Most prescribers and patients in Ghana now opt for the relatively expensive artemether/lumefantrine rather than artesunate amodiaquine due to undesirable side effects in the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. The study ...

Background: Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) has been adopted as policy by most countries in sub-Saharan Africa. This cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence ...

GPI anchors consist of three parts; protein, glycan and the phospholipids. The GPI anchored proteins work as cell surface hydrolases, protozoal antigens, adhesion molecules, mammalian antigens and involved in other significant ...

The prevalence of obesity in children has dramatically increased in the last few decades, and obesity has also emerged as an important risk factor for asthma. Innate mechanisms have been shown to be involved in both diseases, ...

Background: Understanding the dynamics of insecticide resistance in African malaria vectors is crucial for successful implementation of resistance management strategies in the continent. his study reports a high and multiple ...

The impact of foodborne trematode infections is gaining recognition worldwide. Clonorchiasis and opisthorchiasis are some of the most neglected tropical foodborne diseases that pose a significant threat to human health. ...

Liquid biopsies hold the potential to inform cancer patient prognosis and to guide treatment decisions at the time when direct tumor biopsy may be impractical due to its invasive nature, inaccessibility and associated ...

The Ho Municipality of the Volta Region is one of the most endemic areas for the neglected tropical disease (NTD), cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL), in Ghana. The knowledge on the perception of the disease by the inhabitants ...

This study investigated the influence of the level of education on HIV infection among pregnant women attending antenatal care in Sekondi- Takoradi, Ghana. A cross sectional study was conducted at four hospitals in the ...

About 20–90% of the world’s population has had contact with Toxoplasma gondii parasites. The aim of this study was to determine the seroprevalence and risk factors associated with T. gondii infection in the Central Region, ...