IRB Faculty
The Medical &
Scientific Research Directorate
Dr. Augustina Koduah
BPharm, MSc, PhD.
Lecturer/ Department of Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Pharmacy
akoduah@yg.edu.gh | +233-208769228 |
Education
- BPharm (Pharmacy), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana (2002)
- MSc Health, Population and Society: London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom (2005)
- PhD in Health Policy and Governance: Wageningen University and Research Centre, The Netherlands (2016)
- Fellow (Public Health) Ghana College of Pharmacists
Board Certifications
- Certified, Ghana Pharmacy Council
Research Interest
My research interests focus on monitoring and reviewing health and pharmaceutical sector, health policy and system reform, equity to access in health care, health care financing, monitoring drug and vaccine safety, pharmacoeconomics- cost effective operations of pharmaceutical care, financial management of procurement and rational use of drugs, evidence based development of treatment guidelines. logistics and supply chain management, pharmacoepidemiology, medicines pricing and utilization.
Current projects
1. AMIPS- Improving equitable access to essential medicines in Ghana through bridging the gaps in implementing medicines pricing policy. http://pharmacy.ug.edu.gh/news/amips-improving-equitable-access-essential-medicines-ghana-through-bridging-gaps-implementing
Selected Publications
1. Kretchy, I. A., Koduah, A., Ohene-Agyei, T., Boima, V. & Appiah, B. 2020b. The Association between Diabetes-Related Distress and Medication Adherence in Adult Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Cross-Sectional Study. Journal of Diabetes Research Journal of Diabetes Research, 2020, 1-10.
2. Kretchy, I. A., Boima, V., Agyabeng, K., Koduah, A. & Appiah, B. 2020a. Psycho-behavioural factors associated with medication adherence among male out-patients with hypertension in a Ghanaian hospital. PloS one, 15.
3. Koduah, A., Asare, B. A., Gavor, E., Gyansa-Lutterodt, M., Andrews Annan, E. & Ofei, F. W. 2019. Use of evidence and negotiation in the review of national standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list: experience from Ghana. Health Policy and Planning, 34, ii104-ii120.
4. Koduah, A., Agyepong, I. A., & van Dijk, H. (2018). Towards an explanatary framework for national level maternal health policy agenda evolution in Ghana: an embedded case study. Health Research Policy and Systems, 16(1), 76. Doi:10.1186/s12961-018-0354-5
5. Koduah, A., Agyepong, I. A., & van Dijk, H. (2016). ‘The one with the purse makes policy’: Power, problem definition, framing and maternal health policies and programmes evolution in national level institutionalised policy making processes in Ghana. Social Science & Medicine, 167, 79-87. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.051
6. Koduah, A., van Dijk, H., & Agyepong, I. A. (2016). Technical analysis, contestation and politics in policy agenda setting and implementation: the rise and fall of primary care maternal services from Ghana’s capitation policy. BMC Health Services Research, 16(1), 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1576-2
7. Kayode GA, Grobbee DE, Koduah A, et al. 2016. Temporal trends in childhood mortality in Ghana: impacts and challenges of health policies and programs. Global Health Action, 9.
8. Koduah, A., van Dijk, H., & Agyepong, I. A. (2015). The role of policy actors and contextual factors in policy agenda setting and formulation: maternal fee exemption policies in Ghana over four and a half decades. Health Research Policy and Systems, 13(1),27
9. Sinclair D, Gyansa-Lutterodt M, Asare B, Koduah A, Andrews E, Garner P. Integrating Global and National Knowledge to Select Medicines for Children: The Ghana National Drugs Programme. PLOS Medicine, 2013, DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001449.
10. Agyepong IA, Koduah A, Adjei S, Adam T. When ‘solutions of yesterday become problems of today’: crisis-ridden decision making in a complex adaptive system (CAS)—the Additional Duty Hours Allowance in Ghana. Health Policy and Planning, 2012, Vol 27, Pages 20-31
11. Dodoo ANO, Fogg C, Asiimwe A, Nartey ET, Koduah A, Tenkorang O, Ofori-Adjei D (2009) Pattern of drug utilization for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in uncomplicated malaria in urban Ghana following national treatment policy change to artemisinin-combination therapy. Malaria Journal 8:2
2. Kretchy, I. A., Boima, V., Agyabeng, K., Koduah, A. & Appiah, B. 2020a. Psycho-behavioural factors associated with medication adherence among male out-patients with hypertension in a Ghanaian hospital. PloS one, 15.
3. Koduah, A., Asare, B. A., Gavor, E., Gyansa-Lutterodt, M., Andrews Annan, E. & Ofei, F. W. 2019. Use of evidence and negotiation in the review of national standard treatment guidelines and essential medicines list: experience from Ghana. Health Policy and Planning, 34, ii104-ii120.
4. Koduah, A., Agyepong, I. A., & van Dijk, H. (2018). Towards an explanatary framework for national level maternal health policy agenda evolution in Ghana: an embedded case study. Health Research Policy and Systems, 16(1), 76. Doi:10.1186/s12961-018-0354-5
5. Koduah, A., Agyepong, I. A., & van Dijk, H. (2016). ‘The one with the purse makes policy’: Power, problem definition, framing and maternal health policies and programmes evolution in national level institutionalised policy making processes in Ghana. Social Science & Medicine, 167, 79-87. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.051
6. Koduah, A., van Dijk, H., & Agyepong, I. A. (2016). Technical analysis, contestation and politics in policy agenda setting and implementation: the rise and fall of primary care maternal services from Ghana’s capitation policy. BMC Health Services Research, 16(1), 1-14. doi: 10.1186/s12913-016-1576-2
7. Kayode GA, Grobbee DE, Koduah A, et al. 2016. Temporal trends in childhood mortality in Ghana: impacts and challenges of health policies and programs. Global Health Action, 9.
8. Koduah, A., van Dijk, H., & Agyepong, I. A. (2015). The role of policy actors and contextual factors in policy agenda setting and formulation: maternal fee exemption policies in Ghana over four and a half decades. Health Research Policy and Systems, 13(1),27
9. Sinclair D, Gyansa-Lutterodt M, Asare B, Koduah A, Andrews E, Garner P. Integrating Global and National Knowledge to Select Medicines for Children: The Ghana National Drugs Programme. PLOS Medicine, 2013, DOI:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001449.
10. Agyepong IA, Koduah A, Adjei S, Adam T. When ‘solutions of yesterday become problems of today’: crisis-ridden decision making in a complex adaptive system (CAS)—the Additional Duty Hours Allowance in Ghana. Health Policy and Planning, 2012, Vol 27, Pages 20-31
11. Dodoo ANO, Fogg C, Asiimwe A, Nartey ET, Koduah A, Tenkorang O, Ofori-Adjei D (2009) Pattern of drug utilization for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in uncomplicated malaria in urban Ghana following national treatment policy change to artemisinin-combination therapy. Malaria Journal 8:2