Edwin Afari

Gastroenteritis Outbreak in a Senior High School, Akwapim North District, Eastern Region-Ghana, 2012

Joseph K. L. Opare, Edwin Afari, Fred Wurapa, Chima Ohuabunwo, Samuel Sackey, George Kye-Duodu, Donne Ameme, Joseph Abankwa, Dorcas Kyeiwa Asante, Kofi Tornyeli, Praise Boamah, James Amankwah & Olivia Serwaa Opare · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2013

Background: On the 28th of October, 12 students from a Senior-High-School (SHS) in the Akwapim North-District-Ghana, reported to the district hospital with abdominal cramps, diarrhea and vomiting. We investigated to identify the cause, the source of infection and to recommend con...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2013/3684

Prevalence of Hypertension and Associated Risk Factors in Adults from a Semi Urban District in Ghana: A Population Based Survey

Joseph K. L. Opare, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Edwin Afari, Axel Hoffmann, Christian Schindler, Fred Wurapa, Chima Ohuabunwo, Samuel Sackey, David Mensah & Olivia Serwaa · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2014

Objectives: Given the paucity of community based surveys on hypertension and other non-communicable diseases in the Akwapim North District (AKND) of Ghana’s Eastern-Region (ER), we conducted a population survey to determine the prevalence of hypertension and its associated determ...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2014/7844

Bacterial Meningitis: A Review in the Upper East Region of Ghana 2010-2014

Joseph K. L. Opare, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, John Kofi Odoom, Edwin Afari, Abraham Oduro, Baba Awuni, Dorcas Kyeiwa Asante, Olivia Serwaa Opare & Patricia Akweongo · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2015

Introduction: Meningitis is an acute inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and the spinal cord. It can cause severe brain damage and is fatal in 50% of cases if untreated. The Upper East Region (UER) of Ghana recorded 70 case-patients in 2014 with a case fat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2015/19398

Food Borne Outbreak at a Salad Eatery, Ghana - 2009

Joyce Der, Benjamin Amanya, Francisca Dzata, Frederick Wurapa, Edwin Afari, Obeng Apori & Chima Ohuabunwo · International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health · 2013

Aim: We investigated a foodborne outbreak to determine its magnitude, source of infection and causative agent using laboratory confirmation. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study Place and Duration of Study: Koforidua Township of the New Juaben Municipality, Eastern Reg...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJTDH/2013/5846