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Personal Data Name: Clement Ahiadeke (Ph.D.) Address: Institute of Statistical, Social, and Economic Research (ISSER), University of Ghana, P.O. Box 74 Legon, Ghana. Telephone Office: (233-21) 501182/512502/512503 Cell: (233) 24-2776608 Fax Office: (233-21) 512504 E-mail clemahia@ live.com Date of Birth: 07-07-55 Position: Current Associate Professor & Ag. Director, ISSER (2010-) Head Population Studies Unit, Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon (2004 -) Previous Head Social Division (2004-2006) and Human Resource Development, ISSER (2000-2004), Coordinator of Graduate Program in Development Studies (Univ. Ghana, 1999 -2004) Nationality: Ghanaian Marital status: Married with two children Qualifications: Ph.D. Demography (with Biometry and Epidemiology minors) (Cornell University, USA, 1996) MPH Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, U.S.A. 1989 M.A. Population Studies, Regional Institute for Population Studies (Ghana, 1982) B.A. (Hons.) Statistics with Sociology, Ghana 1978) KEY QUALIFICATION STATEMENTS Core areas of Demography Reproductive Health and Reproductive Biology Population and Aging Issues and Methods in National Censuses Population Growth and Environment Family and Household Demography Resettlement and Population Redistribution Programs Mortality and Morbidity Patterns Core areas of Epidemiology Epidemiology of Diarrhea and Related Childhood Diseases Expanded Programs of Immunization Nutrition during Lactation Dietary Intake during Lactation Infant Nutrition and Breastfeeding Practices Surveillance System Designs Clinical Epidemiology Epidemiologic Study Design Core areas of Biometry Biosocial Interactions in Demography and Epidemiology Categorical Data Analysis Techniques Applied Linear Statistical Models Experimental Designs Innovations in the Design and Collection of Survey Data Data Management Systems Countries of Professional Assignment Australia, Benin, Burkina Faso, Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Thailand and USA. Geographic Experience West Africa: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Liberia East Africa: Kenya, Uganda Southeast and South Asia: Nepal, Indonesia, and Thailand Caribbean: Dominican Republic North America: USA and Canada. Australia Language Capabilities Good in English Language, a working knowledge of French, some Hausa, and Native Ewe and Twi. Skills: Good knowledge of spreadsheets (Quattro Pro, Lotus 1-2-3, Excel), word processing (Word Perfect, Microsoft Word), statistical packages (SPSS, SAS, BMDP, and STATA), database management (Epi-Info, Dbase III, Notebook, Procite), population projections (Fivfiv and Sinsin) on the IBM-PC and Mac-PC; and familiarity with VM/CMS. Professional Organizations: Population Association of America (since 1988) American Association for the Advancement of Science (since 1996) International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (since 1990) Union for Africa Population Studies (Since 1994) American Statistical Association (2006) Accomplishments Clement Ahiadeke is Associate Professor at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) at the University of Ghana, Legon. His research interests include maternal, child, reproductive health and nutrition studies, family planning program monitoring and evaluation, relationship between abortion, contraceptive practice and unwanted pregnancies, HIV/AIDS program monitoring and evaluation, design of baseline surveys and the general application of demographic processes to constructing poverty indicators. He also enjoys designing large-scale and complex surveys and has a special competence in the analysis of large scale and complex data sets. He consulted for Sussex University on international and return migration in West Africa, the Population Council, N.Y, on Safe Motherhood Program Evaluation in Sub-Saharan African; consulted for the European Union and UNICEF on Children’s Projects in Ghana; consulted for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington D.C.: on Urban Food and Nutrition Survey. Dr. Ahiadeke worked for the African Career Awards Program of the Rockefeller Foundation between 1997 and 2000. His duties included training and running workshops for the Foundation’s Fellows. Dr. Ahiadeke began his research career as a Robert McNamara Fellow of the World Bank at the Onchocerciasis Secretariat in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during the 1997/99 as consultant on displaced and resettlement issues affecting the Oncho Zone. Work Experience July 2003 August 2004: I consultant for the Population Council, N.Y. on Safe Motherhood Program Evaluation in Sub-Saharan African. July 1997 to Present: Senior Research Fellow ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon. Duties include research and teaching of M.A. development Studies. October 1998 to date: Part-time lectureship at the School of Public Health, University of Ghana, Legon, Course taught: Population Studies. May 2001 to Present: Head Human Resource development, ISSER. Duties include coordinating the development and training needs of ISSER staff in addition to running of short courses for staff and outsiders on research methodology and report writing as well as data management and analysis. August 2001 -2004: Coordinator of M.A./M.Phil. Development Studies Program at ISSER. Duties include teaching a one-semester course on Research Methods; Organizing practical field training activities for students and seeing to the daily administrative issues and needs of the students. January 1999 to December 2000: Consulted for the European Union and UNICEF on Children’s Project in Ghana. June 1997 to December 2000: African Career Awards Program of the Rockefeller Foundation. Duties included training and running workshops for the Foundation’s Fellows. November 1996 to September 1997: Consulted for International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Washington D.C.: on Urban Food and Nutrition Survey. March 1994 to March 1996: Research Assistant at Population and Development Program, Cornell University. Duties included teaching a one semester course on Basic Statistics to undergraduate students. Also worked mainly on field data from Nigeria and Indonesia as computer programmer. July 1987 to August 1989: Robert McNamara Fellow of the World Bank. Duties included field research at the Onchocerciasis Secretariat in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. October 1983 to August 1985: Research Fellow, ISSER. Duties included coordination of Diploma and Certificate courses in Statistics at ISSER. Also taught certificate and diploma courses in Theoretical Statistics and Statistical Methods. Research duties included field research on occupational morbidity and the family life education project. November 1982 to September 1983: Junior Research Fellow, ISSER, University of Ghana, Legon. Duties included coordination of certificate and diploma in Statistics Programs at ISSER It also included teaching courses in Statistical Methods and Theoretical Statistics. Details of Research or Major Projects Undertaken (21) The Government of Ghana, through the Millennium Development Authority, is currently implementing a 5-year $547 million compact signed with the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) of the United States of America. The Compact is aimed at reducing poverty through economic growth and agricultural transformation. There are two main program objectives which will form the basis for the achievement of the program goals. These are (1) to increase the production and productivity of high-valued cash and food crops and (2) to enhance the competitiveness of high-valued cash and food crops in local and international markets. Three projects in the area of agriculture, transportation, and rural development form the basis for the achievement of the program objectives ISSER is involved in the monitoring and evaluation of the agricultural project. I am in charge of the panel survey design and the sample selection process for the next three years. (20) Enumeration Survey of MSMEs that Can Make Productive Use of Electricity in Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana for RUTIPP Energizing Development Project Objectives: The objectives of the survey were to (i) provide basic data on the total number of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) with potential demand for electricity in the project area (9 district capitals of Brong-Ahafo Region); (ii) estimate the current degree of penetration of electricity connections among SMEs; and (iii) provide a sampling frame for a subsequent in-depth enterprise survey. The project was in two parts : phase 1 comprised of enumeration of MSMEs and Phase two was made up of a detailed survey of selected facilities. The project started on Thursday November 7, and was completed by March 2007. Phase 2 is yet to begin. (19) Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Program: An Evaluation of the African Youth Alliance (AYA) Project in Ghana. The objective of the exercise was to increase the precision level of information collection involving the knowledge base of respondents, their attitudes and perceptions about sex, the structure and organization of AYA education campaigns and the effectiveness of current AYA programs in reducing HIV/AIDS and other STI among the youth in Ghana. Project was subcontracted John Snow Inc. to ISSER at a cost of $180,000. Data collection lasted from March 2006 to August 2006. (18) Female Sex Workers Behavioral Surveillance Survey involving Seaters and Roamers in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana. The main aim of the survey is to update and expand the behavioural and biomarker database on HIV/STI risk among female sex workers in Ghana. It collected behavioural and biological data from seater and roamer FSWs in Accra and Kumasi in order to better define risk in this high-risk group and collect indicators to assist in the monitoring and evaluation of prevention activities. Collaborating institutions include: West Africa Project to Combat AIDS and STI’s (WAPCAS); West Africa Project to Combat AIDS and STI’s (WAPCAS), Strengthening HIV/AIDS Response Partnerships (SHARP) and Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR). The $150,000.00 grant was provided by USAID. (17) Protecting the Next Generation Project: National Survey of Adolescents in Ghana. Project was conducted by ISSER on behalf of the Allan Gutmarcher Institute in New York, USA at a cost of USD 230,000. Aim was to study adolescent (aged 13-19 years) reproductive behavior and other related health issues. Duration of project was September 2003-July 2004. (16) Monitoring Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Accra: A grant of USD 18,017 was entered into by ISSER and Boston University to conduct a baseline measure of pregnancy outcomes that can be used as a benchmark for the evaluation of family planning programs and other measures to reduce unwanted pregnancies and induced abortions in Ghana. Project duration- September 2003 to August 2004. Study design included Surveillance methodologies and cross-sectional data collection tools. (15)IMMPACT STUDY: A pilot study to assess respondent characteristics and feasibility of large scale application of the service site sampling variant sisterhood method of measuring maternal mortality. Using service site sampling (SSS), 3,900 reproductive age women were enrolled at 3 hospitals and 7 health centres in 3 districts of the Central Region. Respondents selected from maternal and child health clinics and sick child clinics were questioned about sisters, using a variant sisterhood questionnaire. Representativeness of women enrolled at these service sites were then assessed by comparison of their demographic characteristics with characteristics of reproductive age women reported in the 2000 Ghana census. The project lasted one year from April 29 2004 to March 30 2005. Budget for the data collection component was £16,913. Funding source was IMMPACT funding through The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, EC, DFID, and USAID (14) Estimating the Number of Roamer Sex Workers in Specific Cities in Ghana: Using the methodologies of Geographic mapping, enumeration and simple capture and recapture approach. This study was designed to count the number of sex workers who roam about in public places, hotels, street corners and open packs in Accra, Tema and Sekondi-Takoradi It aimed at estimating the number of sex workers for an HIV/AIDS educational program. Project was conducted on behalf of Family Health International at a cost of USD 107,824. Duration March 2003 November 2003. (13) Enhancing Educational Decentralization and Household Demand for Schooling in Ghana: Two studies running concurrently for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Ghana. Project was contracted to Macro International but was subcontracted to ISSER, Legon. The study seeks to understand how the District Education Office understands its role and responsibilities in managing the primary school system in Ghana. The second component examines the factors that enter into the process of parents or guardians deciding whether or not to send a school-age child to primary school in Ghana. The total amount of grant involved was 80,000 USD and data are qualitatively collected from six districts in Ghana. Project is to be completed between August 2002 and March 2003. (12) Design and analyses of Baseline Surveys for the Ghana Chapter of World Vision International. The two most recent surveys were carried out in the Asante Akim North and the Mfantseman districts in the Ashanti and the Central Regions (11). Transnational migration, return and development in West Africa. The main purpose of this research is to examine the implications of international mobility for the meeting of development targets, specifically the targets of poverty reduction and sustainable development. This study focuses on Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. Project duration is 2001-2002 and was done in collaboration with researchers from the Sussex Centre for Migration Research, University of Sussex. (10) Ghana's Children 2000 Survey: Objective was to establish a reliable information data bank on children of Ghana for policy, research and other development oriented activities by identifying current key issues that affect children's rights, education, participation in employment and health. Organization for which project is undertaken: Ghana National Commission on Children (fund provided by the European Union). Date of contract: December 1999- March 2001. (9) Aging and age structure effects on economic performance. This project was jointly undertaken with the World Health Organization (WHO) for selected countries in sub-Saharan Africa and I was one of the three principal investigators. (8) The Common Country Assessment (CCA) Indicator Project: The United Nations country team for Ghana undertook the Second CCA project with a focus on sustainable human development. I was one of the two consultants who worked on the document that analyzed the key development problems regarding health, nutrition and the population profile of Ghana. I also produced a common information/data base, which is to be maintained and updated as key development indicators from time to time. The project was funded by the World Health Organization and the World Bank (Ghana Office). Duration: June to December 1999. (7) Ghana Situation Analysis of Children in Ghana: This project was to assess current problems and issues that affect the children of Ghana, including those related to young women and mothers. The methodology included the analysis of the immediate, underlying and structural causes and their relationships from both sectoral and cross-sectoral viewpoints; and to identify opportunities for improving the situation of children and to promoting children's rights in Ghana. Project lasted one year (1999). Fund was provided by UNICEF, Ghana. (6) Process Indicators for Regular Maternal and Infant Morbidity and Mortality Monitoring: This project was the continuation of a previous project on Maternal Morbidity and Mortality. Principal investigator worked with a Rockefeller Foundation grant to conduct the research for building process indicators for maternal morbidity and mortality monitoring in Ghana. (5) An Analysis of Factors Affecting Maternal and Child Morbidity and Mortality in Ghana: This was a population-based longitudinal project undertaken to determine morbidity and mortality conditions of pregnant women in Ghana. Pregnant women were identified and followed until they delivered. Duration of project: May 1997 to September 1998. Funding Agency: The Rockefeller Foundation. Title: Project Principal Investigator. Number of Field Assistants: 23. Country: Ghana (4) "The Accra Urban Food and Nutrition Survey" undertaken for the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research and the International Food Policy Research Institute with support from the World Health Organization. The overall aim was to use information obtained in the field to: a) identify policy initiatives and program possibilities to protect and promote food and nutrition security and intra-household caring capacity in urban Ghana, and b) develop indicators for measuring food security and care. Duration: November 1996 to September 1997. Title: Field Coordinator and a Co-Investigator. Number of Research Assistants: 29. Countries: Ghana (Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research) and USA (IFPRI, Washington, D.C.) (3) "The Development and Resettlement of the Onchocerciasis Programme Zone in West Africa", (1984/85 and 1987/88). Conducted field surveys involving the collection and analysis of epidemiologic data on the simulium fly in the Volta River Basin area of West Africa; organized, collected and analyzed migration data on return migration to the settlement areas of the Oncho Zone for the World Health Organization (1984/1989). Title: Young Research Fellow of the World Bank. Fellowship: Robert McNamara Fellowship Program. Number of Field Assistants: 2. Countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Liberia. (2) "Family Life Education Programme Evaluation in Ghana" (1984/85). The Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana began a Family Life Education Program during the 1980/81 academic year. The in-school program involved a number of elementary and secondary/vocational schools whose authorities somehow accepted the idea of the experiment in their institutions and this project was set up to assess the impact of the program on the pupils. Funding Agency: Planned Parenthood Association of Ghana. Title: Principal Investigator. Number of Field Assistants: 8. Country: Ghana (1) Occupational Hazards Survey of Industries in Accra and Tema (1983/84). This project was conducted essentially to get a rough estimate of the length of working life in Ghana with particular reference to Accra-Tema. Conferences, Special Seminars, and Workshops at which Papers were read 17. Annual Meetings of: (a) the Population Association of America (since 1990) (b) American Statistical Association (since 1991) (c) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS, since 1996) and (d) International Union of the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP): Typical presentations-: Survey Design Effects and the Implications for Studying the Effectiveness of Health Care Utilization for Child Survival: Application to DHS Data. Diarrhea, Breastfeeding, and Sanitation as Factors in Infant and Child Survival: Can Survey Data Confirm what is known about the Epidemiology of Diarrhea Illness? The spurious fertility decline in Ghana: what caused it? 16. International Seminar on Measurement of Abortion Incidence, Abortion-related Morbidity and Mortality Organized by the International Union for the Scientific Study of Abortion (IUSSP) Scientific Panel on Abortion and the Centre Population et Developpement (CEPED), with support from the Centre de Recherché et de Documentation sur l’Amerique Latine (CREDAL – UMR7169 CNRS – Universite de Paris III Sorbonne nouvelle).7-9 November, 2007. 15. Conference on Integration of HIV/AIDS, Sexual and Reproductive Health in Africa: Kenya Institute of Education, Nairobi, Kenya; April 10-12, 2007. 14 . International Conference on Actions to Strengthen Linkages between Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV/AIDS: 4-8 February, 2007, Mumbai, India. Presented paper on risk factors for HIV among high risk groups. 13. Conference on Migration and Development in Ghana, September 14-16. Paper presented with J.K. Anarfi and S. Kwankye ‘Migration, Return and Impact in Ghana: A Comparative Study of Skilled and unskilled Trans-national Migrants. 12. Advanced Poverty Workshop Kampala, Uganda by SISERA January 22-30, 2003: The training aimed at providing participants with skills required to undertake advanced poverty analysis. 11. National Conference on Livelihood and Migration in Contemporary Ghana, 9-11 October 2001. Title of paper read: Some Determinants of International migration in Ghana During the Period 1989-99: Applications to the United States Migration Data. 10. Special Guest Lecturer, The Lactation Research Centre Association of Australia Nursing Mothers, Glen Iris VIC, Australia Dec. 18-20, 2000 9. The Rockefeller Foundation African Career Awards (ACA) Program Grantee's Workshops, Windsor Golf and Country Club, Nairobi, Kenya December, 1999, 2000, 2001. 8. Joint Meeting on the Effects of Political, Structural, and Social Changes on Mortality. Jakarta, Indonesia, March 2-4 1992 (CICRED). Title of paper:. Structural Adjustment Programs and the Effects on Population Subgroups: A Review of the Literature. 7. Third Meeting of the Inter-Center Cooperative Research Project on Integrating Population Variables into the Socioeconomic Planning Process, Bangkok, Thailand, 18-21 December 1990 (CICRED/ESCAP). Title of paper: Assessing the impact of sociodemographic factors in the planning of resettlement schemes in the oncho zone of West Africa. 6. Conference on Dissemination and Use of Census Data, Cairo, Egypt, October 9-14 1988 (UNFPA). 5. Research Fellow of the World Bank, Onchocerciasis Secretariat, Burkina Faso, 1987-1988 (Robert McNamara Fellowship). 4. Rapid 11 Population Policy Fellows Workshop, San Francisco, California, April 2, 1986 (USAID). 3. Advanced Workshop on Demographic Estimation, Nairobi, Kenya, July 16-August 16 1985 (IUSSP). 2. Development Statistics Study Course, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, England May 1- July 31, 1984 (British Council). 1. Workshop on Fertility and Mortality Estimation, Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon July-August, 1982 (United Nations). 6. Publications A: Peer Review Publications 44.Age at menarche and adolescent reproductive maturation in Ghana (Under review by Population Studies) 43. w/ Elizabeth Oliveras Richard Adanu and Allan Hill. Clinic-Based Surveillance of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes to Identify Induced Abortions in Accra, Ghana Studies in Family Planning 2008; 39[2] : 133-140. 42. w/Michael McQuestion, Ali Karim, Jessica Posner, and Timothy Williams. 2007. Measuring impacts without footprints: An evaluation of Ghana’s African Youth Alliance Project. APHA Novel Application of Health Statistics of the 135th Annual Meeting & Exposition. Washington D.C. 41. Breastfeeding behavior and infant survival with emphasis on reverse causation bias: some evidence from Nigeria w/D.T Gurak and S.J. Schwager Social Biology: 47 94-113, 2001 40. Incidence of induced abortion in Southern Ghana (International Family Planning Perspectives, 2001, 27(2): 96-101& 108. 39 Workingwomen in an urban setting: traders, vendors and food security in Accra (w/Carol C. Levin et al.) World Development 27: 1977-1991 (1999) 38 Urban Livelihoods, Food and Nutrition Security in Greater Accra.(with/ Daniel Maxwell et al. IFPRI Research Report 112, 2000). 37. Alternative food security indicators: revisiting the frequency and severity of coping strategies (w/D. Maxwell et al.) Food Policy 24:411-429 (1999) 36. Breastfeeding, diarrhea, and sanitation as components of infant and child health: a study of large scale survey data from Ghana and Nigeria, Journal of Biosocial Science 32:47-61 (2000) . Female Education and Fertility in Ghana: A Test of the Threshold Hypothesis, ISSER Discussion Paper Series No 12. 1987 2. Longitudinal Studies of the Cohorts of Respondents in the Family Life Education Programme in Ghana: Problems in Designing a Trace Survey. Workshop paper, The Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, England, July 1984. 1. Sociodemographic Trends and Patterns in the Structure of the Ghanaian Labour Force, 1960-1980. ISSER Discussion Paper, 1984. Extension Activities June-August 2008. Chairman, Special Faculty of Social Studies Planning Committee on Course Outline for Research Methods and Statistics. January 1997 to date: Review of articles and reports for Journals on social science and epidemiologic studies. December 2000 to date: Editorial committee Journal of Biosocial Science and Social Biology. Chairman Academic Planning Committee, Faculty of Social Studies (2004-2006 Member Academic Planning Committee, Faculty of Social Studies (2002-2004) Member Board of Graduate Studies (2004- December 2000 to December 2005: Annual Guest Lectureship, Lactation Resource Centre, Glen Iris, Vic, Australia. December 2001 to present: The West African Examinations Council, Member, The Ghana National Aptitude Tests and Examinations Committee. July 1998 to Present: ISSER Graduate Program Committee, Member and Chairman October 1998 to present: ISSER Research and Technical Committee. October 1999 to Present: Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Member Management Committee. October 2001 to Present: Ghana Statistical Service, Member, Sectoral Working Group on Social Statistics. Currently serving as external reviewer for Social Biology and the Journal of Biosocial Science Tutor Akuafo Hall 1984/85 . Current: Participate in other Hall activities A: Theses/Dissertations Supervised Duration of breastfeeding and the nutritional status of infants in Ghana: Does prolonged breastfeeding enhance better nutritional status (Sawudatu Zakariah, M.Phil. 2001) with Prof. K. Asenso Okyere and Dr. Amaar Klemesu. The impact of the special adolescent clinic on teenage pregnancy in the Kumasi metropolis (Dr.Christian Nyarko, MPH, 2001) with Prof. Lawrence Osei. Reasons for unsafe abortions in Kintampo (Dr. S.K. Atimpo, MPH, August 2001) with Dr. Quarshie. Pensions and well-being: meeting retirement needs with formal and informal social security provisions (Akosua Mensima Nelson-Cofie, M.Phil., June, 2000). Housing the low-income rural population: the role of Habitat for Humanity (John Adjei, M.Phil. 2000) with Prof E. Aryeetey and Dr. J.K. Anarfi. B: Long Essays Supervised The attitude and use of modern contraceptives by the staff of Mamprobi Polyclinic (Anwar Wulff, September, 2001). Fertility patterns among adolescents in Ghana, 1988-1998 (Rosemary Yaa Yeboah, June 2001). The problem of teaching/learning of Mathematics in Senior Secondary Schools in Ghana: A case study of selected schools in Accra (Martin A. Ntiamoah, August 2000). A comparative study of academic performance attainment of boys and girls in Mathematics at the basic education certificate examination level in Ghana ( Attianah Mathias Kwame, 2000). |