DAAD climapAfrica Postdoc Fellow
University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho
Ghana
Faith Agbozo, a public health expert, holds a Ph.D (Dr. Sc. Hum.) in Public Health from the Medical Faculty of Heidelberg University Germany in February 2020 where she completed with distinction (summa cum laude). She completed her Master of Philosophy degree in Nutrition in 2012 and Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences in 2009 concurrent with a Diploma in Nursing from the University of Ghana. Concerning professional qualifications, Dr Agbozo is a registered general nurse, public health nutritionist, and lactational consultant. She has memberships with over ten professional associations, including the International Epidemiological Association.
In 2013, Dr Agbozo was appointed Lecturer to the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho, Ghana. Hitherto, she worked with the Ghana Health Service from 2007 to 2013 as a clinical nurse and later as a nutrition officer. In January 2019, the Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, Germany, engaged her as a visiting researcher, a role that she still plays to date when projects come up.
Dr Agbozo has about 40 publications comprising 25 full-text articles, 15 conference abstracts published in peer-reviewed journals, and several conference presentations.
Climate change expertise and interests
Consequences of climate change on public health, household nutrition and food security, malnutrition indicators, non-communicable diseases and socio-economic outcomes; adaptation strategies and adaptive capacity of vulnerable populations, particularly on rural inhabitants.
Publications – (most recent)
Abdul-Mumin A, Abubakari A, Agbozo F, Abdul-Karim A, Nuertey BD, Mumuni K, Heuschen AK, Hennig L, Denkinger CM, Müller O and Jahn A (2021). Field evaluation of specificity and sensitivity of a standard SARS-CoV-2 antigen rapid diagnostic test: A prospective study at a teaching hospital in Northern Ghana. PLOS Global Public Health 1(12): e0000040. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000040
Hinneh KT, Jahn A and Agbozo F (2021). Barriers to screening, diagnosis, and management of hyperglycemia in pregnancy in Africa: a systematic review. International Health. 0: 1–11 https://doi.org/10.1093/inthealth/ihab054
Agbozo F and Jahn A. (2021). COVID-19 in Ghana: challenges and countermeasures for maternal health service delivery in public health facilities. BMC Reproductive Health, 18:151 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12978-021-01198-5
Professional career interests
Broadly, her research interests are in the fields of public health nutrition and nutritional epidemiology (climate change vulnerability and household food security; nutrition across the lifecycle, school health, and nutrition; diet-related non-communicable diseases) and reproductive and child health (safe motherhood, neonatal care, and survival).
I participate at climapAfrica because
The negative impacts of climate change are evident yet building resilience to climate adaptation in a more integrated, coordinated, and sustainable manner is lacking in most developing countries. ClimapAfrica is a platform to contribute by stimulating discussions on context-specific interventions and innovations that would promote sustainable agriculture and sustainable diets, especially among vulnerable populations. Linking with colleagues across fields in Africa is an avenue to network, learn and conduct transdisciplinary research.
