Dr. Joseph Attakorah

Senior Lecturer

Dept: Pharmacy Practice
Second Floor, Old Pharmacy Building, FPPS.
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Stroke Cardiovascular Renal Endocrine Oncology Systematic reviews...~more

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Publications

    • Charles Anane, Isaac Kofi Owusu, Joseph Attakorah. Monitoring Amiodarone Therapy in Cardiac Arrhythmias in the Intensive Care Unit of a Teaching Hospital in Ghana. The internet Journal of Cardiology. Volume 10 number 1.

    • Perditer Okyere,, Isaac Okyere, Richard Kobina Dadzie Ephraim, Joseph Attakorah, Charlotte Osafo, Bernard Arhin, Sarah Bachelle and Albert Abaka-Yawson. Spectrum and Clinical Characteristics of Renal Disease in Ghanaian Adults. A 13-year Retrospective study. The International Journal of Nephrology.  13th April 2020

    • Kofi Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Peter Yamoah, Joseph Attakorah, Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen. 2020. Knowledge assessment and barriers to cancer screening among Ghanaian community pharmacists. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice. Accepted.

    • Kofi Boamah Mensah, Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah, Joseph Attakorah, Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen. 2020. A systematic review protocol of the antiviral activity of chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine against COVID-19. Sys Rev Pharm 2020; 11(11):1362-1365.

    • Richardson Adjei, Nyantakyi, Perditer Okyere, Edward Appiah Boateng, Isaac Okyere, Francis Adjei Osei, Samuel Frimpong Odoom, Frank Micah, Joseph Attakorah. (2020). Factors influencing Knowledge Levels among hypertensive patients receiving treatment at  The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi, Ghana; a Cross-sectional study.  African journal of current Medical Research, VOL 4 NO 1. Published August 2, 2020.

    • Joseph Attakorah, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Ebenezer Wiafe, Varsha Bangalee, Frasia  Oosthuizen  (2021). Current Stroke Burden in Ghana: A Comprehensive Systematic Review Protocol. 10.21203/rs.3.rs-137729/v1. Published in December 2020.

    • Perditer Okyere, Richard K.D. Ephraim, Isaac Okyere, Joseph Attakorah, Dorcas   Serwaa, Grace Essuman, Albert Abaka-Yawson, Prince Adoba. (2021) Demographic, diagnostic and therapeutic characteristics of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in Ghana. BMC Nedphrology 22, 156. Published on 28th April, 2021.

    • Perditer Okyere, Isaac Okyere, Joseph Attakorah, R. Osei Saahene, G. Essuman, Dorcas Serwaa, Richard K.D. Ephraim, C. Osafo. (2022). Prescription pattern among hypertensive and diabetic nephropathy patients in a teaching hospital, Ghana. World Congress of Nephrology 2022. 24th to 27th February, 2022.

    • Perditer Okyere, Isaac Okyere, C. Otu-Ansah, Joseph Attakorah, R. Osei Saahene, A. Kumi, Richard K.D. Ephraim, C. Osafo. (2022). Television news and official government releases the main source of information on COVID-19 among chronic kidney disease patients in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. World Congress of Nephrology 2022. 24th to 27th February, 2022.

    • Obed Kwabena Offe Amponsah, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, Joseph Attakorah, Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo, Kwame Ohene Buabeng. (2022). Antimicrobial stewardship capacity and infection prevention and control assessment of three health facilities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2022, dlac034.

    • Perditer Okyere, Isaac Okyere, Richard K.D. Ephraim, Joseph Attakorah, Grace Essuman, Albert Abaka-Yawson. (2021). Trends in Vascular Access Types in Hemodialysis in Ghana. Kidney International Reports. ISN WCN 2021 (2021)

    • Isaac Okyere, Perditer Okyere, Richard Kobina Dadzie Ephraim, Kojo Awotwi Hutton Mensah, Joseph Attakorah, Grace Essuman, Dorcas Serwaa, Albert Abaka-Yawson, Prince Adoba. (2021). Vascular access for haemodialysis in Ghana: a single centre experience. PAMJ Clinical Medicine;6(2). 10.11604/pamj-cm.2021.6.2.29276. Published: 3rd May 2021.

    • KB Mensah, MA Asambo, Joseph Attakorah, E Wiafe, AO Kwakye, N Padayachee, V Bangalee. Clinicians’ knowledge of cancer: A study in Ghana's Bono region. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice (2025): 10781552241312392.   https://doi.org/10.1177/1078155224131239      

     

    • Joseph Attakorah, Kofi Boamah Mensah, Peter Yamoah, Varsha Bangalee, Frasia Oosthuizen. Awareness of stroke, its signs, and risk factors: A cross-sectional population-based survey in Ghana. Health Sci Rep 2024 Jun 17;7(6): e2179. doi: 10.1002/hsr2.2179. collection 2024. https://doi.org/10.1002%2Fhsr2.2179   
    • Mozu, I. E., Marfo, A. F. A., Opare-Addo, M., Adomako, N. O., Boachie-Ansah, P., Joseph Attakorah, & Graham-Bannerman, J. A Perspectives and Satisfaction of Consumers with Hypertension and Diabetes on Services Provided by Community Pharmacy. Journal of Patient Experience, (2024). 11, 23743735241261237
    • Joseph Attakorah, Mensah, K. B., Yamoah, P., Wiafe, E., Bangalee, V., & Oosthuizen, F. A systematic review of the burden of stroke in Ghana. BioMed Research International, 2024(1), 8298154.
    • Agyekum, M. A., Nguah, S. B., Joseph Attakorah, Nettey, G. K., Oppong, K. G., Paintsil, V., ... & Buabeng, K. O Adherence to routinely prescribed medications among paediatric sickle cell disease patients in Kumasi, Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, (2024).58(2), 117-123.
    •   Pauline Boachie-Ansah, Berko Panyin Anto, Afia Frimpomaa, Edward Tieru Dassah, lvan Eduku Mozu, Joseph Attakorah. Quality of antenatal care and outcomes of Hypertensive Disorders in Pregnancy among antenatal attendees: A comparison of urban and peri urban health facilities in Ghana. PLoS ONE 2023. PMID: 38039304.
    •  Ivan Eduku Mozu, Afia Frimpomaa Asare Marfo, John Serbe Marfo, Nana Ofori Adomako, Nana Kwame Ayisi- Boateng, Pauline Boachie-Ansah, Joseph Attakorah, Frances Thelma Owusu- daaku. Utilization of tele pharmacy in the management of hypertension. Exploratory Research in Clinical and Social Pharmacy. Elsevier lnc 2023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rcsop.2023.100381.
    •  Safo, A. A. A. N., Okoro, O. N., & Joseph Perceptions of healthcare providers about pharmacists’ clinical roles in patient care in Ghana. Innovations in Pharmacy, (2022). 13(4), 10-24926.
    •  Perditer Okyere, Isaac Okyere, C. Otu-Ansah, Joseph Attakorah, R. Osei Saahene, A. Kumi, Richard K.D. Ephraim, C. Osafo. (2022). Television news and official government releases the main source of information on COVID-19 among chronic kidney disease patients in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana. World Congress of Nephrology 2022. 24th to 27th February, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2022.01.949.
    • Oppong, K, G, Joseph Attakorah, Enimil, A., Ansah, C., Buabeng, K. O. Antibiotic stewardship and its impact on Antibiotic use at the Child health Directorate of a teaching Hospital in Ghana. African Journal of Applied Research. Vol. 8, No 2 (2022), pp. 322-331. https://doi.org/10.26437/ajar.31.10.2022.22 
    • Okyere, P., Okyere, I., Essuman, G., Joseph Attakorah, Serwaa, D., Donkoh, I. E., & Ephraim, R. K. (2022). Conservative therapy is associated with worse clinical features and biochemical derangements than renal replacement therapy: a retrospective study in Kumasi, Ghana. BMC nephrology, 23(1), 343. .
    • Obed Kwabena Offe Amponsah, Alex Owusu-Ofori, Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, Joseph Attakorah, Mercy Naa Aduele Opare-Addo, Kwame Ohene Buabeng. Antimicrobial stewardship capacity and infection prevention and control assessment of three health facilities in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2022, dlac034. https://doi.org/10.1093/jacamr/dlac034
    • Mensah, K. B., Mensah, A. B. B., Yamoah, P., Joseph Attakorah, Bangalee, V., & Oosthuizen, F. Knowledge assessment and barriers to cancer screening among Ghanaian community pharmacists. Journal of Oncology Pharmacy Practice, (2022). 28(1), 64-73.
    •  Yamoah, P., Mensah, K. B., Joseph Attakorah, Padayachee, N., Oosthuizen, F., & Bangalee, V. Adverse events following immunization associated with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines: A descriptive analysis from VigiAccess. Human vaccines & immunotherapeutic, (2022). 18(6), 2109365
    •  Okyere, P., Ephraim, R. K., Okyere, I., Joseph Attakorah, Serwaa, D., Essuman, G., ... & Adoba, P. Demographic, diagnostic and therapeutic characteristics of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease in Ghana. BMC nephrology, (2021). 22(1), 156. 
    •  Salomey Asaah Denkyira1,2*, Kwaku Gyamfi Oppong1,3, Daniel Boateng4, Joseph Attakorah1 and Kwame Ohene Buabeng  Evaluation of multisectoral interprofessional collaboration for non-communicable disease management within a municipal setting: a mixed methods stud

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