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Profile

Background

Dr. James Atampiiga Avoka is the Municipal Director of health services with a solid background in public health and nutrition. He specialized in population, family and reproductive health. He hase fourteen years’ experience in the public health sector as a public health practitioner. His experience and expertise cover a wide range of public health areas such as maternal, child health, HIV/AIDS and epidemiology.

He has published a series of work related to maternal health such as:

• Maternal and neonatal characteristics that influence very early neonatal mortality in the Eastern Regional Hospital of Ghana, Koforidua: a retrospective review. BMC research notes, 2018,

• Assessing the Relationship between Individual Level Dietary Intake and the Occurrence of Preeclampsia/Eclampsia and Haemorrhage among Pregnant Women in Eastern Region of Ghana: A Prospective Cohort Study. Texila International Journal of Public Health, 2022,

• Effects of Pregnancy-Induced Psychological and Emotional Factors on the Occurrence of Preeclampsia/Eclampsia (PE-E) and Haemorrhage. Texila International Journal of Public Health, 2022,

• Fear of infertility limits contraceptive usage among first-time mothers in Ghana: A crosssectional study. SAGE open Journal, 2021.

He is mainly responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Service in the Municipality, providing leadership and supervision in the execution of all health programmes and health activities in the Municipality, monitoring the implementation of both clinical and public health interventions including communicable and non-communicable disease control and surveillance, HIV/AIDS, reproductive, adolescent and child health, nutrition and health promotion in the Municipality. Also, i provide leadership and technical support to develop protocols and guidelines for medical services using a multidisciplinary team, and develop public health emergency preparedness plans ready for any disease outbreak and a host of others.

Dr. James Atampiiga Avoka

DDHS- Lower Manya Krobo

Professional Experience

  • Oversees day-to-day administration and execution of health programs.

  • Provides leadership and supervision for clinical and public health interventions.

  • Monitors communicable and non-communicable disease control, HIV/AIDS, reproductive, adolescent and child health, nutrition, and health promotion programs.

  • Develops public health emergency preparedness plans and protocols for medical services.

Key Competencies

  • Leadership and management abilities.

  • Team building and communication skills.

  • Facilitating external relations with stakeholders and partners.

Publications

  • Maternal and neonatal characteristics that influence very early neonatal mortality in the Eastern Regional Hospital of Ghana, Koforidua: A retrospective review (BMC Research Notes, 2018).

  • Assessing the Relationship between Individual Level Dietary Intake and the Occurrence of Preeclampsia/Eclampsia and Haemorrhage among Pregnant Women in Eastern Region of Ghana: A Prospective Cohort Study (Texila International Journal of Public Health, 2022).

  • Effects of Pregnancy-Induced Psychological and Emotional Factors on the Occurrence of Preeclampsia/Eclampsia (PE-E) and Haemorrhage (Texila International Journal of Public Health, 2022).

  • Fear of infertility limits contraceptive usage among first-time mothers in Ghana: A cross-sectional study (SAGE Open Journal, 2021).