Paschal Awingura Apanga

Ph.D. Student, Epidemiology
Paschal Awingura Apanga

Summary

Research interests 

Paschal Apanga's current research focuses on understanding and quantifying the interrelationships between access to water, water fetching, breastfeeding practices and child health outcomes in low and middle-income countries.

Faculty mentors

Awards

  • 2019: GSA Outstanding International Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Nevada, Reno
  • 2017: Graduate Dean’s Merit Scholar, University of Nevada, Reno

Selected presentations and publications

  • Apanga, P. A. & Adam, M. A. (2015). Factors influencing the uptake of family planning services in the Talensi District, Ghana. The Pan African Medical Journal, 20, Article 10.
  • Apanga, P. A., Akparibo, R. & Awoonor-Williams, J. K. (2015). Factors influencing uptake of voluntary counselling and testing services for HIV/AIDS in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality (LMKM) in the Eastern Region of Ghana: A cross-sectional household survey. Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition, 33, Article 23.
  • Apanga, P. A. & Awoonor-Williams, J. K. (2017). Improving skilled birth attendance in Ghana: An evidence-based policy brief. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 28(3), 1056–1065.
  • Apanga, P. A. & Awoonor-Williams, J. K. (2018). Predictors of caesarean section in Northern Ghana: A case-control study. The Pan African Medical Journal, 29, Article 20.
  • Apanga, P. A., Garn, J. V., Sakas, Z. & Freeman, M. C. (2020). Assessing the impact and equity of an integrated rural sanitation approach: A longitudinal evaluation in 11 sub-Saharan Africa and Asian countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(5), Article 1808.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Public Health with specialization in Epidemiology, 2021 (anticipated)
  • Membership of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra, Ghana, 2016
  • Master of Public Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom, 2013
  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, 2009
  • BS in Human Biology, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana, 2006