Portia Boakye Okyere, a PhD candidate at the School of Public Health at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi-Ghana. She holds certificates in HND Statistics,

BSc Statistics, and MPhil Mathematical Statistics. She has considerable experience in data management having worked in various capacities on projects with Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine-Ghana (Data manager and a Statistician), United Nations Office for Project Services-Ghana (Data Enumerator, Survey Supervisor, Data Entry Officer), UN Millennium Villages Project (Data Analyst and Assistant Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist), Crops Research Institute-Fumesua, Ghana (Assistant Research Scientist), Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital-Ghana (Assistant Biostatistician). Ms. Boakye Okyere has Disease Epidemiology and Medical Statistics as her research interest. She has attended many conferences and workshops both locally and internationally. She also has many peers review published Journals. She is currently a member of the American Statistical Association

PROJECTS:

Portia, I see you listed some projects in your CV that you assisted. Is t possible to list down here some of the projects.

1. Millennium Villages Project- Bonsaaso Ghana. Funded by World Bank loans, governments, and private contributions, 2006-2013
2. Prevalence of Asymptomatic Malaria and Anaemia among Schools Pupils: A Post-Intervention Survey after Indoor Residual Spraying (AGAMAL). Funded by Anglogold Ashanti, 2017.
3. Non-communicable disease Co-morbidities among People Living with HIV in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana (NCAPLHI). Funded by AG-EOD Group of KCCR, KNUST, 2016.
4. Tobacco Control Capacity Programme (TCCP). Funded by Medical Research Council [grant number MR/P027946/2] and the Global Challenges Research Fund, 2020-date
5. Severe Typhoid Fever in Africa (SETA) Program. Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2016-2019.
6. Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine Introduction in Africa (THECA) program. Funded by EDCTP2, European Union (RIA2017S-2027) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1205877), 2021-date.
7. Skin Health Africa Research Programme (SHARP). Funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHCR). 2020-Date
8. Maternal Newborn and Child Health Intervention Project. – WHW in collaboration with Americares Foundation. Funded by Americares Foundation, 2022-Date
9. Ghana Affordability and Accessibility Partnership Project (GAAP) – Institutional Appraisal Study. Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2013