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Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

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Rising Stars
2025

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Rising Stars

D-Index
49
Citations
21493
World Ranking
335
National Ranking
19

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
55
Citations
31603
World Ranking
1946
National Ranking
145

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Rising Stars Award

Overview

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Medicine and Health Professions, with significant contributions across several subfields including Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, General Health Professions, Nutrition and Dietetics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Health.

The scientist has contributed to a broad range of topics within global health, with notable emphasis on:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • Healthcare Systems and Reforms
  • Global Health Care Issues
  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence

Bright Opoku Ahinkorah's work appears frequently in reputable journals including:

  • PLoS ONE
  • Reproductive Health
  • International Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • BMJ Open

They have collaborated extensively with several co-authors, most notably:

  • Abdul-Aziz Seidu
  • Edward Kwabena Ameyaw
  • Richard Gyan Aboagye
  • Eugene Budu
  • Sanni Yaya

Their work aligns with major systematic analyses and burden of disease studies, as reflected in recently published papers of high citation impact, including:

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019, 2021, The Lancet Neurology
  • Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, 2023, The Lancet
  • Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, 2024, The Lancet
  • Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Years of Life Lost, Years Lived With Disability, and Disability-Adjusted Life Years for 29 Cancer Groups From 2010 to 2019, 2021, JAMA Oncology
  • Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990-2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, 2024, The Lancet

The range of their contributions spans vital areas impacting global health metrics, disease burden assessments, and public health risks, often through collaborations on systematic and comprehensive analyses conducted within the scope of the Global Burden of Disease Studies.

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Valery L Feigin;Benjamin A Stark;Catherine Owens Johnson;Gregory A Roth

  • Global, regional, and national burden of diabetes from 1990 to 2021, with projections of prevalence to 2050: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

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  • Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Unknown

  • Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Unknown

  • Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Marissa B Reitsma;Parkes J Kendrick;Emad Ababneh;Cristiana Abbafati

  • The global burden of cancer attributable to risk factors, 2010–19: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Unknown

  • Global, regional, and national burden of stroke and its risk factors, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Unknown

  • Burden of disease scenarios for 204 countries and territories, 2022–2050: a forecasting analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Unknown

  • Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Unknown

  • Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

    Unknown

  • Global, regional, and national progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 for neonatal and child health: all-cause and cause-specific mortality findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.

    Katherine R Paulson;Aruna M Kamath;Tahiya Alam;Kelly Bienhoff

  • Measuring routine childhood vaccination coverage in 204 countries and territories, 1980–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2020, Release 1

    Unknown

  • Assessing performance of the Healthcare Access and Quality Index, overall and by select age groups, for 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Unknown

  • Women decision-making capacity and intimate partner violence among women in sub-Saharan Africa

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Kwamena Sekyi Dickson;Abdul-Aziz Seidu

  • Prevalence and determinants of unintended pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis of demographic and health surveys

    Edward Kwabena Ameyaw;Eugene Budu;Francis Sambah;Linus Baatiema

  • Global, regional, and national sex differences in the global burden of tuberculosis by HIV status, 1990–2019: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Jorge R Ledesma;Jianing Ma;Avina Vongpradith;Emilie R Maddison

  • Tracking development assistance for health and for COVID-19: a review of development assistance, government, out-of-pocket, and other private spending on health for 204 countries and territories, 1990-2050.

    Angela E Micah;Ian E Cogswell;Brandon Cunningham;Satoshi Ezoe

  • Prevalence of first adolescent pregnancy and its associated factors in sub-Saharan Africa: A multi-country analysis.

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Melissa Kang;Lin Perry;Fiona Brooks

  • Global, regional, and national sex-specific burden and control of the HIV epidemic, 1990–2019, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019

    Deepa Jahagirdar;Magdalene K Walters;Amanda Novotney;Edmond D Brewer

  • Factors associated with modern contraceptive use among women with no fertility intention in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from cross-sectional surveys of 29 countries.

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Eugene Budu;Richard Gyan Aboagye;Ebenezer Agbaglo

  • Rising Above Misinformation or Fake News in Africa: Another Strategy to Control COVID-19 Spread

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Edward Kwabena Ameyaw;John Elvis Jr. Hagan;John Elvis Jr. Hagan;Abdul-Aziz Seidu

  • Mapping subnational HIV mortality in six Latin American countries with incomplete vital registration systems

    Michael A. Cork;Nathaniel J. Henry;Nathaniel J. Henry;Stefanie Watson;Andrew J. Croneberger

  • Dietary Diversity and Undernutrition in Children Aged 6–23 Months in Sub-Saharan Africa

    Richard Gyan Aboagye;Abdul-Aziz Seidu;Abdul-Aziz Seidu;Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Francis Arthur-Holmes

  • Predictors of modern contraceptive use among adolescent girls and young women in sub-Saharan Africa: a mixed effects multilevel analysis of data from 29 demographic and health surveys.

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

  • Socio-economic and demographic predictors of unmet need for contraception among young women in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from cross-sectional surveys

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Edward Kwabena Ameyaw;Abdul-Aziz Seidu;Abdul-Aziz Seidu

  • Prevalence and determinants of Acute Lower Respiratory Infections among children under-five years in sub–Saharan Africa: Evidence from demographic and health surveys

    Abdul-Aziz Seidu;Kwamena Sekyi Dickson;Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Hubert Amu;Hubert Amu

  • One country, two crises: what Covid-19 reveals about health inequalities among BAME communities in the United Kingdom and the sustainability of its health system?

    Akaninyene Otu;Akaninyene Otu;Bright Opoku Ahinkorah;Edward Kwabena Ameyaw;Abdul Aziz Seidu;Abdul Aziz Seidu

  • Polygyny and intimate partner violence in sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from 16 cross-sectional demographic and health surveys.

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

  • Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of chewing tobacco use in 204 countries and territories, 1990-2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

    Parkes J Kendrick;Marissa B Reitsma;Mohsen Abbasi-Kangevari;Amir Abdoli

  • Predictors of unmet need for contraception among adolescent girls and young women in selected high fertility countries in sub-Saharan Africa: A multilevel mixed effects analysis.

    Bright Opoku Ahinkorah

Frequent Co-Authors

Abdul-Aziz Seidu
Abdul-Aziz Seidu James Cook University
Sanni Yaya
Sanni Yaya University of Ottawa
Thomas Schack
Thomas Schack Bielefeld University
Sanjay Basu
Sanjay Basu Stanford University
Salman Rawaf
Salman Rawaf Imperial College London
Florian Fischer
Florian Fischer Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Zahid A Butt
Zahid A Butt University of Waterloo
Rakhi Dandona
Rakhi Dandona Public Health Foundation of India
Till Bärnighausen
Till Bärnighausen Heidelberg University
Andre M. N. Renzaho
Andre M. N. Renzaho Western Sydney University

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