Nicole Spieker
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Alhassan R, Nketiah-Amponsah E, Spieker N, Arhinful D, Wit T
PLoS One
. 2016 Jul;
11(7):e0158541.
PMID: 27439012
Background: Health worker density per 1000 population in Ghana is one of the lowest in the world estimated to be 2.3, below the global average of 9.3. Low health worker...
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Alhassan R, Nketiah-Amponsah E, Spieker N, Arhinful D, Wit T
BMC Health Serv Res
. 2016 May;
16:192.
PMID: 27236330
Background: Barely a decade after introduction of Ghana's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), significant successes have been recorded in universal access to basic healthcare services. However, sustainability of the scheme...
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Balinda S, Ondoa P, Obuku E, Kliphuis A, Egau I, Bronze M, et al.
PLoS One
. 2016 Jan;
11(1):e0145110.
PMID: 26824465
Background: WHO recommends regular viral load (VL) monitoring of patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) for timely detection of virological failure, prevention of acquired HIV drug resistance (HIVDR) and avoiding unnecessary...
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Alhassan R, Nketiah-Amponsah E, Akazili J, Spieker N, Arhinful D, Wit T
Cost Eff Resour Alloc
. 2015 Dec;
13:23.
PMID: 26709349
Background: Despite improvements in a number of health outcome indicators partly due to the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Ghana is unlikely to attain all its health-related millennium development goals...
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Alhassan R, Nketiah-Amponsah E, Spieker N, Arhinful D, Ogink A, van Ostenberg P, et al.
PLoS One
. 2015 Dec;
10(11):e0142389.
PMID: 26619143
Background: Patient safety and quality care remain major challenges to Ghana's healthcare system. Like many health systems in Africa, this is largely because demand for healthcare is outstripping available human...
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Alhassan R, Duku S, Janssens W, Nketiah-Amponsah E, Spieker N, van Ostenberg P, et al.
PLoS One
. 2015 Oct;
10(10):e0140109.
PMID: 26465935
Background: Quality care in health facilities is critical for a sustainable health insurance system because of its influence on clients' decisions to participate in health insurance and utilize health services....
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Alhassan R, Spieker N, van Ostenberg P, Ogink A, Nketiah-Amponsah E, Wit T
Hum Resour Health
. 2013 Aug;
11:37.
PMID: 23945073
Background: Ghana is one of the sub-Saharan African countries making significant progress towards universal access to quality healthcare. However, it remains a challenge to attain the 2015 targets for the...
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Aitken S, Kliphuis A, Bronze M, Wallis C, Kityo C, Balinda S, et al.
J Clin Microbiol
. 2013 Apr;
51(6):1899-905.
PMID: 23596235
Virological failure (VF) has been identified as the earliest, most predictive determinant of HIV-1 antiretroviral treatment (ART) failure. Due to the high cost and complexity of virological monitoring, VF assays...
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de Boer T, Kok B, Neuteboom K, Spieker N, De Graaf J, Destree O, et al.
Dev Dyn
. 2005 May;
233(3):864-71.
PMID: 15895416
Connexin-containing gap junctions play an essential role in vertebrate development. More than 20 connexin isoforms have been identified in mammals. However, the number identified in Xenopus trails with only six...
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Spieker N, Peterson J, Reneman S, Destree O
Dev Dyn
. 2004 Sep;
231(3):510-7.
PMID: 15376330
XTcf-3 functions as a transcriptional regulator in the canonical Wnt signaling cascade and can repress or activate downstream target genes. Expression of XTcf-3 is differentially regulated in time and place...