Clement T. Narh is a Biostatistician and Assistant Research Fellow in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Health and Allied Sciences. Until he joined the University, he was a senior data manager with the Dodowa Health Research Centre (DHRC). As a centre with international collaborations, he worked closely with other Health and Demographic Surveillance Sites (HDSS sites), Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) offices, African Intussusception Network, WHO/AFRO surveillance sites for diarrhoea and Invasive Bacterial Diseases (IBDs) among others. He is a consultant on the Comprehensive Health and Epidemiological Surveillance System being piloted by the INDEPTH Network in Nanoro HDSS, Burkina Faso.
Education
Clement is currently a PhD Candidate (Biostatistics) with the Institute for Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. He holds a Higher National Diploma (HND) and a Bachelor of Science degree in Statistics from the Accra Polytechnic and the University of Cape Coast respectively; and an MSc. (Clinical Trials) from the School of Public Health, University of Ghana.
Work Experience
He worked primarily with the DHRC through all the notable ranks in health research. He started as a field worker on the pilot National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) now a national scheme. He rose through the ranks of a field supervisor, assistant data manager, data manager and senior data manager in the same institution. While in DHRC, he collaborated with the WHO Rotavirus Regional Reference Laboratory in Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research of the University of Ghana as a data manager.
He lectures and supervises undergraduate courses including Introduction to Population and Health, Health Data Management, Data Analysis and Presentation, Disease Control Database Management, and Clinical Classification and Coding of Data (based on WHO ICD code classification) in the School of Public Health.
He works closely with the Volta Regional Health Directorate on a number of collaborative projects. Prior to his PhD studies in Germany, Clement coordinated SPH-UNICEF WASH project, a school-based hand washing project using the ‘tippy-tap’ intervention in basic public schools in the Volta Region of Ghana. This was a collaborative project between the School of Public Health UNICEF, Ghana and the Ministry of Education, Volta Region.
Science/Research Output
Clement’s area of expertise spans across health data management, essentially malaria, rotavirus, EPI, vaccine trials among others. His has interest is in statistical modelling of Noncommunicable Diseases (NDCs) with a focus on cancer survival. He has 15 peer-reviewed publications with over 200 citations.
Selected Publications
- Lartey BL, Damanka S, Dennis FE, Enweronu-Laryea CC, Addo-Yobo E, Ansong D, Kwarteng-Owusu S, Sagoe KW, Mwenda JM, Diamenu SK, Narh C. Rotavirus strain distribution in Ghana pre-and post-rotavirus vaccine introduction. Vaccine. 2018 Nov 12;36(47):7238-42.
- Nonvignon J, Atherly D, Pecenka C, Aikins M, Gazley L, Groman D, Narh CT, Armah G. Cost-effectiveness of rotavirus vaccination in Ghana: Examining impacts from 2012 to 2031. Vaccine. 2018 Nov 12;36(47):7215-21.
- Shibanuma A, Yeji F, Okawa S, Mahama E, Kikuchi K, Narh C, Enuameh Y, Nanishi K, Oduro A, Owusu-Agyei S, Gyapong M. The coverage of continuum of care in maternal, newborn and child health: a cross-sectional study of woman-child pairs in Ghana. BMJ global health. 2018 Sep 1;3(4):e000786.
- Tate, J.E., Mwenda, J.M., Armah, G., Jani, B., Omore, R., Ademe, A., Mujuru, H., Mpabalwani, E., Ngwira, B., Cortese, M.M., Narh C.T. and Mihigo, R., 2018. Evaluation of intussusception after monovalent rotavirus vaccination in Africa. New England Journal of Medicine, 378(16), pp.1521-1528.
- Agbozo F, Abubakari A, Narh C, Jahn A. Accuracy of glycosuria, random blood glucose and risk factors as selective screening tools for gestational diabetes mellitus in comparison with universal diagnosing. BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care. 2018 Jun 1;6(1): e000493.
Full list of publications can be found at: Scopus (Read more...), Google Scholar (Read more...), and ResearchGate (Read more...).