Summary
Research interests
My 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
- Dr. Joshua Garn
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 PA, Garn JV, Sakas Z, Freeman MC. Assessing the Impact and Equity of an Integrated Rural Sanitation Approach: A Longitudinal Evaluation in 11 Sub-Saharan Africa and Asian Countries. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020; 17 (5): 1808
- Apanga PA, Awoonor-Williams JK. Predictors of caesarean section in Northern Ghana: a case-control study. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2018; 29:20
- Apanga PA, Awoonor-Williams JK. Improving skilled birth attendance in Ghana: an evidence-based policy brief. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2017; 28(3):1056-1065
- Apanga PA, Akparibo R, Awoonor-Williams JK. 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. 2015; 33:23
- Apanga PA and Adam MA. Factors influencing the uptake of family planning services in the Talensi District, Ghana. The Pan African Medical Journal. 2015; 20:10
Education
2021 (anticipated) Ph.D. in Public Health with specialization in Epidemiology
2016: Membership of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, Accra, Ghana
2013: Master of Public Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom
2009: Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBChB), KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
2006: BS in Human Biology, University for Development Studies, Tamale, Ghana