Peer Review Publications

1. Danso KA., Martey JO., Wall LL., Elkins TE. The epidemiology of genito-urinary fistulae in Kumasi, Ghana. International Urogynaecology Journal. 1996, 7: 117-120.
2. Danso, KA., Adu-Sarkodie, Y. Abdominal wound infection complicating caesarean section. Ghana Medical Journal. 1998, Vol 32b: 1003-1008.
3. Danso, KA, Saka EC.  Birth injuries among newborns: a review of 192 cases in Kumasi. Journal of the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. 1999. Vol 19 Nos 1,2&3: 108 -111.
4. Danso, KA. Acute intestinal obstruction in pregnancy: Lessons for the obstetrician. Journal of the University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. Vol 19 Nos 1,2&3, 1999: 106 -107.
5. Danso, KA, Lamptey H. Physical and sexual violence against pregnant women attending Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi. Ghana Medical Journal. Sept 1999. Vol 33 No. 3: 101-103.
6. Magpie Trial Collaborative Group, including K Danso. Do women with pre-eclampsia and their babies benefit from magnesium sulphate? The magpie trial: a randomised placebo- controlled trial. Lancet 2002; Vol 359: 1877-90.
7. C. A. Turpin, K. A. Danso, A. T. Odoi. Abortion at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital. Ghana Medical Journal Vol 36 June 2002, No. 2, 60-64.
8. O. Hassal, G. Bedu-Addo, M. Adarkwa, K. Danso, I. Bates. Umbilical blood for transfusion in children with severe anaemia in under-resourced countries. Lancet 2003; 361: 678-79
9. C. A Klufio, E. Y. Kwawukume, K. A. Danso, J. J. Sciarra, T. Johnson. Ghana Postgraduate obstetrics/gynaecology collaborative residency training programme: success story and model for Africa. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Vol. 189, Issue 3, Sept 2003. 692-696.
10. Y. Adu-Sarkodie, B. K. Opoku, K. A. Danso, H. A. Weiss, D. Mabey. Comparison of latex agglutination, wet preparation and culture for the detection of Trichomonas vaginalis. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2004; 80: 201-203
11. E. S. K. Morhe, S. Sengretsi, K. A. Danso. Episiotomy in Ghana. International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. Vol 86, Issue 1, July 2004. 46-47.
12. K. A. Danso, C. A. Turpin. Vulvo-vaginal injuries: analysis of 170 cases at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal Vol 38 No. 3, Sept 2004. 116-9.
13. F.W.J. Anderson, K. A. Danso, E. Y. Kwawukume, T. R. B. Johnson. Experience with Obstetrics and Gynecology Education and Training in Ghana. Archives of Ibadan Medicine. Vol 2 No 6; October 2005, 39-42
14. Lucia Fischetti, Kwabena Danso, Albert Dompreh, Victor Addo, Lars Haaheim, Jean-Pierre Allain. Vertical transmission of HIV in Ghanaian women diagnosed in cord blood and postnatal samples. Journal of Medical Virology Vol 77 No. 3, 2005. Pg 351-9.
15. LL Wall, SD Arrowsmith, AT Anyetei, K Danso. Humanitarian ventures or ‘fistula tourism’: the ethical perils of pelvic surgery in the developing world. International Urogynaecology Journal. Published online: 18 July, 2006. 10.1007/s00192-005-0056-8
16. Li C, Collini P, Danso K, Owusu-Ofori S, Dompreh A, Candotti D, Opare-Sem O, Allain JP. GB virus C and HIV-1 RNA load in single virus and co-infected West African individuals. AIDS 2006; 20:379-386.
17. Chengyao Li, Kwabena Danso, Emmanuel Addo-Yobo, Albert Dompreh, Francis Sarkodie, Shirley Owusu-Ofori and Jean-Pierre Allain. GB virus C genotype 1 is rarely transmitted vertically but acquired in infancy in West Africa. AIDS, 2006. Vol 20, No. 10; 1458-1460.
18. Candotti D, Danso K, Parsyan A, Dompreh A, Allain JP. Maternal Fetal transmission of human parvovirus B19 genotype 3. J Inf Dis 2006; 194: 608-611.
19. Magpie Trial Follow-Up Study Collaborative Group including K. Danso. The Magpie Trial: a randomized trial comparing magnesium sulphate with placebo for pre-eclampsia. Outcome for children at 18 months. DOI: 10:1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01165.x www.blackwellpublishing.com/bjog
20. Magpie Trial Follow-Up Study Collaborative Group including K. Danso. The Magpie Trial: a randomized trial comparing magnesium sulphate with placebo for pre-eclampsia. Outcome for women at 2 years. DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2006.01166.x www.blackwellpublishing.com/bjog
21. E. S. K. Morhe, R. A. S. Morhe, K. A. Danso. Attitude of doctors towards establishing safe abortion units in Ghana. Int J Gynecol Obstet (2007), doi:10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.02.023
22. C. A. Turpin, B. Minkah, K. A. Danso, E. H. Frimpong. Asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal, March 2007, Vol 41, No.1, 26-29.
23. Daniel Candotti, Kwabena Danso, Jean-Pierre Allain. Maternofetal transmission of hepatitis B virus genotype E in Ghana, West Africa. J of General Virology (2007), 88 pp 2686-95; DOI 10.1099/vir.0.83102-0
24. K. A. Danso, H. S. Opare-Addo, C. A. Turpin. Obstetric fistula admissions at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana. Int Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (2007) Vol 99S1 pp S69-S70. DOI 10.1016/j.ijgo.2007.06.029
25. C. S. Abaidoo, K. A. Danso, K. A. Boateng, M. A. Warren. “Out-of-phase” endometrium in infertile Ghanaian women. Journal of Ghana Science Association. Vol 9 No. 2, 2007; 122-131.
26. Frank W. J. Anderson, Ian Mutchnick, E. Y. Kwawukume, K. A. Danso, C. A. Klufio, Y. Clinton, Luke Lu Yun, Timothy R. B. Johnson. Who will be there when women deliver? Assuring retention of obstetric providers. Obstetrics and Gynecology. Vol 110, No. 5, Nov 2007 pp 1012-16
27. Astrid Zahn, Chengyao Li, Kwabena Danso, Daniel Candotti, Shirley Owusu Ofori, Jullian Temple, Jean-Pierre Allain. Molecular characterization of occult hepatitis B virus in genotype E infected subjects. J of General Virology (2008), 89, 409-418.
28. Jorn Siemer, Oliver Theile, Yaw Larbi, Peter A. Fasching, K. A. Danso, Rolf Kreienberg, and Andreas Essig. Chlamydia trachomatis infection as a risk factor for infertility among women in Ghana, West Africa. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 78(2), 2008, pp 323-327.
29. R. K. Adageba, K. A. Danso, A. Adusu-Donkor, F. Ankobea-Kokroe. Awareness and perceptions of and attitudes towards caesarean section among antenatal attendants at a Ghanaian teaching hospital. GMJ Vol 42 No. 4, 2008 pp 137-140.
30. Henry S. Opare-Addo, Kwabena A. Danso, Cornelius A. Turpin. Pregnancy after ureterosigmoidostomy for vesicovaginal fistula. Int Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. doi;10.1016/j.ijgo.2009.02.003
31. K. A. Danso, H. M. Schwandt, C. A. Turpin, J. D. Seffah, A. Samba, M. J. Hindin. Preference of Ghanaian women for vaginal or caesarean delivery postpartum. GMJ Vol 43 No. 1, 2009 pp 29- 33.
32. Wang Wenjing, Sarkodie Francis, Danso Kwabena, Addo-Yobo Emmanuel, Owusu-Ofori Shirley, Allain Jean-Pierre, Li Chengyao. Seroprevalence of west Nile virus in Ghana. Viral immunology 2009;22(1):17-22.
33. Thomas O. Konney. Kwabena A. Danso, Alexander T. Odoi, Henry S. Opare-Addo, Emmanuel S. K. Morhe. Attitude of women with abortion-related complications towards provision of safe abortion services in Ghana. Journal of Women’s Health. November 2009, 18(11): 1863-66
34. Mullan, P., Dalton, V., Kwabena, D., Kwawukume, Y., Adanu, R., Ankobea-Kokroe, F., Johnson, T. and Xu, X. (2009), O644 Training Ghanaian physicians as clinical and academic leaders. International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, 107: S278. doi:10.1016/S0020-7292(09)61017-1
35. Kwabena A. Danso, Henry S. Opare-Addo. Challenges associated with hypertensive disease during pregnancy in low income countries. Int Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. July 2010; 110 (1), 78-81
36. Rudolph Adageba Kantum, Kwabena Antwi Danso, Frank Kokroe Ankobea, David Zawumya Kolbilla, Paul Opoku. Knowledge of cervical cancer and patronage of cervical cancer screening services among female health workers in Kumasi, Ghana. African Journal of haematology and oncology. 1 January – March 2011. Vol 2, No 1.
37. Hilary M. Schwandt, Andreea A. Creanga, Kwabena A. Danso, Richard M.K. Adanu, Tsiri Agbenyega, Michelle J. Hindin. A comparison of women with induced abortion, spontaneous abortion and ectopic pregnancy in Ghana. Contraception 84 (2011) 87-93.
38. Andreea A. Creanga, Hilary M. Schwandt, Kwabena A. Danso, Amy O. Tsui. Knowledge about emergency contraception among family-planning providers in urban Ghana. Int Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 114 (2011) 64-68
39. Emmanuel S. K. Morhe, Harry K. Tagbor, Frank K. Ankobea, Kwabena A. Danso. Reproductive experiences of teenagers in the Ejisu-Juabeng district of Ghana. Int Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 118 (2012) 137-140
40. Sarah Rominski, Peter A. Donkor, Aaron Lawson, Kwabena Danso, David Stern (2012): A Low-Cost Method for Performing a Curriculum Gap-Analysis in Developing Countries: Medical School Competencies in Ghana, Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal, 24:3, 215-218
41. Vanessa K. Dalton, Xiao Xu, Patricia Mullan, Kwabena A. Danso, Yao Kwawukume, Kofi Gyan, Timothy R. B. Johnson. International Family Planning Fellowship Program: advanced training in family planning to reduce unsafe abortion. Int Perspective on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 39:1, March 2013, 42-6.
42. P. Agbenorku, M. Yore, K. A. Danso, C. Turpin. Incidence of orofacial clefts in Kumasi, Ghana. ISRN Plastic Surgery. Vol 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.5402/2013/280903
43. Hilary M. Schwandt, Andreea A. Creanga, Kwabena A. Danso, Richard M. K. Adanu, Tsiri Agbenyega, Michelle J. Hindin. Group versus individual family planning counselling in Ghana: a randomized, noninferiority trial. Contraception 88 (2013) 281-288
44. Schwandt HM, Creanga AA, Adanu RM, Danso KA, Agbenyega T, Hindin MJ. Pathways to unsafe abortion in Ghana: the role of male partners, women and health care providers. Contraception. 2013 Oct;88(4):509-17.
45. Nauzley C. Abedini, Sandra Danso-Bamfo, Cheryl A. Moyer, Kwabena A. Danso, Heather Makiharju, Peter Donkor, T. R. B. Johnson, Joseph C. Kolars. Perceptions of Ghanaian medical students completing a clinical elective at the University of Michigan Medical School. Acad Med. 2014;89(7):1014-1017.
46. Groten, T., Schleussner, E., Lehmann, T., Reister, F., Holzer, B., Danso, K. A., Zeillinger, R. eNOSI4 and EPHX1 polymorphisms affect maternal susceptibility to preeclampsia: analysis of five polymorphisms predisposing to cardiovascular disease in 279 Caucasian and 241 African women. Arch Gynecol Obstet (2014) 289(3): pp 581-593. https://doi.org10.1007/s00404-013-2991-9.

47        Andreatta, P., Perosky, J., Klotz, J., Gamble, C., Ankobea, F., Danso, K., Dalton, V. Pilot study outcomes from a resource-limited setting for a low-cost training program for laparoscopic surgical skills. Int J. Gynecol & Obstet (2014) 125 (2) pp 186-188. Doi 10.1016/j.ijgo.2013.10.030.

8. Evelyn Hall, Justice Sevugu, Kwabena Danso, Joseph Adomako, Talya Peltzman, Frank J. Anderson. A retrospective analysis of the impact of an obstetrician on delivery and care outcomes at four district hospitals in Ghana. Int J Gynecol.Obstet (2015) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijgo.2015.04.040
9. Nauzley C. Abedini, Sandra Danso-Boafo, Joseph C. Kolars, Kwabena A. Danso, Peter Donkor, Timothy R. B. Johnson. Cross-cultural perspectives on patient-provider relationship: a qualitative study exploring reflections from Ghanaian medical students following a clinical rotation in the United States. BMC Medical Education 2015, 15;161 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12909-015-0444-9
10. Eva M. Luo, Henry S. Opare-Addo, Joseph Adomako, Kwabena A. Danso, Talya Peltzman, Frank W. J. Anderson. Completing the Maternal Care Team: OB/GYN expertise at rural hospitals in Ghana, a qualitative study. Matern Child Health J 2018, DOI 10.1007/s10995-018-2492-3
11. Frank W. J. Anderson, Lina Roa, Chiara Benedetto, Isabelle Citron, Luis Curet, Carla Eckhardt, Clark Johnson, Barbara S. Levy, Dereje Negussie, Stephen Rulisa, Rubina Sohail, Rachel Spitzer, Michael Stark, Bellington Vwalika, Kwabena Danso. Obstetrics and gynecology in global health: Lessons learned for advancing public health to achieve universal health care IMPLEMENTING WHA 68.15: A GLOBAL UPDATE. 01/2018 Bulletin of American College of Surgeons.
12. Kathleen H. Sienko, Maria R. Young, Elsie Effah Kaufmann, Samuel Obed, Kwabena A. Danso, Henry S. Opare-Addo, Alex T. Odoi, Cornelius A. Turpin, Thomas O. Konney, Zerihun Abebe, Ibrahim Mohedas, Aileen Huang-Saad, Timothy R. B. Johnson. Global Health Design: Clinical Immersion, Opportunity Identification and Definition, and Design Experiences. International Journal of Engineering Education. 2018; 34(2(B)):780-800
13. Gyedu A, Lester L, Stewart B, Danso KA, Salia EL, Quansah R, Donkor P, Mock C. Estimating obstetric and gynecologic surgical rate: A benchmark for surgical capacity building in Ghana. Int J. Gynaecol Obstet. 2019 Oct 28. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13019

Books

1. Contributor to the training manual ‘Reproductive Health Curriculum for Interns: Trainer’s Notebook.   Editors: Kwawukume EY, Otolorin EO, Collison AHK, Adadevoh SWK.  Printers: Asante and Hittscher Press, Dansoman, Accra.  Sept. 1998.
2. Contributor to the training manual ‘Reproductive Health Curriculum for Interns: Participant’s Handbook Parts I & II.   Editors: Kwawukume EY, Otolorin EO, Collison AHK, Adadevoh SWK.  Printers: Asante and Hittscher Press, Dansoman, Accra.  Sept. 1998.
3. Ruptured Uterus, in Comprehensive Obstetrics in the tropics. Eds EY Kwawukume and EE Emuveyan. Publishers Asante and Hittscher Press, Dansoman, Accra. Jan.2002. Pp 86-92.
4. ‘Guidelines for patient care’. A handbook for patient care for KATH/KNUST SMS Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 2004. Editors: K. A. Danso and V. N. Addo. Printers: St. Francis Press, Takoradi.
5. Contributor of FOUR chapters to Comprehensive Gynaecology in the Tropics; Eds. Kwawukume EY and Emuveyan EE; Graphic Packaging Ltd Accra, Feb 2005. The Chapters are: Chapter 11 (KA Danso) Bartholin’s Gland Cyst and Abscess. Chapter 15 (KA Danso and Ankobea-Kokroe). Urinary Incontinence. Chapter 16 (KA Danso and CA Turpin) Adnexal Masses. Chapter 19 (KA Danso) Genital Tract Fistulas.
6. House Officer’s Logbook of the Ghana Medical and Dental Council currently in use. This is an assessment tool for Housemanship Training. It was prepared by a committee of three: Prof K. A. Danso, Prof E. Y. Kwawukume, and Prof A. T. Lassey.
7. Contributor to Family Planning and Comprehensive Abortion Care Handbook for Medical Students and House Officers (2008) ISBN 978-9988-1-1648-4. Publishers: Frontiers Printing and Publishing Ltd. Accra, Ghana.
8. Contributor to ‘Building Academic Partnerships to Reduce Maternal Morbidity and Mortality.’ Ed FWJ Anderson (2014) ISBN9781607853320. Publishers Michigan Publishing. 123p
9. Lead Editor and contributor of ‘Comprehensive Reproductive Health and Family Planning in the Tropics’ (2014). University Printing Kumasi. ISBN 9789988154547. 497p
10. Co-Editor and contributor of ‘SMS Handbook of Obstetrics’ 334p AND ‘SMS Handbook of Gynaecology’ 245p (2nd ed 2014). Publishers University Printing Press Kumasi.
11. E. Y. Kwawukume, B. A. Ekelle, K. A. Danso, E. E. Emuveyan (Editors) (2015). Comprehensive Obstetrics in the tropics 2nd edition. Assemblies of God Literature Centre Ltd, Accra-North. ISBN9789988211240. 533p
12. Contributor to ‘Eliminating preventable maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality: critical components in building capacity. The 1000+ OBGYN Project. Accra, Ghana February 12-15, 2014.’ Ed FWJ Anderson (2016) ISBN 978-1-60785-355-8. Publishers Michigan Publishing. 389p
13. E. Y. Kwawukume, B. A. Ekelle, K. A. Danso, E. E. Emuveyan (Editors) (2017). Comprehensive Gynaecology in the Tropics 2nd edition. Printers G-Pak Ltd Tel +233302666052. ISBN9988008899. 699p