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Priscilla Abrafi Opare-Addo

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The researcher's work focuses on improving stroke prevention and managing associated complications across various health dimensions, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Their research encompasses clinical interventions like statins and dialysis for stroke survivors, healthcare reforms addressing acute kidney injury and stroke costs, global health initiatives promoting stroke education, nutritional epigenetics, blood sugar control, and studies on mitochondrial dysfunction and folic acid deficiencies. The researcher also examines blood pressure and its impact on stroke risk reduction in stroke survivors. Their work aims to enhance accessible stroke care while fostering a global understanding of healthcare reforms and their effects on stroke management.

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Polypill Programs to Prevent Stroke and Cut Costs in Low Income Countries: Moving From Clinical Efficacy to Pragmatic Implementation(2023)
Effect of a Cardiovascular Polypill on Poststroke Cognition Among Ghanaians: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial(2024)
Fifty years of hemodialysis in Ghana—current status, utilization and cost of dialysis services(2023)
Fifty years of hemodialysis in Ghana - current status, utilization and cost of dialysis services(2023)
The impact of COVID-19 on health service utilization in sub-Saharan Africa—a scoping review(2024)
WCN24-424 Current status, utilization and cost of hemodialysis services in Ghana(2024)
Cost and outcomes of acute cardiovascular disease hospitalizations in a tertiary hospital in Ghana(2023)
Participation by patients from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in trial evidence supporting secondary stroke prevention guideline recommendations(2023)
Deciphering the contextual barriers to mainstreaming the implementation of stroke thrombolysis in a Ghanaian hospital: Findings from the activate mixed-methods study(2023)
Factors Linked to Chronic Kidney Disease Among Stroke Survivors in Ghana(2021)
Stroke occurrence by hypertension treatment status in Ghana and Nigeria: A case-control study(2024)
A scoping review of the utilization of mobile stroke units in low and lower middle-income countries: current evidence, implications and future direction(2025)
NOMINAL CONTRIBUTION OF LOW AND LOWER-MIDDLE- INCOME COUNTRIES (LMICs) IN MAJOR CLINICAL TRIALS ON SECONDARY STROKE PREVENTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR GUIDELINE DEVELOPMENT(2023)
Recurrent ischemic stroke post-thrombolysis in an older Ghanaian woman(2024)
The Significance of the WHO/ISH Absolute Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Scores among Recent Stroke Survivors in Ghana—Insights from the PINGS2 multicenter study(2025)
Sex Differences in Prehospital Stroke Medicine (SESAME): A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis(2025)
Potential diagnostic challenges of intracerebral hemorrhage as an index presentation of metastatic choriocarcinoma: A case series(2024)
POTENTIAL DIAGNOSTIC CHALLENGES OF INTRACEREBRAL HAEMORRHAGE AS AN INDEX PRESENTATION OF METASTATIC CHORIOCARCINOMA: A CASE SERIES(2024)
Role of Nutritional Epigenetics for Cerebrovascular Health in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries(2025)
Epigenetics as a target to mitigate excess stroke risk in people of African ancestry: A scoping review(2024)
An unusual case of crusted scabies in an immunocompetent adult: A case report(2024)
An Unusual Case of Crusted Scabies in an Immunocompetent Adult: A Case Report(2024)
Atherosclerotic event risk and risk reduction therapies among Ghanaian hemorrhagic stroke survivors(2021)
Acute kidney injury and in-hospital mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Ghana – a single centre study(2023)
POS-877 Acute kidney injury and in-hospital mortality among patients with COVID-19 in Ghana(2022)
The impact of COVID-19 on health service utilization in sub-Saharan Africa – a scoping review(2023)
Prevalence and predictors of low folate levels among stroke survivors in a country without mandatory folate food fortification: Analysis of a Ghanaian sample(2023)
Mixed acid-base abnormalities in a Ghanaian woman with hyperreninemic hyperaldosteronism, severe hypertension and stroke -- Case Report(2023)
WCN24-758 RECOGNITION OF LOCAL INVESTIGATORS IN AUTHORSHIP OF COLLABORATIVE KIDNEY RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN LOW- AND LOWERMIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES(2024)
Predictors of glycemic control, quality of life and diabetes self-management of patients with diabetes mellitus at a tertiary hospital in Ghana(2024)
Domain‐Specific Diabetes Self‐Management Correlates of Quality of Life Among Adults With Diabetes Mellitus in Routine Care at a Tertiary Hospital in Ghana(2025)
Predictors of glycemic control, quality of life and diabetes self-management of patients with diabetes mellitus at a tertiary hospital in Ghana(2025)
AN INFANT WITH POLAND SYNDROME AND COEXISTING BETA THALASSEMIA TRAIT: A CASE REPORT(2025)
Multiple Trichofolliculomas in An Adolescent Female: A Case Report(2024)
Quality of life of patients with Parkinson’s disease in the central belt of ghana(2025)
Phone-Based Intervention Under Nurse Guidance after Stroke (PINGS-2): A Randomised Multicentre Phase 3 Trial(2025)
Burden of perceived stress among stroke survivors in Ghana: Insights from a multicentre, cross-sectional study(2025)
Sonographically measured optic nerve sheath diameter as a predictor of stroke severity and outcome among Ghanaian acute stroke patients(2025)
Secondary prevention using a statin with or without aspirin among Ghanaian intracerebral hemorrhage survivors: A feasibility randomized trial(2025)
Integrating Thrombolysis into Routine Stroke Care in a Ghanaian Tertiary Hospital, Using the Implementation Research Logic Model (IRLM) as a Guiding Framework(2025)
Physiologic profiling using plasma renin activity and aldosterone on blood pressure control among Ghanaian stroke survivors: A pilot trial(2025)

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