Isaiah Awintuen Agorinya is an Epidemiologist/Statistician and teaches in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences at Hohoe. He currently teaches undergraduate courses and contributes to post-graduate studies. His undergraduate level courses include Health Management Information Systems and Emergency preparedness and outbreak investigations. At the postgraduate level, he contributes to Advanced biostatistics and Statistical methods. He also supervises students’ project work..
Education
Isaiah studied Mathematical Science (Statistics Option) (BSc) at the University for Development Studies, (UDS), Ghana, obtained Master’s degree (MSc) in Biometry from the same University and holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, University of Basel, Switzerland..
Work Experience
He worked as a senior research officer responsible for data Management, data analysis and project coordination at the Navrongo Health Research Centre. He was Lead in developing and managing data in electronic data capture platforms (Computer Assisted Personal Interviews, CAPI). Isaiah has been successful in coordinating and managing data from a number of large projects undertaken by the Navrongo Health Research Centre. These projects include: The INESS data linkage module, Meningitis Vaccine Project (MVP), QUALMAT (Quality Maternal Health) Project, Malaria reservoir study (MRS), The UNICEF LQAS study, Awi-Gen study (H3Africa), Artesunate Extension Studies, EDCTP study, the GEHIP intervention study, the Indepth-Network Household out-of-pocket study among many other research projects.
Science/Research Output
He has interests in Maternal and Child Health studies, Electronic data capture systems, Health systems research in the area of out-of-pocket health spending, household survey designs, Health Care Financing services management, Statistical analysis.
Selected Publications
- Nonterah EA, Adomolga E, Yidana A, Kagura J, Agorinya I, Ayamba EY, et al. Descriptive epidemiology of anaemia among pregnant women initiating antenatal care in rural Northern Ghana. African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine. 2019 Apr 10;11(1):7.
- Ramsay M, Crowther N, Tambo E, Agongo G, Baloyi V, Dikotope S, et al. H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre: a resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub-Saharan African countries. Glob Health Epidemiol Genom [Internet]. 2016 Nov 22 [cited 2018 Aug 2];1. (Read more...)
- Akazili J, Chatio S, Ataguba JE-O, Agorinya I, Kanmiki EW, Sankoh O, et al. Informal workers’ access to health care services: findings from a qualitative study in the Kassena-Nankana districts of Northern Ghana. BMC International Health and Human Rights [Internet]. 2018 [cited 2018 May 17];18. (Read more...).
- Nonterah EA, Kanmiki EW, Agorinya IA, Sakeah E, Tamimu M, Kagura J, et al. Prevalence and adverse obstetric outcomes of female genital mutilation among women in rural Northern Ghana. Eur J Public Health [Internet]. [cited 2019 Oct 27]. (Read more...)
- Agorinya IA, Kanmiki EW, Nonterah EA, Tediosi F, Akazili J, Welaga P, et al. Socio-demographic determinants of low birth weight: Evidence from the Kassena-Nankana districts of the Upper East Region of Ghana. PLOS ONE. 2018 Nov 14;13(11):e0206207.
