergency Medicine. 2012; 5:36; 1865-1380
    13. Amuasi J, Diap G, Blay-Nguah S, et al. "Access to Artemisinin-Combination Therapy (ACT) and other Anti-Malarials: National Policy and Markets in Sierra Leone". PLoS ONE. 2012; 7(10): e47733. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0047733
    14. Tougher, S., Ye, Y., Amuasi, J. H., Kourgueni, I. A., Thomson, R., Goodman, C., Mann, A. G., et al. "Effect of the Affordable Medicines Facility—malaria (AMFm) on the availability, price, and market share of quality-assured artemisinin-based combination therapies in seven countries: a before-and-after analysis of outlet survey data". The Lancet. 2012; doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61732-2
    15. Eva Enns, Amuasi, John. Human mobility and communication patterns in Côte d’Ivoire: A network perspective for malaria control. In: Mobile Phone Data for Development: Analysis of mobile phone datasets for the development of Ivory Coast Selected Contributions to the D4D challenge sponsored by Orange [Internet]. D4D Challenge Sponsored by Orange; 2013. Available from: https://perso.uclouvain.be/vincent.blondel/netmob/2013/D4D-book.pdf
    16. Willey, B. A., Tougher, S., Ye, Y., Mann, A. G., Thomson, R., Kourguen, I. Amuasi, J. H., … Goodman, C. (2014). "Communicating the AMFm message: exploring the effect of communication and training interventions on private for-profit provider awareness and knowledge related to a multi-country anti-malarial subsidy intervention". Malaria Journal, 13(1), 46. doi:10.1186/1475-2875-13-46
    17. Tougher, S., Mann, A. G., Ye, Y., Kourgueni, I. A., Thomson, R., Amuasi, J. H., … Goodman, C. (2014). Improving Access To Malaria Medicine Through Private-Sector Subsidies In Seven African Countries. Health Affairs, 33(9), 1576–1585. doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2014.0104
    18. Poyer, S., Shewchuk, T., Tougher, S., Ye, Y., The ACTwatch Group, Mann, A. G., … Amuasi J.H., …Goodman, C. (2015). Availability and price of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in the public and private health sectors in 2011: results from ten nationally representative cross-sectional retail surveys. Tropical Medicine & International Health: TM & IH. http://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.12491
    19. Afihene, M. K. Y., Denyer, M., Amuasi, J. H., Boakye, I., & Nkrumah, K. (2014). Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori and Endoscopic findings among Dyspeptics in Kumasi, Ghana. Open Science Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2(3), 63. http://www.openscienceonline.com/journal/archive2?journalId=717&paperId=412
    20. Ye, Y., Arnold, F., Noor, A., Wamukoya, M., Amuasi, J., Blay, S., … Hanson, K. (2015). The Affordable Medicines Facility-malaria (AMFm): are remote areas benefiting from the intervention? Malaria Journal, 14(1), 398. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-015-0904-z
    21. Oteng, R. A., Whiteside, L. K., Rominski, S. D., Amuasi, J. H., Carter, P. M., Donkor, P., & Cunningham, R. (2015). Individual and medical characteristics of adults presenting to an urban emergency department in Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, 49(3), 136–141. http://doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v49i3.2
    22. Jagoe, G., & Amuasi, J. H. (2015). Saving lives through improved use of ACTs. The Lancet Global Health, 3(12), e727–e728. http://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00208-9
    23. Sylverken, A. A., Owusu-Dabo, E., Yar, D. D., Salifu, S. P., Awua-Boateng, N. Y., Amuasi, J. H., … Agyarko-Poku, T. (2015). P12.12 Bacteria aetiology of sexually transmitted infections at sexually transmitted infection clinic in Kumasi, Ghana; use of multiplex real time polymerase chain reaction. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91(Suppl 2), A190–A190. http://doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.492
    24. Boadu, N. Y., Amuasi, J., Ansong, D., Einsiedel, E., Menon, D., & Yanow, S. K. (2016). Challenges with implementing malaria rapid diagnostic tests at primary care facilities in a Ghanaian district: a qualitative study. Malaria Journal, 15, 126. http://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1174-0
    25. Owusu M, Sarfo Marfo K, Osei I, Amuasi J, Sarpong N, Tawiah Mensah K, et al. An Ileal Perforation Associated with Extended Spectrum β-Lactamases-Producing Escherichia Coli: Medical Case Report. 2016, November; 3:140. https://doi.org/DOI: 10.23937/2378-3656/1410140
    26. Kwarteng A, Amuasi J, Annan A, Ahuno S, Opare D, Nagel M, et al. Current meningitis outbreak in Ghana: Historical perspectives and the importance of diagnostics. Acta Tropica. 2017 May;169:51–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2017.01.014
    27. Amuasi, John. Combating Neglected Tropical Diseases – Now. G20 Germany 2017. June 2017:104-105. Available from: https://issuu.com/intrinsiccommunications/docs/g20_hamburg_2017/104
    28. Owusu, M., Owusu-Dabo, E., Acheampong, G., Osei, I., Amuasi, J., Sarpong, N., … Adu-Sarkodie, Y. (2017). Pseudomonas oryzihabitans sepsis in a 1-year-old child with multiple skin rashes: a case report. Journal of Medical Case Reports, 11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-017-1230-6
    29. Amuasi, J. H. (2017). Improving estimation of ACT treatment coverage in Africa. The Lancet Global Health, 5(4), e375–e376. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(17)30087-6
    30. Amuasi, John. Maintaining Focus on the Neglected Poor. G20 Magazine - Argentina 2018. November 2018:48-49. Available from: https://issuu.com/intrinsiccommunications/docs/g20_argentina_2018/48
    31. Winkler, A., Klohe, K., Schmidt, V., Haavardsson, I., Abraham, A., Prodjinotho, U., … Amuasi, J.,…Prazeres da Costa, C. (2018). Neglected tropical diseases – the present and the future. Tidsskrift for Den Norske Legeforening, (3). https://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.17.0678
    32. Mazigo, H. D., Amuasi, J. H., Osei, I., & Kinung’hi, S. M. (2018). Integrating use of point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen rapid diagnostic tests by community health workers during mass drug administration campaigns to improve uptake of praziquantel treatment among the adult population at Kome Island, North-Western Tanzania: a cluster randomized community trial. BMC Public Health, 18, 840. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5732-y
    33. Pak, G. D., Haselbeck, A. H., Seo, H. W., Osei, I., Amuasi, J., Breiman, R. F., … Panzner, U. (2018). The HPAfrica protocol: Assessment of health behaviour and population-based socioeconomic, hygiene behavioural factors - a standardised repeated cross-sectional study in multiple cohorts in sub-Saharan Africa. BMJ Open, 8(12), e021438. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021438
    34. Gobat, N., Amuasi, J., Yazdanpanah, Y., Sigfid, L., Davies, H., Byrne, J.-P., … Goossens, H. (2019). Advancing preparedness for clinical research during infectious disease epidemics. ERJ Open Research, 5(2), 00227–02018. https://doi.org/10.1183/23120541.00227-2018
    35. Klohe, K., Amuasi, J., Kaducu, J. M., Haavardsson, I., Bogatyreva, E., Onarheim, K. H., … Winkler, A. S. (2019). The 2017 Oslo conference report on neglected tropical diseases and emerging/re-emerging infectious diseases – focus on populations underserved. Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 8(1), 40. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-019-0550-8
    36. Saxena, A., Horby, P., Amuasi, J., et al, the ALERRT-WHO Workshop, 2019. Ethics preparedness: facilitating ethics review during outbreaks - recommendations from an expert panel. BMC Med Ethics 20, 29. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12910-019-0366-x
    37. Awua-Boateng NY, Mohammed A, Aglanu LM, Amuasi JH et al. Is pulmonary tuberculosis in pregnnt women a problem in Ghana? Observations and lessons from the national tuberculosis prevalence project. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2019;8(3):267-272. doi:10.4103/ijmy.ijmy_112_19
    38. Amuasi JH, May J. Non-typhoidal salmonella: invasive, lethal, and on the loose. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2019;0(0). doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30521-3
    39. Tett A, Huang KD, Asnicar F, Fehlner-Peach H, Pasolli E, Karcher N, Armanini F, Manghi P, Bonham K, Zolfo M, De Filippis F, Magnabosco C, Bonneau R, Lusingu J, Amuasi J, et al. The Prevotella copri Complex Comprises Four Distinct Clades Underrepresented in Westernized Populations. Cell Host Microbe. 2019 Nov 13;26(5):666-679.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2019.08.018. Epub 2019 Oct 10.
    40. Ralstonia mannitolilytica sepsis: a case report. Owusu M, Acheampong G, Annan A, Marfo KS, Osei I, Amuasi J, et al. Med Case Rep. 2019 Oct 26;13(1):318. doi: 10.1186/s13256-019-2235-0
    41. Global coalition to accelerate COVID-19 clinical research in resource-limited settings. The Lancet. 2020;395(10233):1322-1325. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30798-4
    42. Krumkamp R, Aldrich C, Maiga-Ascofare O, …Amuasi JH et al. Transmission of Cryptosporidium spp. among human and animal local contact networks in sub-Saharan Africa: a multi-country study. Clin Infect Dis. https://doi-org.ezp3.lib.umn.edu/10.1093/cid/ciaa223
    43. Amuasi JH, Lucas T, Horton R, Winkler AS. Reconnecting for our future: The Lancet One Health Commission. The Lancet. 2020;395(10235):1469-1471. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31027-8
    44. Amuasi JH, Walzer C, Heymann D, et al. Calling for a COVID-19 One Health Research Coalition. The Lancet. 2020;0(0). doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31028-X
    45. Akhvlediani T, Ali SM, Angus DC, … Amuasi J…et al. Global outbreak research: harmony not hegemony. The Lancet Infectious Diseases. 2020;0(0). doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30440-0
    46. Manouana GP, Lorenz E, Ngwese MM,… Amuasi J…et al. Performance of a rapid diagnostic test for the detection of Cryptosporidium spp. in African children admitted to hospital with diarrhea. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2020;14(7):e0008448. doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008448
    47. Salajegheh Tazerji S, Magalhães Duarte P, …Amuasi J…Rahimi P, et al. Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to animals: an updated review. Journal of Translational Medicine. 2020;18(1):358. doi:10.1186/s12967-020-02534-2
    48. Gruetzmacher K, Karesh WB, Amuasi JH, et al. The Berlin principles on one health – Bridging global health and conservation. Science of The Total Environment. Published online October 12, 2020:142919. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.142919
    49. Owusu M, Sylverken AA, Ankrah ST, El-Duah P, Ayisi-Boateng NK, Yeboah R, Gorman R, Asamoah J, Binger T, Acheampong G, Bekoe FA, Ohene SA, Larsen-Reindorf R, Awuah AA, Amuasi J, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Phillips RO. (2020). Epidemiological profile of SARS-CoV-2 among selected regions in Ghana: A cross-sectional retrospective study. PLoS One. 2020 Dec 10;15(12):e0243711. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243711. eCollection 2020. PMID: 33301533 Free PMC article.
    50. Amuasi JH, Winkler AS (2020). One Health or Planetary Health for pandemic prevention?-Authors' reply. 2020 Dec 12;396(10266):1882-1883. DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32392-8. PMID: 33308466 No abstract available.
    51. Tichkule S, Jex AR, van Oosterhout C, Sannella AR, Krumkamp R, Aldrich C, Maiga-Ascofare O, Dekker D, Lamshöft M, Mbwana J, Rakotozandrindrainy N, Borrmann S, Thye T, Schuldt K, Winter D, Kremsner PG, Oppong K, Manouana P, Mbong M, Gesase S, Minja DTR, Mueller I, Bahlo M, Nader J, May J, Rakotozandrindrain R, Adegnika AA, Lusingu JPA, Amuasi J, Eibach D, Caccio SM (2021). Comparative genomics revealed adaptive admixture in Cryptosporidium hominis in Africa. Microb Genom. 2021 Jan;7(1). DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.000493. Epub 2020 Dec 23. PMID: 33355530 Free article.
    52. Owusu M, Sylverken AA, El-Duah P, Ayisi-Boateng NK, Yeboah R, Adu E, Asamoah J, Frimpong M, Senyo J, Acheampong G, Mutocheluh M, Amuasi J, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Phillips RO. Low risk of SARS-CoV-2 in blood transfusi PLoS One. 2021 Apr 13;16(4):e0249069. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0249069. eCollection 2021. PMID: 33848293
    53. Sylverken AA, El-Duah P, Owusu M, Schneider J, Yeboah R, Ayisi-Boateng NK, Gorman R, Adu E, Kwarteng A, Frimpong M, Binger T, Aryeetey S, Asamoah JA, Amoako YA, Amuasi JH, Beheim-Schwarzbach J, Owusu-Dabo E, Adu-Sarkodie Y, Obiri-Danso K, Corman VM, Drosten C, Phillips R. Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in northern Ghana: insights from whole-genome sequencing. Arch Virol. 2021 May;166(5):1385- doi: 10.1007/s00705-021-04986-3. Epub 2021 Mar 15. PMID: 33723631
    54. Sigfrid L, Cevik M, Jesudason E, Lim WS, Rello J, Amuasi J, Bozza F, Palmieri C, Munblit D, Holter JC, Kildal AB, Reyes LF, Russell CD, Ho A, Turtle L, Drake TM, Beltrame A, Hann K, Bangura IR, Fowler R, Lakoh S, Berry C, Lowe DJ, McPeake J, Hashmi M, Dyrhol-Riise AM, Donohue C, Plotkin D, Hardwick H, Elkheir N, Lone NI, Docherty A, Harrison E, Baille JK, Carson G, Semple MG, Scott What is the recovery rate and risk of long-term consequences following a diagnosis of COVID-19? A harmonised, global longitudinal observational study protocol. BMJ Open. 2021 Mar 10;11(3):e043887. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-043887. PMID: 33692181
    55. Emmerich P, Murawski C, Ehmen C, von Possel R, Pekarek N, Oestereich L, Duraffour S, Pahlmann M, Struck N, Eibach D, Krumkamp R, Amuasi J, Maiga-Ascofaré O, Rakotozandrindrainy R, Asogun D, Ighodalo Y, Kann S, May J, Tannich E, Deschermeier C. Limited specificity of commercially available SARS-CoV-2 IgG ELISAs in serum samples of African origi Trop Med Int Health. 2021 Mar 5:10.1111/tmi.13569. doi: 10.1111/tmi.13569. Online ahead of print. PMID: 33666297
    56. Adegnika AA, Amuasi JH, Basinga P, Berhanu D, Medhanyie AA, Okwaraji YB, Persson LÅ, Savadogo B, Schellenberg J, Steinmann P. Embed capacity development within all global health resear BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Feb;6(2):e004692. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004692. PMID: 33597279
    57. Akenten CW, Boahen KG, Marfo KS, Sarpong N, Dekker D, Struck NS, Osei-Tutu L, May J, Amuasi JH, Eibach D. J Bloodstream infection with Acinetobacter baumanii in a Plasmodium falciparum positive infant: a case report. Med Case Re 2021 Feb 5;15(1):46. doi: 10.1186/s13256-020-02648-7. PMID: 3354
    58. Acheampong, T., Akorsikumah, E. A., Osae-Kwapong, J., Khalid, M., Appiah, A., & Amuasi, J. H. (2021). Examining Vaccine Hesitancy in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Survey of the Knowledge and Attitudes among Adults to Receive COVID-19 Vaccines in Ghana. Vaccines, 9(8), 814. https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines9080814

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