Rev. Mrs. Mercy Ackumey

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D (Epidemiology), University of Basel, Switzerland
• MPH, University of Ghana.
• M.A (Population Studies) , University of Ghana
• B.A. (Sociology with Psychology), University of Ghana.

Research Interests

• Socio-cultural features and control of neglected tropical diseases
• Reproductive Health
• HIV-AIDS
• Communication for Behaviour Change
• Gender and Health
• Health System Dynamics

Rev. Dr. Mercy Ackumey has been involved in the teaching and training of public health students in social science research methods, implementation research for the control of tropical diseases, gender and health, behaviour change communication and community mobilisation for public health programming. Mercy Ackumey has also been part of multidisciplinary research teams that have investigated: community-based initiatives to improve water and sanitation; the role of behaviour change communication to encourage the utilisation of family planning services; genital schistosomiasis and HIV; socio-cultural features of Buruli ulcer and implications for treatment and control.

Selected Publications

• Ackumey, M.M., Gyapong, M., Pappoe, M., Kwakye-Maclean, C., & Weiss, M.G. (2012). Socio-cultural determinants of timely and delayed treatment for Buruli ulcer- Implications for disease control. BMC Infectious Diseases of Poverty, 2012 (1), 6.
• Ackumey, M.M., Gyapong, M., Pappoe, M., Kwakye-Maclean, C., & Weiss, M.G. (2012). Illness meanings and experiences for pre-ulcer and ulcer conditions of Buruli ulcer in the Ga-West and Ga-South Municipalities of Ghana. BMC.Public Health, 12(1), 264.
• Ackumey, M.M., Gyapong, M., Pappoe, M., & Weiss, M.G. (2011). Help-seeking for pre-ulcer and ulcer conditions of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Buruli ulcer) in Ghana. Am.J Trop Med Hyg, 85(6), 1106-1113.
• Ackumey, M.M., Kwakye-Maclean, C., Ampadu, E.O., de Savigny, D., & Weiss, M.G. (2011). Health services for Buruli ulcer control: lessons from a field study in Ghana. PLoS.Negl.Trop Dis., 5(6), e1187.
• Yirenya-Tawiah, D., Amoah, C., Apea-Kubi, K.A., Dade, M., Ackumey, M., Annang, T., Mensah, D.Y., & Bosompem, K.M. (2011). A survey of female genital schistosomiasis of the lower reproductive tract in the Volta basin of Ghana. Ghana.Med J., 45(1), 16-21.
• Ackumey, M.M., Yirenya-Tawiah, D.R., Amoah, C.M., Dade, M., & Bosompem, K.M. (2008). Local Perceptions of Genital Schistosomiasis in the Afram Plains District of Ghana. New Developments on Health, Agricultural resources and Socio-economic activities in the Volta Basin 35-42.
• Renzaho, A.M., Woods, P.V., Ackumey, M.M., Harvey, S.K., & Kotin, J. (2007). Community-based study on knowledge, attitude and practice on the mode of transmission, prevention and treatment of the Buruli ulcer in Ga West District, Ghana. Trop Med Int.Health, 12(3), 445-458.