Prof. (Mrs.) Gyikua Plange-Rhule

Senior Lecturer

Dept: Child Health
C/O Department of Child Health
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (Office Head of Department, (KNUST)
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My areas of Research Interest include Breastfeeding, Dysmprphology and Birth Defects and Careof the Small and Sick Baby. I also am interested in Medic...~more

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    Spectrum of Diseases seen of Neonatal Ward at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.

    Ameyaw E, Asafo Agyei SB, Plange – Rhule G

    (2017). Spectrum of Diseases seen of Neonatal Ward at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.

    Paediatric Infect Dis Vol.2 Iss.3:52
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    Assessment of Prison Life of Persons with Disability

     

    Dogbe J, Owusu-Dabo E, Edusei A, Plange-Rhule G, Addofoh N, Baffour-Awuah S, Sarfo-Kantanka O, Hammond C, Owusu M.

    BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2016 Aug 8;16(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s12914-016-0094-y.

     

     
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    Legal Education in the Training of Health Professionals Oswald K. Seneadza and Gyikua Plange-Rhule Commonwealth Law Bulletin Vol. 35, No. 2 (2009)

     

     
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    Plange-Rhule G. Challenges in requesting for Post Mortem Examination – a gap in      Ghanaian law? GPMJ Vol 1 No 1 Sept 2012

     
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    Plange-Rhule G. Medical Negligence in Ghana – another look at Asantekramo GPMJ Vol 2 Marc 2013

     
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    The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Multidisciplinary Clinic

     

    Agbenorku P, Ansah S, Acheampong A, Sabbah D, Bankas D, Adu E, Plange-Rhule G, Adiyiah Y, Donkor P.

    J Craniofac Surg. 2011 Mar;22(2):532-6. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318207f462.

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    Perception and practice of Kangaroo Mother Care after discharge from hospital in Kumasi, Ghana: a longitudinal study.

     

    Nguah SB, Wobil PN, Obeng R, Yakubu A, Kerber KJ, Lawn JE, Plange-Rhule G.

    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2011 Dec 1;11:99. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-99.

     
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    J Clin Res Bioeth 2015 Feb;6(1). pii: 205. Epub 2015 Jan 5.

     

    Knowledge and Perceptions of Health Workers' Training on Ethics, Confidentiality and Medico-Legal Issues.

     

    Barnie BA1, Forson PK1, Opare-Addo MN1, Appiah-Poku J1, Rhule GP1, Oduro G1, Adu-Sarkodie Y1, Donkor P1.

     
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    Pilot testing of the Becoming Baby Friendly Toolbox in Ghana

     

    Aryeetey R, Hromi-Fiedler A, Adu-Afarwuah S, Amoaful E, Ampah G, Gatiba M, Kwakye A, Otoo G, Plange-Rhule G, Sagoe-Moses I, Selenje L, Pérez-Escamilla R; Ghana Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly Committee.

    Int Breastfeed J. 2018 Jul 11;13:30. doi: 10.1186/s13006-018-0172-y. eCollection 2018.

     

     

     
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    We call them Miracle Babies – How Health Care Providers understand near misses at three Teaching Hospitals in Ghana.

     

    Bell AJ, Wynn LV, Bakari A, Oppong SA, Youngblood J, Arku Z, Bockarie Y, Adu J, Wobil P, Plange-Rhule G, Goka B, Adanu RM, Moyer CA.

     

     PLoS One. 2018 May 30;13(5):e0198169. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198169. eCollection 2018.

    PMID: 29847603

     

     

     
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    Genomic Analyses in African Populations identify Novel risk Loci for Cleft Palate

     

    Butali A, Mossey PA, Adeyemo WL, Eshete MA, Gowans LJJ, Busch TD, Jain D, Yu W, Huan L, Laurie CA, Laurie CC, Nelson S, Li M, Sanchez-Lara PA, Magee WP 3rd, Magee KS, Auslander A, Brindopke F, Kay DM, Caggana M, Romitti PA, Mills JL, Audu R, Onwuamah C, Oseni GO, Owais A, James O, Olaitan PB, Aregbesola BS, Braimah RO, Oginni FO, Oladele AO, Bello SA, Rhodes J, Shiang R, Donkor P, Obiri-Yeboah S, Arthur FKN, Twumasi P, Agbenorku P, Plange-Rhule G, et al

     

    Hum Mol Genet. 2018 Nov 19. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddy402. [Epub ahead of print]

                                          

     

     
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    Identification of paternal uniparental disomy on chromosome 22 and a de novo deletion on chromosome 18 in individuals with orofacial clefts.

     

    Oseni GO, Jain D, Mossey PA, Busch TD, Gowans LJJ, Eshete MA, Adeyemo WL, Laurie CA, Laurie CC, Owais A, Olaitan PB, Aregbesola BS, Oginni FO, Bello SA, Donkor P, Audu R, Onwuamah C, Obiri-Yeboah S, Plange-Rhule G, Ogunlewe OM, James O, Halilu T, Abate F, Abdur-Rahman LO, Oladugba AV, Marazita ML, Murray JC, Adeyemo AA, Butali A.

    Mol Genet Genomic Med. 2018 Nov;6(6):924-932. doi: 10.1002/mgg3.459. Epub 2018 Aug 23.

     
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    Non-Random Distribution of Human Orofacial Clefts in Ghana: Gene-Environment Interactions. 

     

    Lord Jephthah Joojo Gowans, Solomon Obiri-Yeboah, Oti Acheampong A., Fareed Kow Nanse Arthur, Peter Twumasi, Pius Agbenorku, Gyikua Plange-Rhule, Peter Donkor. (2018), Open Journal of Stomatology,8 ,210.4236/ojst.2018.82004

     
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    Novel GREM1 Variations in Sub-Saharan African Patients with Cleft Lip and/or Cleft Palate

     

    Gowans LJJ, Oseni G, Mossey PA, Adeyemo WL, Eshete MA, Busch TD,Donkor P, Obiri-Yeboah S, Plange-Rhule G, , Owais Oti Acheampong A., Olaitan PB, Aregbesola BS, Oginni F, Bello SA, Audu R, Onwuamah C,Agbenorku P, Ogunlewe MO, Abdur-Rahman LO, Marazita ML, Adeyemo AA, Murray JC, Butali A.(2017).. American Cleft Palate – Craniofacial Journal vol. 55 (5) 736-742.

     

     

     
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    Association Studies and Direct DNA Sequencing Implicate Genetic Susceptibility Loci in the Ethology of Nonsyndromic Orofacial Clefts in Sub-Saharan African Populations.

     

     

    Gowans, L.J, Adeyemo W.L, Eshete, M., Mossey. P.A., Busch, T., Aregbesola, B., Donkor, P. Arthur, F.K.N. Bello, S.A., Martinez, A., Li, M., Augustine-Akpan, E.A., Deressa W., Twumasi, P., Olutayo, J., Deribew, M., Agbenorku, P., Oti Acheampong, A., Braimah, R., Plange-Rhule, G., Gesses, M., Obiri-Yeboah, S., Oseni, G.O., Olaitan, P.B., Abdur-Rahman et al

    1. Dental. Research. 95, 1245–1256
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    The prevalence, penetrance, and expressivity of etiologic IRF6 variants in orofacial clefts patients from sub-Saharan Africa

     

    Lord Jephthah Joojo Gowans , Tamara D. Busch, Peter A. Mossey, Mekonen A. Eshete, Wasiu L. Adeyemo , Babatunde Aregbesola, Peter Donkor, Fareed K. N. Arthur ,Pius Agbenorku, James Olutayo, Peter Twumasi, Rahman Braimah, Oti Acheampong A., Gyikua Plange-Rhule, Solomon Obiri-Yeboah, Fikre Abate, Paa E. Hoyte-Williams, Taye Hailu,Jeffrey C. Murray3 & Azeez Butali: (2017).Molecular Genetics and Genomic Medicine, vol 5(2),page 164- 171.

     
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    Immunization Status of Children Born with Orofacial Clefts Who Visited the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) Multidisciplinary Cleft Clinic

     

    Oti Acheampong, A., Owusu, A.A., Amuasi, A., Pare, P., Oyakhilome, S., Gyau -Darko, B., Plange-Rhule, G. and Donkor, P. (2016) Open Journal of Immunology, 6, 148-153.

     
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    Usage of Potentially Teratogenic Chemical Preparations among Mothers of Children Attending the Multidisciplinary Cleft Clinic at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana

     

    Oti Acheampong A., Plange-Rhule, G., Obiri-Yeboah, S., Sabbah, D. K. & Donkor, (2014). P.. Modern. Plastic Surgery 04, 11–15

     
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    A randomized crossover trial comparing the Nifty cup to a medicine cup in preterm infants who have difficulty breastfeeding at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ghana

     

    Christy M. McKinney1, Gyikua Plange-Rhule2, Daniel Ansong2, Michael L. Cunningham 1, Irene Agyeman2, Patricia S. Coffey*

    PLoS One. 2019 Oct 17;14(10):e0223951. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223951. eCollection 2019

     

     
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    2019 Dec 23;19(1):509. doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1883-y.

    Neonatal Near-Misses in Ghana: a prospective, observational, multi-center study.

    Bakari A1, Bell AJ2, Oppong SA3, Bockarie Y4, Wobil P5, Plange-Rhule G5, Goka BQ6, Engmann CM7,8, Adanu RM9, Moyer CA 10,11.

     
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    Journal of Medical Case Reports http://doi.org/10.1186/s13256-019-2144-2

    Providing insight into the incubation period of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease:two case reports

    1. A. Amoako1*, M. Frimpong 2, D. O. Awuah 1, G. Plange-Rhule1,3, E. Boakye-Yiadom1, B. Agbavor2, F. Sarpong2,H. Ahor2, E. Adu1,3, K. G. Danso1, M. K. Abass4, K. Asiedu5, M. Wansbrough-Jones6 and Phillips1,2,3

     
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    WHO Immediate KMC Study Group impact of continuous Kangaroo Mother Care initiated immediately after birth (iKMC) on survival of newborns with birth weight between 1.0 to < 1.8kg: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial, WHO Immediate KMC Study Group Trials         (2020) 21:280 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-020-4101-1

     

     
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    Title: Preterm care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a comparative risk analysis of neonatal deaths averted by kangaroo mother care versus mortality due to SARS-CoV-2 infection

     

    EClinicalMedicine eclinm-D-20-00742R2 2020

     

     
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    Small and sick newborn care during the COVID-19 pandemic: global survey and thematic analyses of healthcare providers’ voices and experiences

    BMJ Global Health 2020;0:e004347. doi:10.1136/ bmjgh-2020-004347

     

     

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