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Abdulai, Iddirisu. "The Ghana Public Records and Archives Administration Department-Tamale: A Guide for Users." History in Africa 27 (January 2000): 449–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3172126.
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This department, which was until December, 1997 known as the National Archives of Ghana, takes care of documents from northern Ghana, and has served both local and international researchers since its establishment in 1960. The Ghana Public Records and Archives Administration department in Tamale has had quite a number of visiting researchers, but there are few descriptive guide for users. This paper is intended to serve as an introductory guide in this respect.Between 1950 and 1954, the Gold Coast Archivist undertook a survey of District records in the various district headquarters of what was then the Gold Coast Colony, Ashanti, and the Northern Territories. This led to the establishment of the National Archives of Ghana, offices at Kumasi on 3 August 1959. This was intended first to serve the Ashanti, Brong-Ahafo, and Northern Ghana areas. The office was housed on the premises of the Government Agent's office at Kumase. When the Tamale office was opened, it was also housed on the premises of the Regional Administration there. The space is very cramped and there have been constant calls on the department to look for their own accommodation.The archives opens at 8.00am, but requests for documents from the repository starts only at 9.00am and lasts until 3.00pm, except for a break between 12:30pm and 1:30pm, during which no documents can be requested. The visitors' book must always be signed.An international/foreign researcher is required to bring a letter of introduction from the Ghana Public Records and Archives Administraton headquarters in Accra.
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Baiden, Bernard K., Kofi Agyekum, and Joseph K. Ofori-Kuragu. "Perceptions on Barriers to the Use of Burnt Clay Bricks for Housing Construction." Journal of Construction Engineering 2014 (July 21, 2014): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/502961.
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Burnt clay bricks can be readily manufactured in Ghana as all ten regions have significant clay deposits with the Ashanti region having the highest estimated deposit of 37.1 million metric tonnes. In recent times, burnt clay bricks have been regarded as old fashioned and replaced by other perceived modern walling units within Kumasi, the metropolitan capital of Ashanti Region, despite its availability, unique advantages (aesthetics, low maintenance cost, etc.), and structural and nonstructural properties. This study involved a questionnaire survey of 85 respondents made up of architects, brick manufacturing firms, and brick house owners or occupants in the Kumasi Metropolis of Ghana and sought to examine their perceptions on barriers to the use of burnt clay bricks for housing construction. The findings revealed that the key factors inhibiting the use of burnt clay bricks for housing construction are low material demand, excessive cost implications, inappropriate use in construction, noncompatibility of burnt clay bricks with other materials, unreliable production, and transportation problems. The findings however provide a platform for stakeholders to address the barriers to enable the extensive use of clay bricks in housing constructions.
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Badu-Peprah, Augustina, Ijeoma Anyitey-Kokor, Allswell Ackon, Obed K. Otoo, Nana A. K. Asamoah, and Theophilus K. Adu-Bredu. "Chest radiography patterns of COVID-19 pneumonia in Kumasi, Ghana." Ghana Medical Journal 54, no. 4 (December 4, 2020): 264–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i4.9.
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Objectives: To document the pattern of chest radiographic findings in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients with moderate to severe disease.
Design: Retrospective cross-sectional study.
Setting: The study site was Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) located at Bantama in Kumasi, the capital town of the Ashanti Region. It is the second largest hospital in the country and the major referral site for Ashanti region and the northern part of the country. The hospital hosts a highly infectious isolation unit (HIIU) for COVID19 patients with moderate to severe infections and receives referred cases from the region and within the hospital.
Participants: The study involved 27 patients admitted to the HIIU at KATH with COVID-19 infection who underwent chest X-ray as part of their investigations.
Results: The study enrolled 12 males and 15 females. The common comorbidities were hypertension and diabetes. Chest x-ray findings in most of the patients (81.5%) revealed ground-glass opacities while a few of them (18.5%) had lung consolidations without ground-glass opacities. For those with ground-glass opacities, eight (29.6%) had superimposed consolidation. All the participants had positive chest x-ray findings.
Conclusion: The chest x-ray findings in the 27 COVID-19 positive patients with moderate to severe disease on admission at the KATH HIIU enrolled in this study showed significant pulmonary abnormalities. The predominant pulmonary abnormalities were bilateral peripheral ground-glass opacities with the lower lung zones being mostly affected.
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Frimpong, Bernard Fosu, and Frank Molkenthin. "Tracking Urban Expansion Using Random Forests for the Classification of Landsat Imagery (1986–2015) and Predicting Urban/Built-Up Areas for 2025: A Study of the Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana." Land 10, no. 1 (January 5, 2021): 44. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/land10010044.
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Kumasi is a nodal city and functions as the administrative and economic capital of the Ashanti region in Ghana. Rapid urbanization has been experienced inducing the transformation of various Land Use Land Cover (LULC) types into urban/built-up areas in Kumasi. This paper aims at tracking spatio-temporal LULC changes utilizing Landsat imagery from 1986, 2013 and 2015 of Kumasi. The unique contribution of this research is its focus on urban expansion analysis and the utilization of Random Forest (RF) Classifier for satellite image classification. Change detection, urban land modelling and urban expansion in the sub-metropolitan zones, buffers, density decay curve and correlation analysis were methodologies adopted for our study. The classifier yielded better accuracy compared to earlier works in Ghana. The evaluation of LULC changes indicated that urban/built-up areas are continually increasing at the expense of agricultural and forestlands. The urban/built-up areas occupied 4622.49 hectares (ha) (23.78%), 13,447.50 ha (69.18%) and 14,004.60 ha (72.05%) in 1986, 2013 and 2015, respectively of the 19,438 ha area of Kumasi. Projection indicated that urban/built-up areas will occupy 15,490 ha (79.70%) in 2025. The urban expansion was statistically significant. The results revealed the importance of spatial modeling for environmental management and city planning.
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Crookes, D., D. Humphreys, F. Masroh, B. Tarchie, and EJ Milner-Gulland. "The role of hunting in village livelihoods in the Ashanti region, Ghana." South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences 10, no. 4 (May 22, 2014): 457–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajems.v10i4.1059.
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The article describes the results of two surveys conducted in six villages in the Ashanti region of Ghana. The first was undertaken in August 2002 and the second during July 2004. A total of 468 hunters and non-hunters were surveyed using targeted and systematic interviewing techniques. The results indicate that hunting is an important contributor to total income in the villages, particularly for poorer households. We find some evidence that hunting increases during lean periods, especially for hunters in the household survey. Distance to Kumasi is a significant determinant of the number of animals sold on the market, and also influences the type of gear used for hunting. Compliance with wildlife laws, notably species restrictions and the closed season is low, particularly amongst professional hunters.
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Ahiabor, C., and B. Lawson. "Strongylid Nematode Infections of Humans, Ruminants and Pigs in Kumasi, Ashanti Region of Ghana." Annual Research & Review in Biology 7, no. 2 (January 10, 2015): 109–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/arrb/2015/15445.
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Nyiambam, Waindim, Augustina Sylverken, Isaac Owusu, Kwame Buabeng, Fred Boateng, and Ellis Owusu-Dabo. "Cardiovascular disease risk assessment among patients attending two cardiac clinics in the Ashanti Region of Ghana." Ghana Medical Journal 54, no. 3 (September 30, 2020): 140–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v54i3.3.
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Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a major cause of morbidity and hypertension is the single most important modifiable risk. Assessment of an individual’s “total” predicted risk of developing a CVD event in 5- or 10-years using risk scores has been identified as an accurate measure of CVD risk. Using the latest Framingham risk score we assessed the risk among patients attending two cardiac clinics in Kumasi.Methods: We conducted a hospital-based cross-sectional study among 441 patients attending two cardiac clinics in Kumasi, the Ashanti region of Ghana. Hospital records were reviewed and information on demography, social history and laboratory results for the lipid profile tests were extracted.Results: The prevalence of low, medium and high risk were 41.5%, 28.1% and 30.4% respectively. More men were at high risk compared to females (36.0% vs 23.9%, p=0.003). The risk score showed good discrimination for cardiovascular risk stratification with an overall area under the curve of 0.95; 0.97 and 0.94 for males and females respectively. The sensitivity and specificity of the Framingham risk score were 89.5% and 86.3%, respectively.Conclusion: Majority of our study participants were at moderate to high risk with men being the most affected. The Framingham risk score proved to be a useful tool in predicting the 10-year total cardiovascular disease risk.Keywords: cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, Kumasi, total risk, Framingham risk scoreFunding: Not indicated
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Annan, Gertrude Nancy, and Yvonne Asiedu. "Predictors of Neonatal Deaths in Ashanti Region of Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study." Advances in Public Health 2018 (2018): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9020914.
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Background. Neonatal mortality continues to be a public health problem, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This study was conducted to assess the maternal, neonatal, and health system related factors that influence neonatal deaths in the Ashanti Region, Ghana. Methods. 222 mothers and their babies who were within the first 28 days of life on admission at Mother and Baby unit (MBU) at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi, Ashanti Region of Ghana, were recruited through systematic random sampling. Data was collected by face to face interviewing using open and closed ended questions. A logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the influence of proximal and facility related factors on the odds of neonatal death. Results. Out of the 222 mothers, there were 115 (51.8%) whose babies did not survive. Majority, 53.9%, of babies died within 1–4 days, 31.3% within 5–14 days, and 14.8% within 15–28 days. The cause of death included asphyxia, low birth weight, congenital anomalies, infections, and respiratory distress syndrome. Neonatal deaths were influenced by proximal factors (parity, duration of pregnancy, and disease of the mother such as HIV/AIDS), neonatal factors (birth weight, gestational period, sex of baby, and Apgar score), and health related factors (health staff attitude, supervision of delivery, and hours spent at labour ward). Conclusion. This study shows a high level of neonatal deaths in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. This finding suggests the need for health education programmes to improve on awareness of the dangers that can militate against neonatal survival as well as strengthening the health system to support mothers and their babies through pregnancy and delivery and postpartum to help improve child survival.
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Mutala, Abdul-Hakim, Kingsley Badu, Austine Tweneboah, Samul Agordzo, and Dawood Ackom Abbas. "PO 8496 ACCURACY OF DIAGNOSIS AND HAEMATOLOGICAL DIFFERENCE AMONG MALARIA PATIENTS IN RURAL AND URBAN AREAS IN THE ASHANTI REGION OF GHANA." BMJ Global Health 4, Suppl 3 (April 2019): A46.2—A46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-edc.121.
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BackgroundOver recent years, there has been an increase in the use of a histidine-rich protein 2(HRP-2)-based rapid diagnostic test (RDT) in the diagnosis of malaria. Accurate and prompt diagnosis of malaria will help reduce parasite reservoir and reduce malaria transmission. However, the underdiagnosis of malaria due to low parasite density hinders malaria eradication. The study aimed at establishing the baseline information on the accuracy of the HRP2-based RDT used in Ghana in three communities (Agona [rural], Kuntanase [peri-urban] and Kumasi [urban]) while determining the haematological difference among malaria patients.MethodsCross-sectional study was conducted from January to April 2018. A total of 304 participants were recruited in the study. Microscopy and RDT were used in the detection of malaria parasitaemia in all the samples.ResultsThe overall sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value and positive predictive value was 75.9%, 95.6%, 64.7% and 97.4% respectively. The HRP-2 based RDT was highly sensitive (100%) for parasite density ≥250 parasite µl and relatively low for parasite density ≤100 parasite/µl (50%- Kumasi, 67%- Agona and 75%- Kuntanase). On the other hand, Agona (rural) recorded the highest prevalence (15.8%) followed by Kumasi (urban) (9%) and Kuntanase (peri-urban) being the lowest (6.8%). The difference in prevalence was however not statistically significant across the three communities. The rural area also accounted for highest parasite density (mean 99.53) and lowest in urban (60.29) with a statistical difference (p<0.001). The difference in white blood cell levels was significant (<0.0001) across Agona, Kuntanase and Kumasi. RBC and Hb levels were however not significant.ConclusionThe high specificity observed indicates that the majority of the patients without malaria were correctly diagnosed. Notwithstanding, the sensitivity was relatively low and below the WHO standard of ≥95% hence a significant number of malaria-positive cases were misdiagnosed. It is therefore important that the accuracy of RDT should be frequently assessed to improve its quality.
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Banerjee, Debasish, Jacob Plange-Rhule, Nihil Chitalia, Kwabena Kumi, Frank B. Micah, Francesco P. Cappuccio, and John B. Eastwood. "Pulse Pressure Relationships with Demographics and Kidney Function in Ashanti, Ghana." International Journal of Hypertension 2018 (October 4, 2018): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/7864564.
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Introduction. Hypertension, particularly pulse pressure [PP] is a major risk factor for end-stage renal disease. However, the effect of individual components of hypertension namely PP, systolic [SBP] and diastolic blood pressure [DBP] on kidney function, in the general African population is unknown. Methods. Data were collected on 944 participants [aged 40-75 y], living in villages in the area around the city of Kumasi, Ghana, on demographics, medications, height, weight, BP and 24-hour creatinine clearance (CrCl). Results. The demographic and clinical characteristics were: age 55(11) [mean (SD)] years, females 62%, rural village-dwellers 52%, diabetes 1·5%, BMI 21(4) kg/m2, 24-hourCrCl as a measure of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) 84(23) ml/min/1.73 m2. 29% had BP >140/90 mmHg; SBP and DBP were 125/74(26/14) mmHg, PP was 51(17) mmHg. PP increased with age by 0.55(95% CI: 0.46,0.64) mmHg/year. PP was higher (53(17) v 49(15) mmHg; p < 0.001) in the semiurban participants. GFR decreased both with increasing PP [-0.19 (-0.27,-0.10 ml/min/1.73 m2/mmHg; p < 0.001] and SBP [-0.09 (-0.14,-0.03) ml/min/1.73 m2/mmHg; p < 0.001] but there was no significant relationship with DBP [-0.04 (-0.15,0.06)]. After adjusting for SBP, the relationship between GFR and PP became steeper [-0.31 (-0.50,-0.12) ml/min/1.73 m2/mmHg; p < 0.001]. Using multivariate regression analysis that included PP, age, gender, BMI, only increasing age [-0.75 (-0.88,-0.62)] and decreasing BMI [0.49 (0.16,0.81)] were associated with decreased kidney function. Conclusions. In this homogeneous West-African population, PP increased with age and had a steeper relationship with declining kidney function than SBP or DBP.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Ashanti Kumasi Ghana"
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Kramer, Henry Fergus. "Inventer la cité : une étude de sociologie de l'imaginaire sur la désignation, l'appropriation et la résidence permanente d'un espace délimité." Montpellier 3, 2009. http://www.theses.fr/2009MON30077.
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Inventer la cité est une étude de sociologie de l’imaginaire sur la désignation, l’appropriation et la résidence permanente d’un espace factice et délimité qu’on appelle la cité. Il est question d’étudier comment un groupe social ou une société modifie son imaginaire lié à une existence nomade dans un espace naturel et illimité pour l’adapter à une existence permanente dans un espace factice et délimité que représente la cité. Nous avons étudié ce phénomène à partir de récits mythiques ou traditionnels de la fondation de cités et de villes, car ces récits nous permettent d’entrer dans l’imaginaire des fondateurs de cités. Le récit que nous avons choisi d’étudier, comme le point de départ de notre recherche, est celui de la fondation de la cité achantie de Koumassi (Kumase). Notre étude, composée de six chapitres, se divise en deux parties sous-jacentes. Celles-ci sont séparées par le Chapitre 5 qui est dédié à la présentation d’un échantillon de récits traditionnels de la fondation de Koumassi. La première partie est consacrée à l’étude des manières collectives de penser, de sentir et d’agir des Achantis autour de leur espace habité et de leur organisation sociale et politique. La deuxième partie commence par une analyse de la fondation de Koumassi. Puis, elle se prolonge par une étude comparative de certains aspects de la fondation de cités à travers le temps et l’espace. Et enfin, elle se termine par notre analyse et notre conclusion sur l’invention de la citéInventing the city is a sociology of the imagination study on the designation, the appropriation and the permanent residence of an artificial and delimited space that is called the city. It is a question of studying how a social group or society modifies its imagination, linked to a nomadic existence in a natural and unlimited space, in order to adapt it to a permanent existence in an artificial and limited space represented by the city. We studied this phenomenon through mythical or traditional accounts of the founding of cities and towns, as these accounts allow us to enter into the imagination of the founders of cities. The account that we chose to study, as a starting point to our research, is that of the founding of the Ashanti city of Kumasi (Kumase). Our study, composed of six chapters, is divided into two underlying parts. These are separated by Chapter 5 that is devoted to the presentation of a sample of traditional accounts of the founding of Kumasi. The first part is devoted to the Ashanti’s collective ways of thinking, feeling and acting around their inhabited space and their social and political organization. The second part starts by an analysis of the founding of Kumasi. Then, it continues by a comparative study of certain aspects of the founding of cities across time and space. And finally, it ends by our analysis and our conclusion on the invention of the city
Books on the topic "Ashanti Kumasi Ghana"
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Adu, S. V. Soils of the Kumasi region, Ashanti Region, Ghana. Kwadaso-Kumasi, Ghana: Soil Research Institute, 1992.
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Intimität und Sexualität vor der Ehe: Gespräche über Ungesagtes in Kumasi und Endwa, Ghana. Berlin: Lit, 2010.
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