Collins Kokuro

Medicine

About

DR COLLINS KOKURO. MBCHB, DPDM (LIV), FWACPDr Collins Kokuro is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Medicine of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science And Technology. He is a Consultant Physician/Cardiologist at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Department of Internal Medicine and the Head of Cardiology. He is an Executive member of the Ghana Chapter of the West African College of Physicians, and the former Deputy Training Coordinator in Internal Medicine for the West African College of Physician- Ghana Chapter, President of the Ghanaian Society of Cardiology (GSC), having served as the Vice Presidents before this position. He is involved in the teaching of Fellows and resident medical officers, medical students and other health workers.Dr Kokuro provides services in General Internal Medicine and Cardiology in Ghana. He is an expert in both routine and ambulatory Electrocardiograhy and Echocardiography and has advance training in abdominal ultrasonography and vascular ultrasound. He earned his BSc Human Biology and MB.ChB in Medicine from the School of Medical Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana in the year 2000 and 2004 respectively. He became a member of the West African College of Physicians in 2009 and completed the fellowship program of the college in Internal Medicine in 2013. He then did a fellowship observation in Cardiology at the University of Utah, School of Medicine, Division of cardiology. He holds a postgraduate diploma in Project Design and Management (DPDM) from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. He was elected to Fellowship of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons (FGCP) in 2021.Dr Kokuro was a co-investigator and associate director of the Ashanti ProCol project to improve cardiovascular health among health workers in Ghana. He is a member of the Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) project in Ghana. His main area of interest is in cardiovascular disease, hypertension and medical conditions in surgical patients. He was a member of the Essential Vascular Care Guidelines Study Group.Dr Kokuro was a member of the written group of the Cardiovascular Disease Guidelines in Ghana (for the Ministry of Health and the Ghana Heart Initiative) and also a guideline writer for the Ghana Diabetes Guidelines.He is affiliated to the European Society of Cardiology, World Heart Federation, West African College of Physicians, International Federation of Health Promotion and Education, Ghana Medical Association and the Methodist Medical Association of Ghana. He is involved in community and volunteering work with special interest in community education of hypertension, obesity and cardiovascular diseases in general. Dr Kokuro is married with three children

Research Summary

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The researcher focuses on addressing global health challenges through comprehensive studies across multiple themes and domains, particularly in the African context of Ghana. Their work encompasses a wide range of public health issues, including diabetes management and education, hypertension and hyperlipidemia research, tuberculosis elimination efforts, malaria control strategies, parasitic disease treatment approaches, cardiovascular complications of pregnancy, oral microbiology, venous thromboembolic diagnosis, HIV-related health complications, ophthalmology, COVID-19 treatment protocols, neurological and metabolic disorders, heart failure care, dermatological diseases, global maternal and child health initiatives, mycobacterium eradication, trauma and emergency care, Pulmonary hypertension management, and community engagement in disease prevention. Their research aims to inform evidence-based interventions for improving health outcomes and reducing barriers faced by vulnerable populations in rural Ghana, with a focus on accessible healthcare delivery and public health education programs.

Research Themes

All (31 Papers)

Health Sciences (28 Papers)

Social Sciences (3 Papers)

All Papers

Diabetes self-management education interventions in the WHO African Region: A scoping review(2021)

Priorities to reduce the burden of hypertension in Africa through ACHIEVE(2024)

Low blood pressure levels & incident stroke risk among elderly Ghanaians with hypertension(2020)

ACHIEVE conference proceedings: implementing action plans to reduce and control hypertension burden in Africa(2024)

Determinants of visit-to-visit systolic blood pressure variability among Ghanaians with hypertension and diabetes mellitus(2023)

Prevalence of Increased QTc Dispersion Among Hypertensive Patients and Its Correlation to Clinical Risk Factors: A Hospital-Based Case-Control Study(2024)

Treatment outcomes and associated factors among patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Ashanti Region, Ghana: a retrospective, cross-sectional study(2022)

Intermittent Preventive Treatment of Malaria in Pregnancy with Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine and its Associated Factors in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, Ghana(2022)

Factors influencing community acceptability of mass drug administration for the elimination of onchocerciasis in the Asante Akim South Municipal, Ghana(2023)

Consensus recommendations for essential vascular care in low- and middle-income countries(2016)

Willingness to accept vaccination against SARS-cov-2: A survey of junior doctors(2021)

Does health insurance status influence healthcare-seeking behavior in rural communities? evidence from rural Ghana(2024)

Relationship between hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) and cardiac remodeling during pregnancy: Systematic review and meta-analysis(2024)

Bacteriology and Antibiotic Sensibility Associated with Extracted Carious Teeth: A Cross Sectional Study at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana(2020)

Rare Occurrence of Left Radial Vein Thrombosis in A 23- Year-Old Ghanaian Male – A Case Report.(2024)

C‐kit‐negative transmural gastrointestinal stromal tumor in the stomach: A rare case of upper GI bleeding in Ghana(2023)

Frequency & factors associated with elevated lipoprotein-a among Ghanaian stroke survivors(2023)

Prevalence and patterns of echocardiographic abnormalities among people living with HIV on anti-retroviral therapy in Kumasi, Ghana(2024)

Prevalence and Patterns of Echocardiographic Abnormalities Among People Living With Hiv on Anti-retroviral Therapy in Kumasi, Ghana(2023)

Predictors of echocardiographic abnormalities among people living with hiv on anti-retroviral therapy in Kumasi, Ghana(2024)

Conditions associated with severe orofacial infections: The kath experience(2019)

Acute uncontrolled hyperglycemia, a non-specific presentation and predictor of covid-19 severity- a report of three cases(2021)

Assessing and Improving the Care of Patients With Heart Failure in Ghana: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study and the Ghana Heart Initiative-Heart Failure Registry (Preprint)(2023)

Assessing and Improving the Care of Patients With Heart Failure in Ghana: Protocol for a Prospective Observational Study and the Ghana Heart Initiative-Heart Failure Registry(2023)

Dermatologic diseases in Africa: The profile of patients attending a tertiary hospital in the Ashanti Region of Ghana(2024)

Low utilization of skilled delivery services in rural sub-Saharan Africa: a case for facility delivery improvement(2024)

Community engagement for buruli ulcer eradication: lessons from an endemic district in Ghana(2025)

Sonographically measured optic nerve sheath diameter as a predictor of stroke severity and outcome among Ghanaian acute stroke patients(2025)

A Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm in a Young Male With Eisenmenger Syndrome(2025)

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