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Doctoral direction
Questions grounded in real health systems.
My research direction grows from more than fifteen years of implementation experience across HIV strategic information, epidemiology and laboratory systems.
Open to PhD supervision conversations and research collaboration.Proposed research agenda
How can integrated diagnostic and strategic-information systems improve care continuity, viral suppression and equity in resource-constrained settings?
I am interested in doctoral work that combines implementation science, epidemiology and data science—using routine health data while staying close to frontline workflow, organisational context and patient outcomes.
Research enabled by programme data
Data stewardship that supports publishable public-health evidence.
A documented contribution connecting national HIV Strategic Information practice with a research question central to my doctoral direction: continuity of treatment.
Read the BMC Public Health article2026 · Acknowledged data contributor
Predictors of HIV treatment interruption among people living with HIV in 6 regions in Ghana
Kwarah and colleagues used routine data from the national HIV e-Tracker within DHIS2’s individual-level function to study recurrent treatment interruption. The paper reports that 68.3% of participants experienced at least one interruption and identifies important variation by region, facility experience, regimen and client contactability.
My documented contribution: the paper’s acknowledgements thank Ekow Wiah and Philip Boakye for extracting the HIV e-Tracker datasets used in the study. This is an acknowledged dataset-extraction contribution, not an authorship claim.
Why it matters for my research agendaIt demonstrates how well-governed routine programme data can move from individual-level service records to multi-site epidemiological evidence—while also reinforcing the need for complete, analysis-ready data and careful interpretation of implementation context.
National evidence contribution
2024 & 2025 final reports · National Estimates Team
From programme data to two successive national estimation cycles.
National and Sub-National HIV and AIDS Estimates and Projections
The Ghana AIDS Commission’s 2024 and final 2025 reports each formally acknowledge Philip Boakye among Ghana’s National Estimates Team for work generating the estimates and developing the reports. The final 2025 report uses Spectrum 6.43 for national estimates and Naomi 2.10.19 for sub-national estimates, integrating demographic, surveillance, geographic and HIV programme data.
Its scope covers all 16 regions and 261 districts, estimating 2025 epidemic levels and trends and projections to 2030.
Credit: documented National Estimates Team contributions to the 2024 and 2025 final reports—not authorship claims.
Research themes
A coherent programme of inquiry.
These themes connect measurable outcomes to the systems, people and practices that produce them.
HIV outcomes and care continuity
Identify the clinical, behavioural and service-delivery factors that shape viral suppression, retention and equitable access to care.
Digital health and diagnostic networks
Study how connected laboratory and strategic-information systems can shorten diagnostic delays and move reliable results into clinical action.
Implementation science at scale
Examine the workflow, organisational and human factors that determine adoption, data quality and sustainability across health systems.
Data use for public-health equity
Use epidemiology, biostatistics, geographic analysis and routine programme data—building on my undergraduate concentration in Medical Geography—to identify place-based gaps and guide resources to underserved populations.
Methodological lens
Quantitative rigour without losing implementation context.
Epidemiology and biostatistics
Study design, causal questions, multivariable analysis and clear interpretation for public-health decisions.
Implementation science
Attention to context, adoption, fidelity, workflow and sustainability—not only whether an intervention works.
Routine health data
Use of programme, laboratory and surveillance data while strengthening the systems that produce them.
Health informatics
Evaluation of digital tools, data flows, interoperability and the connection between diagnostics and care.
Academic foundation
Training across the full evidence-to-system pathway.
MPhil, Field Epidemiology and Applied Biostatistics
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
MSc, Health Informatics
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Postgraduate Diploma, Information Technology
Sikkim Manipal University
BA, Geography and Rural Development
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and TechnologyConcentration: Medical Geography
Peer review
Reviewer contributions to Heliyon and JMIR.
Research output
Open Google Scholar ↗Peer-reviewed work on viral suppression and laboratory information systems.
Start a conversation
Interested in the fit between this agenda and your doctoral programme?
I welcome conversations with prospective PhD supervisors, research teams, public-health institutions and development partners.
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