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1.    Akorli, R., Antwi-Agyei, P., Davies, P., Damsere-Derry, J., Baffour-Ata, F., Nakua, E., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2025). The Impact of Climate Change on Road Traffic Crashes in Ghana. International Journal of Biometeorology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-025-02964-x

2.    Peprah, S., Addo-Fordjour, P., Fei-Baffoe, B., Boampong, K., Avicor, S., & Damsere-Derry, J. (2025). Effects of Pesticide Application on Soil Bacterial Community Structure in a Cabbage-Based Agroecosystem in Ghana. PLOS ONE, 20, Article e0323936. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0323936 
3.    Mešić, A., Stewart, B., Opoku, I., Wagenaar, B., Mohammed, B., Sulemana, A.-M., Jmaileh, M., Damsere-Derry, J., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Kitali, A., Wuaku, D., Afram, M., & Feldacker, C. (2024). Correction: “We are Pleading for the Government to do more”: Road user perspectives on the magnitude, contributing factors, and potential solutions to road traffic injuries and deaths in Ghana. PLOS ONE, 19, Article e0315233. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0315233 
4.    Mešić, A., Kitali, A., Mock, C., Damsere-Derry, J., Haule, H., Feldacker, C., Mooney, S., Gyedu, A., Wagenaar, B., Wuaku, D., Afram, M., & Stewart, B. (2024). 705 Investigating contributing factors to road traffic injury severity: A comparative study of vulnerable and non-vulnerable road users in Ghana. Injury Prevention, 30(Suppl 1), A146. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2024-SAFETY.350
5.    Mešić, A., Damsere-Derry, J., Feldacker, C., Larley, J., Opoku, I., Wuaku, D., Afram, M., Ekuban, E., Mooney, S., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Kitali, A., Wagenaar, B., Osei-Ampofo, M., & Stewart, B. (2024). Geospatial analysis of injury severity on major roads in Ghana (2017–2020): Implications for targeted injury prevention and control initiatives. Injury Prevention. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2024-045270 
6.    Mešić, A., Damsere-Derry, J., Feldacker, C., Mooney, S., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Kitali, A., Wagenaar, B., Wuaku, D., Afram, M., Larley, J., Opoku, I., Ekuban, E., Osei-Ampofo, M., & Stewart, B. (2024). Identifying Emerging Hot Spots of road traffic injury severity using spatiotemporal methods: Longitudinal analyses on major roads in Ghana from 2005 to 2020. BMC Public Health, 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18915-x 
7.    Mešić, A., Stewart, B., Opoku, I., Wagenaar, B., Mohammed, B., Sulemana, A.-M., Jmaileh, M., Damsere-Derry, J., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Kitali, A., Wuaku, D., Afram, M., & Feldacker, C. (2024). “We are pleading for the government to do more”: Road user perspectives on the magnitude, contributing factors, and potential solutions to road traffic injuries and deaths in Ghana. PLOS ONE, 19, Article e0300458. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300458 
8.    Mešić, A., Damsere-Derry, J., Gyedu, A., Mock, C., Lar, J., Opoku, I., Wuaku, D., Kitali, A., Osei-Ampofo, M., Donkor, P., & Stewart, B. (2023). Generating consensus on road safety issues and priorities in Ghana: A modified Delphi approach. Injury, 54, 102971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2023.04.052
9.    Damsere-Derry, J., Afukaar, F., Mock, C., & Donkor, P. (2022). Prevalence, precision, and road safety implications of using faulty speedometers among commercial drivers in Ghana. Urban, Planning and Transport Research, 10(1), 358–371. https://doi.org/10.1080/21650020.2022.2093267
10.    Damsere-Derry, J. (2021, December 16). Injury prevention and trauma care: Global perspectives [Book chapter].
11.    Damsere-Derry, J., Adanu, E., Ojo, T., & Sam, E. F. (2021). Injury-severity analysis of intercity bus crashes in Ghana: A random parameters multinomial logit with heterogeneity in means and variances approach. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 160, 106323. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2021.106323
12.    Garcia, L., Johnson, R., Johnson, A., Abbas, A., Goel, R., Tatah, L., Damsere-Derry, J., Kyere-Gyeabour, E., Tainio, M., Sá, T., & Woodcock, J. (2021). Health Impacts of Changes in Travel Patterns in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana. Environment International, 155, 106680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106680
13.    Damsere-Derry, J., Lumor, R., Bawa, S., & Tikoli, D. (2020). Effects of traffic calming measures on mobility, road safety and pavement conditions on Abuakwa-Bibiani highway. Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2, 26. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsc.2020.00026
14.    Afukaar, F., Damsere-Derry, J., Peters, K., & Starkey, P. (2019). Rural transport services indicators: Using a new mixed-methods methodology to inform policy in Ghana. Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, 3, 100074. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trip.2019.100074
15.    Damsere-Derry, J., Ebel, B., Mock, C., Afukaar, F., Donkor, P., & Ojo, T. (2019). Evaluation of the effectiveness of traffic calming measures on vehicle speeds and pedestrian injury severity in Ghana. Traffic Injury Prevention, 20(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2019.1581925
16.    Damsere-Derry, J., & Bawa, S. (2017). Bicyclists' accident pattern in Northern Ghana. IATSS Research, 42(4). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iatssr.2017.10.002
17.    Damsere-Derry, J., Palk, G., & King, M. (2019). Road safety implications of the blood alcohol concentrations among alcohol users exiting bars in northern Ghana. Traffic Injury Prevention, 19(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2018.1503415
18.    Damsere-Derry, J., Palk, G., & King, M. (2017). Prevalence of alcohol among non-fatally injured road accident casualties in two level III trauma centres in Northern Ghana. Traffic Injury Prevention, 19(1), 1–7. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2017.1369533
19.    Bawa, S., & Damsere-Derry, J. (2017). Assessment of the road safety performance of four roundabouts in Kumasi, Ghana. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 25(1), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300.2017.1345949
20.    Damsere-Derry, J., Palk, G., & King, M. (2017). Road accident fatality risks for “vulnerable” versus “protected” road users in northern Ghana. Traffic Injury Prevention, 18(6), [page numbers not provided]. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2017.1302083
21.    Oladele, A., Naimanye, A., Damsere-Derry, J., Adanu, E., Odero, K., Draisin, N., Jones, S., Ulzen, T., Shigwedha, L., Adeboje, A., Ojo, T., Bawa, S., & Ngwira, G. (2016). Mitigating contemporary challenges facing transportation in Africa (ISBN 978-99968-0-531-8).
22.    Damsere-Derry, J., Palk, G., & King, M. (2016). Determinants of alcohol use among road users and the relationship between positive BAC and casualty hospitalisation in Northern Ghana.
23.    King, M., Damsere-Derry, J., & Jia, G. (2016). Enhancing the capacity of low and middle income countries to address drink driving.
24.    Wang, H., Naghavi, M., Allen, C., Barber, R., Bhutta, Z., Carter, A., Casey, D., Charlson, F., Chen, A., Coates, M., Coggeshall, M., Dicker, D., Erskine, H., Ferrari, A., Fitzmaurice, C., Foreman, K., Forouzanfar, M., Fraser, M., & Murray, C. (2016). Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015. The Lancet, 388(10053), 1459–1544. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31012-1
25.    Wang, H., Naghavi, M., Allen, C., Barber, R., Bhutta, Z., Carter, A., Casey, D., Charlson, F., Chen, A., Coates, M., Coggeshall, M., Dicker, D., Erskine, H., Ferrari, A., Fitzmaurice, C., Foreman, K., Forouzanfar, M., Fraser, M., & Murray, C. (2016). Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015 – Supplementary Information 1
26.    Damsere-Derry, J., Palk, G., & King, M. (2016). Motorists' knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward alcohol-impaired driving/riding in Ghana. Traffic Injury Prevention, 18, Article 00. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2016.1193172
27.    Forouzanfar, M., Alexander, L., Anderson, H., Tellez Rojo Solis, M. M., Bachman, V., Biryukov, S., Brauer, M., Burnett, R., Casey, D., Coates, M., Cohen, A., Delwiche, K., Estep, K., Frostad, J., Kc, A., Kyu, H., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Ng, M., Slepak, E., & Murray, C. (2015). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet, 386, 2287–2323. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00128-2
28.    Forouzanfar, M., Alexander, L., Anderson, H., Bachman, V., Biryukov, S., Brauer, M., Burnett, R., Casey, D., Coates, M., Cohen, A., Delwiche, K., Estep, K., Frostad, J., Kc, A., Kyu, H., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Ng, M., Slepak, E., Thomas, B., & Murray, C. (2015). Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013 – Supplementary information. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
29.    Forouzanfar, M., Alexander, L., Anderson, H., Bachman, V., Biryukov, S., Brauer, M., Burnett, R., Casey, D., Coates, M., Cohen, A., Delwiche, K., Estep, K., Frostad, J., Kc, A., Kyu, H., Moradi-Lakeh, M., Ng, M., Slepak, E., Thomas, B., & Murray, C. (2015). Appendix: Global, regional and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990–2013 [Data set]. Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
30.    Damsere-Derry, J., Palk, G., & King, M. (2015). Prevalence of alcohol-impaired driving and riding in Northern Ghana. Traffic Injury Prevention, 17, Article e1066499. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389588.2015.1066499
31.    Damsere-Derry, J., Afukaar, F., Palk, G., & King, M. (2014). Determinants of drink-driving and association between drink-driving and road traffic fatalities in Ghana. The International Journal of Alcohol and Drug Research, 3(2), 135–141. https://doi.org/10.7895/ijadr.v3i2.135
32.    Damsere-Derry, J., Afukaar, F., Palk, G., & King, M. (2013). Determinants of drink-driving and association between drink-driving and road traffic fatalities in Ghana.
33.    Vos, T., Flaxman, A., Naghavi, M., Lozano, R., Michaud, C., Ezzati, M., Shibuya, K., Salomon, J., Abdalla, S., Aboyans, V., Abraham, J., Ackerman, I., Aggarwal, R., Ahn, S., Ali, M., Alvarado, M., Anderson, H., Anderson, L., Andrews, K., & Murray, C. (2012). Years lived with disability (YLD) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet, 380(9859), 2163–2196. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61729-2
34.    Murray, C., Vos, T., Lozano, R., Naghavi, M., Flaxman, A., Michaud, C., Ezzati, M., Shibuya, K., Salomon, J., Abdalla, S., Aboyans, V., Abraham, J., Ackerman, I., Aggarwal, R., Ahn, S., Ali, M., Alvarado, M., Anderson, H., Anderson, L., & Grant, B. (2012). Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet, 380(9859), 2197–2223. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)61689-4
35.    Damsere-Derry, J., Afukaar, F., Agyemang, W., & Ackaah, W. (2012). Prevalence of drunk driving in Ghana. Injury Prevention, 18(Suppl 1), A168. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2012-040590o.1
36.    Damsere-Derry, J., Afukaar, F., Agyemang, W., & Ackaah, W. (2012). Alcohol and other drugs 01: Prevalence of drunk driving in Ghana. https://doi.org/10.13140/2.1.4229.3764
37.    Afukaar, F., Damsere-Derry, J., & Ackaah, W. (2010). Observed seat belt use in Kumasi Metropolis, Ghana. Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 38(4), 280–289. https://doi.org/10.1080/10852352.2010.509020
38.    Damsere-Derry, J., Ebel, B., Mock, C., Afukaar, F., & Donkor, P. (2010). Risk factors of pedestrians' injury in Ghana. Injury Prevention, 16(Suppl 1), A10–A10. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.2010.029215.35
39.    Afukaar, F., & Damsere-Derry, J. (2010). Evaluation of speed humps on pedestrian injuries in Ghana. Injury Prevention, 16(Suppl 1), A234. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip.2010.029215.733
40.    Damsere-Derry, J., Ebel, B., Mock, C., Afukaar, F., & Donkor, P. (2010). Pedestrians' injury patterns in Ghana. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 42(4), 1080–1088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2009.12.016
41.    Damsere-Derry, J., Afukaar, F., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2008). Assessment of vehicle speeds on different categories of roadways in Ghana. International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion, 15(2), 83–91. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457300802048096
42.    Damsere-Derry, J., Afukaar, F., Donkor, P., & Mock, C. (2007). Study of vehicle speeds on a major highway in Ghana: Implication for monitoring and control. Traffic Injury Prevention, 8(2), 142–146. https://doi.org/10.1080/15389580601100944
43.    Afukaar, F., & Damsere-Derry, J. (2006). Transport costs component of retail prices of foodstuffs in Ghana – The case of Kumasi markets. Journal of Applied Science and Technology, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.4314/jast.v10i1.17462

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Kumasi Injury is a research collaboration between Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi Ghana and University of Washington (UW), Seattle USA. Its agenda is to strengthen injury control research in Ghana and West Africa. The program is solidly grounded on a history of collaboration in injury research, which started in 1995 and has received funding through Fogarty International Center (FIC), National Institutes of Health (NIH), USA since 2006.

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