Dr. John E. Williams

Email: jwilliams@navrongo.mimcom.net
williamsjeo@hotmail.com (Alternate email)

Telephone Number: +233 742 22772 (Residence)

Mobile number: +233 24 4755 358
+233 20 874 0551
Job Title: Clinical Research Officer/Principal Medical Officer

Academic Qualification/Expertise
B.Sc (Human Biology), MB.ChB, M.A. (Population Studies), Post grad. Dip Genitourinary Medicine and Venereology

Life history in NHRC
Joined NHRC in November, 2000 as Co-investigator on CHFP becoming Principal Investigator from December 2003 to May, 2005.
Co-investigator on Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health Project from August 2002 to date.
Principal Investigator on Maternal Health Study from August 2005 to December 2006.
Principal Investigator on Home-Based Care Project for People Living with HIV from January 2005 to December, 2007.

Research Areas or your Interest
Reproductive Health, specifically in: HIV and other Sexually Transmitted Infections; Maternal Health

Publications

1. Baiden F, Remes P, Baiden R, Williams J, Hodgson A, Boelaert M, Buve A. Voluntary counseling and HIV testing for pregnant women in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana: is couple counseling the way forward? AIDS Care 2005; 17(5):648-657.
   
2. Baiden F, Baiden R, Williams J, Akweongo P, Clerk C, Debpuur C, Phillips J, Hodgson A. Review of Antenatal-Linked Voluntary Counseling and HIV Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa: Lessons and Options for Ghana. Ghana Medical Journal 2005;39(1):8-13.
   
3. Mills, S., Williams, J.E., Wak, G., and Hodgson, A. Maternal mortality decline in the Kassena-Nankana district of northern Ghana. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2007 Oct 23; [Epub ahead of print]

4. Mills, S., Williams, J.E., Adjuik, M., and Hodgson, A. Use of health professionals for delivery following the availability of free obstetric care in northern Ghana. Maternal and Child Health Journal 2007 Oct 23; [Epub ahead of print]