Mrs Paula Beeri Akanlu

Assistant Lecturer

Mrs Paula Beeri Akanlu

Mrs Paula Beeri Akanlu

Assistant Lecturer

Positions held: Relevant academic and Professional

Assistant Lecturer, School of Public Health, C.K Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences

Senior Research Officer, Navrongo Health Research Centre

Regional Trainer of Censuses and Surveys, Ghana Statistical Service

Education: University and above

Postdoc in Global Health (University of Michigan, USA)

PhD candidate in Population Studies (University of Ghana)

MSC in Clinical Trials (University of Ghana)

BSC in Community Nutrition (University for Development Studies)

Research Interest:

Public Health Nutrition, Maternal Health and Child Health.

Publication

  1. Watson1, P. Mushamiri2, P. Beeri3, T. Rouamba4, S. Jenner5, S.H. …Barkar,M (2023)Behavior change interventions improve maternal and child nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023; 3(3): e0000401.Published online 2023 Mar 30.
  2. Erzse1 , P.R. Boua2 , M. Dalaba3 , A. Compaore2 , D. Watson4 , P. Hardy-Johnson5 , S.H. Kehoe5 , H. Sorgho2 , E.A. Nonterah3 , A. Tugendhaft1 , K. Ward5 , S.A. Norris4,6, M. Danis7 , K. Hofman1 , M. Barker5,8 and on behalf of the INPreP Study Group: Engaging the public in priority setting for nutrition in Sub-Saharan Africa Proceedings of the Nutrition Society (2021), 80 (OCE5), E180 doi:10.1017/S002966512100308
  3. Debpuur, C., Nonterah, E., Chatio, S., Adoctor, J., Dambayi, E., Beeri, P., . . . Barker, M. (2020). Supporting maternal and child nutrition: Views from community members in rural Northern Ghana. Public Health Nutrition, 1-8. doi:10.1017/S136898002000302X
  4. Paula Beeri1, Engelbert Nonterah1, Cornelius  Debpuur 1, James Adoctor1, Edith Dambayi1, Esmond Nonterah 1, Paul Welaga1, Winfred Ofosu2, Abraham Oduro1, Keith Godfrey3, Shane Norris4, Marie-Louise Newell5, for the INPreP3 study Group  Conference paper , 2019 Global Conference on Developmental Origins of health and diseases, Melbourne Australia “Policy environment around the 1st 1000days of life in Ghana:Analysis of policy documents and stakeholder panels”
  5. Oduro Abraham, Samuel Chatio, Paula Beeri, Thomas Anyorigiya, Rita Baiden, Philip Adongo, and others, ‘Adherence to Dihydroartemisinin-Piperaquine Treatment among Patients with Uncomplicated Malaria in Northern Ghana’, 2019 (2019) Journal of Tropical medicine Published online 2019 Apr 1. doi: 10.1155/2019/5198010
  6. Chatio, Samuel, Philip B Adongo, Philip A Dalinjong, Maxwell A Dalaba, Paula Beeri, Patricia Akweongo, and others, ‘Patients Experiences on the Use of Dihydroartemisinin Piperaquine as an Alternative First Line Artemisinin-Based Combination Treatment for Uncomplicated Malaria in Northern Ghana’, 6 (2019), 39–44. International Journal of Clinical Trials Int J Clin Trials. 2019May :6http://www.ijclinicaltrials.com
  7. Daniella Watson1, * , Sarah H Kehoe2, Agnes Erzse3, Adélaïde Compaoré4, Cornelius Debpuur5, Engelbert A Nonterah5 , Hermann Sorgho4, Shane A Norris1,6, Karen J Hofman3, Wendy Lawrence2,7, Marie-Louise Newell1,8, Keith M Godfrey2,7, Kate A Ward2,8 and Mary Barker2,7,8, for the INPreP group : Community perspectives on maternal and child health during nutrition and economic transition in sub-Saharan Africa Public Health Nutrition org