NHRC::Navrongo Health Research Centre

Staff List

NAME:                        Mr. Peter WONTUO
Email:              pwontuo@navrongo.mimcom.org; pwontuo@hotmail.com
Telephone:    (+233) 244 010034; 207 389978; 742 22716; 742 22135
Job Title:         Health Research Officer (IT)

Academic Qualification/Expertise:
Dip. in Data Processing (1994 – 1997) Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Msc in IT (2001 - 2005) – University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

Life History in NHRC

Period	Position
April 2006 to Date	- General overseer of all NHRC IT related issues - Data Manager (NIH & add on NHRC research projects)
November 1999 to April 2006	- System/Database Administrator - Head of Department (Computer Unit) - Data Manager (NDSS)
December 1998 to November 1999	- Head of Department (Computer Unit) - Data Manager (NDSS)
July 1997 to December 1998	Data Manager (NDSS)
June 1990 to January 1995	Data Assistant (VAST/NHRC)
January 1990 to June 1990	Deputy Field Supervisor (VAST)
March 1989 to January 1990	Field Worker (VAST)

Research Areas of Interest:

Systems Design for Clinical trials and Demographic Studies
GIS & Database Design for research activities
Web Services Design

PUBLICATIONS/PAPERS CONTRIBUTED

Population and Health in Developing Countries Volume 1 – population, health and survival at INDEPTH sites	Nyarko P; Peter W; Nazzar Alex; Phillips Jim; Ngom Pierre; Binka Fred. Navrongo DSS Ghana. INDEPTH Monograph. Vol. 1, 2008:1-13
Measuring Health Equality in small areas – Findings from Demographic Surveillance Systems – INDEPTH Network.	Health Inequalities in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana
Poverty and Health: Implications for Mortality and Disability	Immunizations, Poverty and Child Survival in the Kassena-Nankana District of Northern Ghana

CONSULTANCY WORK

HRS2 Software training and National standardization for 9 surveillance site in Ethiopia CDC-Ethiopia & NHRC contract	CDC – Ethiopia October 30 to November, 9 2009
Nahuche HDSS Site appraisal, Zamfara state, Nigeria To conduct a site appraisal to review development needs for the HDSS work location INDEPTH-Network & PRRINN-MNCH collaboration	INDEPTH-Network September 2009
Development of HRS2 Software for Dodowa Health Research Centre (DHRC) HDSS Site, Dodowa, Ghana NHRC & DHRC collaboration	DHRC February 2005
Development of HRS2 Software for Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) HDSS Site, Kintampo, Ghana NHRC & KHRC collaboration	KHRC 2004
Development of HRS2 Software for Centre National de Recherche et de Formation sur le paludesine (CNRFP) HDSS Site, Burkina Faso NHRC & CNRFP collaboration	CNRFP December 2004
Iganga HDSS Site appraisal, Kampala, Uganda To conduct a site appraisal to review development needs for the HDSS work location INDEPTH-Network & Makerere University (SIDA/Sarec) collaboration	INDEPTH-Network September 2003
HRS1 re-development and design of the DSS Data Management and Unit sues for the Ifakara Health and Development Centre (IHRDC HDSS) Site, Tanzania INDEPTH-Network & IHRDC collaboration	INDEPTH-Network September 2000