Paul Welaga

1.6k total citations
43 papers, 974 citations indexed

About

Paul Welaga is a scholar working on Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Nutrition and Dietetics and Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul Welaga has authored 43 papers receiving a total of 974 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, 18 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 15 papers in Health. Recurrent topics in Paul Welaga's work include Global Maternal and Child Health (21 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (17 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (13 papers). Paul Welaga is often cited by papers focused on Global Maternal and Child Health (21 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (17 papers) and Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy (13 papers). Paul Welaga collaborates with scholars based in Ghana, United States and Denmark. Paul Welaga's co-authors include Abraham Oduro, Cornelius Debpuur, Abraham Hodgson, George Wak, Ayaga A. Bawah, John E. Williams, James F. Phillips, Daniel Azongo, James Akazili and Raymond Aborigo and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, The Journal of Infectious Diseases and Environment International.

In The Last Decade

Paul Welaga

43 papers receiving 941 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Paul Welaga Ghana	18	462	324	220	198	192	43	974
Cornelius Debpuur Ghana	20	622 1.3×	463 1.4×	225 1.0×	190 1.0×	287 1.5×	47	1.3k
Timothy Roberton United States	12	524 1.1×	430 1.3×	183 0.8×	114 0.6×	222 1.2×	32	1.4k
Kerry LM Wong United Kingdom	20	615 1.3×	340 1.0×	278 1.3×	134 0.7×	120 0.6×	50	1.2k
Jessica Shearer United States	18	515 1.1×	267 0.8×	315 1.4×	103 0.5×	124 0.6×	50	1.1k
Adama Faye Senegal	15	300 0.6×	193 0.6×	194 0.9×	105 0.5×	103 0.5×	111	797
Yvonne Tam United States	10	630 1.4×	416 1.3×	269 1.2×	87 0.4×	364 1.9×	22	1.5k
Emily D Carter United States	11	469 1.0×	310 1.0×	167 0.8×	70 0.4×	174 0.9×	24	1.1k
Yihunie Lakew Ethiopia	14	494 1.1×	233 0.7×	182 0.8×	99 0.5×	274 1.4×	18	1.1k
Maurice Yé Burkina Faso	18	579 1.3×	326 1.0×	71 0.3×	219 1.1×	183 1.0×	31	1.0k
Yadlapalli S. Kusuma India	17	210 0.5×	185 0.6×	179 0.8×	119 0.6×	180 0.9×	64	862

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Matsubara, Chieko, et al.. (2023). Situation Analysis of a New Effort of Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) for Maternal Health in Upper West Region in Rural Ghana. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(16). 6595–6595. 2 indexed citations

Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba, et al.. (2022). Cost of childbirth in Upper West Region of Ghana: a cross-sectional study. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 22(1). 613–613. 7 indexed citations

Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba, Paul Welaga, Philip Ayizem Dalinjong, et al.. (2021). Health-seeking behaviour and cost of fever treatment to households in a malaria-endemic setting of northern Ghana: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open. 11(9). e052224–e052224. 4 indexed citations

Gidudu, Jane, Alex Dodoo, Samuel Bosomprah, et al.. (2019). Barriers to healthcare workers reporting adverse events following immunization in four regions of Ghana. Vaccine. 38(5). 1009–1014. 23 indexed citations

Chatio, Samuel, et al.. (2019). Factors influencing performance of community-based health volunteers’ activities in the Kassena-Nankana Districts of Northern Ghana. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0212166–e0212166. 10 indexed citations

Waiswa, Peter, Joseph Akuze, Cheryl A. Moyer, et al.. (2019). Status of birth and pregnancy outcome capture in Health Demographic Surveillance Sites in 13 countries. International Journal of Public Health. 64(6). 909–920. 13 indexed citations

Akazili, James, Paul Welaga, Philip Ayizem Dalinjong, et al.. (2019). The state of enrollment on the National Health Insurance Scheme in rural Ghana after eight years of implementation. International Journal for Equity in Health. 19(1). 4–4. 34 indexed citations

Jackson, Elizabeth B., James P. Phillips, Abraham Oduro, et al.. (2019). The Impact of Community-Based Primary Health Care Services on Parental Health Seeking Behavior and Child Survival in a Rural Impoverished Locality of Northern Ghana. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba, et al.. (2018). Cost of malaria treatment and health seeking behaviour of children under-five years in the Upper West Region of Ghana. PLoS ONE. 13(4). e0195533–e0195533. 28 indexed citations

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Sakeah, Evelyn, Cornelius Debpuur, Abraham Oduro, et al.. (2018). Prevalence and factors associated with female genital mutilation among women of reproductive age in the Bawku municipality and Pusiga District of northern Ghana. BMC Women s Health. 18(1). 150–150. 36 indexed citations

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Thysen, Sanne Marie, Ane Bærent Fisker, Paul Welaga, et al.. (2018). Selecting the right indicators to ensure optimised implementation of BCG vaccination policy. Vaccine. 36(24). 3406–3407. 5 indexed citations

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Dalaba, Maxwell Ayindenaba, Paul Welaga, & Chieko Matsubara. (2017). Cost of delivering health care services at primary health facilities in Ghana. BMC Health Services Research. 17(1). 742–742. 19 indexed citations

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Dalinjong, Philip Ayizem, Paul Welaga, James Akazili, et al.. (2017). The association between health insurance status and utilization of health services in rural Northern Ghana: evidence from the introduction of the National Health Insurance Scheme. Journal of Health Population and Nutrition. 36(1). 42–42. 34 indexed citations

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Ameh, Soter, et al.. (2015). Factors associated with appropriate home management of uncomplicated malaria in children in Kassena-Nankana district of Ghana and implications for community case management of childhood illness: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 15(1). 458–458. 9 indexed citations

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Bawah, Ayaga A., Paul Welaga, Daniel Azongo, et al.. (2014). Road traffic fatalities - a neglected epidemic in rural northern Ghana: evidence from the Navrongo demographic surveillance system. Injury Epidemiology. 1(1). 22–22. 12 indexed citations

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Sankoh, Osman, Paul Welaga, Cornelius Debpuur, et al.. (2014). The non-specific effects of vaccines and other childhood interventions: the contribution of INDEPTH Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems. International Journal of Epidemiology. 43(3). 645–653. 29 indexed citations

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Akazili, James, Paul Welaga, Ayaga A. Bawah, et al.. (2014). Is Ghana’s pro-poor health insurance scheme really for the poor? Evidence from Northern Ghana. BMC Health Services Research. 14(1). 637–637. 77 indexed citations

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Akweongo, Patricia, et al.. (2013). The use of non-prescribed anti-malarial drugs for the treatment of malaria in the Bolgatanga municipality, northern Ghana. Malaria Journal. 12(1). 266–266. 15 indexed citations

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Welaga, Paul, Cheryl A. Moyer, Raymond Aborigo, et al.. (2013). Why Are Babies Dying in the First Month after Birth? A 7-Year Study of Neonatal Mortality in Northern Ghana. PLoS ONE. 8(3). e58924–e58924. 63 indexed citations

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Welaga, Paul, Jens Nielsen, Martin Adjuik, et al.. (2012). Non‐specific effects of diphtheria‐tetanus‐pertussis and measles vaccinations? An analysis of surveillance data from Navrongo, Ghana. Tropical Medicine & International Health. 17(12). 1492–1505. 22 indexed citations

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