Dr. Kofi Akohene Mensah

Senior Lecturer


Dept: Health Policy, Management and Economics
School of Public Health
Room No: 15

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Research Areas/Interests

Health policy and systems strengthening, Health Services Leadership and Management, Human Resource Management in the Health Sector, Digital Health, Me...~more

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Research Projects (Current and Past)

Improving Resilience in Major African Cities through Universal Health Coverage (ReachUHC)” at the KNUST-School of Public Health in Ghana with funding support from the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), and in collaboration with the National Health Insurance Authority in Ghana, the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) in Germany and mTOMADY of the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Doctors for Madgascar and the Berlin Institute of Health in Germany

Analysing regulatory authorization, provider adoption and strategies for scale-up using the case study of a national telemedicine programme in Ghana at the KNUST-School of Public Health in Ghana with funding support from the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF), and in collaboration with the Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) in Germany

Exploration of evaluation approaches for a community-based intervention for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana, USAIDS / OICI collaborative project in Ghana

Exploration of evaluation approaches for a community-based intervention for People Living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana, USAIDS / OICI collaborative project in Ghana

Implementation of Child Survival Programmes in UNICEF Focal communities in Savalugu- Nanton District of the Northern Region, Ghana

 Household Willingness-to-Pay for Improved Solid Waste Management Services in Four Major Metropolitan Cites in Ghana

A systematic Review of the Mental Health of Orphans and Vulnerable Children within the Context of HIV/AIDS in Africa

Access and utilization of maternal healthcare in a rural district in the forest belt of Ghana

Barriers and facilitators to Electronic Medical Records Usage in the Emergency Centre at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi-Ghana

Evaluation of Community-based Food Supplementation for People Living With HIV in Ghana: Implication for Community-based interventions in Ghana

Prevalence of hypertension and obesity among women in reproductive age in the Ashaiman Municipality in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana

Benefits of Disclosure of HIV Status to Infected Children and Adolescents: Perceptions of Caregivers and Health Care Providers

Provider-client perception and experiences on the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) medicines list in both public and private pharmacy in Ghana

2024 -2025 – (Training Coordinator), USAID/Quality Services for Health Activities in 3 Districts in the Western Region of Ghana

2022-2032 – (Lead Health Employment Pillar) KNUST Mastercard Foundation Health Collaborative Program.

2019-2023 – (Health Economics Team Member) European Developing Countries Clinical Trial Partnerships 2 (EDCTP2); Effect of a Novel typhoid conjugate vaccine in Africa: a multicenter study in Ghana and the Democratic Republic of Congo- THECA  

2019- 2022– (Research Team Member) Child maltreatment mediates the relationship between HIV/AIDS family dysfunction trajectories and psychosocial problems among adolescents

2018 – 2020 (Principal Investigator) Free maternal healthcare policy in achieving universal health coverage in Ghana

2017 – 2020 - (Principal Investigator) Pneumonia and risk factors of pneumonia mortality among children under five years in Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana

2017 – 2019- (Research Team Member) Household Willingness-to-Pay for Improved Solid Waste Management Services in Four Major Metropolitan Cites in Ghana

 

2020 -2023 – (Principal Investigator) School Health Policy in Ghana; Perspective of Teachers in Second Cycle Institutions.

2020 -2023 – (Principal Investigator) The effect of capitation policy withdrawal on maternal healthcare in Ashanti Region of Ghana

2021 -2023 – (Research Team Member-Field Coordinator) Health Systems Barriers to the Implementation of Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Primary Health Care Facilities in Ghana


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