Prof. Simon Mariwah

Recognising & supporting informal mhealth in Africa through grassroots interventions (REIMAGINE). (Funded by Medical Research Council, UK-2024-2026). Value of Award: GB£ 592,634.37

Co-Investigator (with Prof Kate Hampshire, Durham University, Prof. Alister Munthali, University of Malawi; Dr Elsbeth Robson, University of Hall, UK; Prof Tadesse Awoke, University of Gondar, Ethiopia; Dr Janelle Wagnild, Durham University, UK).

March 2024 - Present

IRES TRACK 1: US-Ghana Student Research Experience: Understanding and conceptualizing threats and solutions of onsite sanitation and sea level rise on coastal groundwater resources.

Collaborator (with Prof Joseph T. Zume Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, USA, and others). Funded by National Science Foundation [NSF], USA-2023-2026). Value of Award: USD$ 291,818.00

October 2023 - Present

Resource Capacity for Sustainable Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (wash) Services Delivery in the Fanteakwa North District, Ghana. Funded World Vision Ghana, Fanteakwa Area Programme (august to November 2023). Value of Award: Gh¢ 50,000.00

Principal Investigator (with Dr Addae Boateng Adu-Gyamfi, Dr Yvonne Ami Adjakloe, and Mr Ebenezer N.K. Boateng, all of the University of Cape Coast).

August 2023 - November 2023

Evaluation of Risk Communication Campaigns and Development of a Practical Handbook for Member States on Substandard and Falsified (sf) Medicines in Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Uganda. (funded by the World Health Organisation [who], Geneva-2022-2024).

Co-Investigator and Africa Team Leader (with Prof Kate Hampshire, Durham University, UK; Prof Heather Hamill, Oxford University, UK; Dr. Janelle Wagnild, Durham University, UK).

August 2022 - December 2024

Forensic Epidemiology and Impact of Substandard and Falsified Antimicrobials on Public Health. (funded by Wellcome Trust, Uk-2021-2025). Value of Award: Gb£ 2.9 Million

Lead Ghana Collaborator (with Prof Paul Newton, Oxford University, UK; Prof Heather Hamill, Oxford University, UK; and others).

October 2021 - May 2025

Baseline Survey for the Pathways for Sustainable Employment for Women and Youth in Ghana (paseway) Project. Commissioned by Plan International, Ghana. Value of Award: Gh¢ 90,000.00

Principal Investigator (with Dr Samuel Asiedu Owusu and Mrs Millicent Anning-Agyei, Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy-DRIC, UCC).

June 2020 - October 2020

Strengthening private-sector medicine systems to tackle the persistence of poor-quality medicines in Africa: a proof-of-concept study. Funded by Medical research Council. Value of Award: GB£ 200,000.00.

Co-Investigator and Ghana Team Leader (with Prof Kate Hampshire, Durham University, UK; Dr Heather Hamill, Oxford University, UK; Dr Elizabeth David-Barrett, University of Sussex, UK; Professor Graeme Ackland, University of Edinburgh, UK; Dr Edmund Cha

January 2020 - December 2021

Gender (in)equality in Ghana: A critical discourse analysis of some selected Akan proverbs. Funded by the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy, University of Cape Coast, Ghana . Value of Award: GH¢ 22,582.00

Principal Investigator (with Dr Emmanuel Amo Ofori, Dr Yvvone Ami Adjakloe and Dr Addae Boateng Adu-Gyamfi, all of the University of Cape Coast).

January 2020 - December 2021

Final Evaluation of the Green Skills for Ghana Project. Commissioned by Plan International, Ghana, With Funds From the European Union. Value of Award: Gh¢ 72,000.00

Principal Investigator (with Dr Samuel Asiedu Owusu, Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy-DRIC, UCC).

October 2019 - December 2019

Evaluating the Impacts of on-Site Sanitation Systems on Groundwater Quality in Low-Income Neighbourhoods of Cape Coast, Ghana. (funded by the Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Usa). Value of Award: Usd$ 8,000.00

Co-Investigator (with Prof Joseph Zume, Department of Geography and Earth Science, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, USA

August 2019 - December 2019

Factors influencing community health workers’ effectiveness in Ghana, Malawi and Ethiopia. (Funded by Save The Children, UK). Value of Award: GB£ 84,639.00

Co-Investigator and Ghana Team Leader (with Prof Kate Hampshire, Durham University, UK; Prof Albert Abane, UCC; Dr Samuel Asiedu Owusu, UCC; Dr Alister Munthali, University of Malawi; Dr Elsbeth Robson, University of Hall, UK; Dr Kassahun Alemu, Universit

January 2019 - December 2020

Narrating Blood: An international network for cross-cultural research and intervention into blood-related reproductive and adolescent health and care- economies in India, Bangladesh, Ghana and the UK. Funded by the University of Sussex. Value of Award: G

Collaborator (with Prof Maya Unnithan, University of Sussex, UK; Prof Janet Boddy, University of Sussex, UK; Prof Kate Hampshire, Durham University, UK; Prof. Uma Vennam, Young Lives India; Daniel Amoako-Sakyi, SMS-UCC; Dr Shobhita Rajagopal, of Developme

January 2018 - December 2020

Building partnership for strengthening accountability in the Civil Service in Ghana. Funded by GCRF, UK. Value of Award: GB£ 7,000.00

Collaborator (with Dr Emanuela Girei, Sheffield University, UK; Prof Ataur Belal, Sheffield University, UK; Mr Noble Kumawu, OD Institute, Ghana; Ms Gloria Sarku, Parliamentary Training Institute, Ghana; Mr. Nana Agyekum Dwamena, Office of the Head of Ci

January 2018 - December 2019

Ghana Music Documentation Project: Mapping Cultural Diversity, Promoting Sustainable Musical Futures. (Funded by Directorate for Research, Innovation and Consultancy [DRIC], University of Cape Coast, Ghana ). Value of Award: GH¢ 50,000.00

Co-Investigator (with Prof. Florian Carl, Dept of Music, UCC; Dr. Eric Debrah Otchere, Dept of Music, UCC; Dr. Alimatu-Saadia Yussiff, Dept of Computer Science and Information Technology, UCC; and Mr. ADDAI Okyere-Darko, Dept of Computer Science and Infor

January 2018 - December 2019

Building an evidence base to support and enhance community health workers’ (informal) use of mobile phones in Ghana, Malawi and Ethiopia. (Funded by Medical research Council, UK). Value of Award: GB£ 200,000.00

Collaborator (with Prof Kate Hampshire, Durham University, UK; Prof Abert Abane, UCC; Dr Samuel Asiedu Owusu, UCC; Dr Alister Munthali, University of Malawi; Dr Elsbeth Robson, University of Hall, UK; Dr Kassahun Alemu, University of Gondar, Ethiopia; Pro

January 2017 - December 2019

Baseline Study of Green Skills for Ghana Project. Commissioned by Plan International, Ghana, With Funds From the European Union. Value of Award: Gh¢ 55,000.00

Co-Investigator (with Prof. S.K Annim, Dept of Economics, UCC; and Dr Owusu Boampong, Institute for Development Studies, UCC)

January 2017 - November 2017

Graduate School on Performing Sustainability: Cultures and Development in West Africa. A collaborative training network of graduate students between the University of Hildesheim (Germany), University of Cape Coast (Ghana), and University of Maiduguri (Nig

Collaborator (with Professor Raimund Vogels and Dr Nepomuk Riva, both of the Centre for World Music, the University of Hildesheim, Germany; Dr. Abba Isa Tijani, the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria; Prof. Florian Carl, Department of Music and Dance at UCC

January 2016 - December 2020

Trust, risk and uncertainty in medicinal transactions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Integrating Behavioural Game Theory and Ethnography to develop a robust analytical framework to address a major global public health challenge (Funded by The Wellcome Trust). Val

Co-Investigator and Ghana Team Leader (with Dr Kate Hampshire, Durham University, UK; Dr Heather Hamill, Oxford University, UK; Dr. Joseph Nwamga, NIMR, Tanzania; Daniel Amoako-Sakyi, SMS-UCC; Abigail Kyei, Independent Consultant, Ghana).

January 2016 - December 2017

Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction: A Short Course for Practitioners in Ghana. Fund by the United Nations Development Programme (undp). Gh¢ 56,772.00

Co-Developer (with Prof S. K Annim, Prof S.B. Kendie, and Prof A.M. Abane).

January 2016 - December 2016

Establishment of an International Research partnership between Cape Coast University, Ghana and University of Bradford, UK in the field of Human Resource Development for Public Sector Reform. (Funded by The British Academy, UK ). Value of Award: GB£ 28,82

Collaborator (with Prof. Farhad Analoui-University of Bradford, UK and Prof. K. Barima Antwi-University of Cape Coast, Ghana)

January 2015 - December 2017

What Has Poverty Got to Do With It? Asset-Based Approach to Household Access to Improved Sanitation in Ghana. Funded by the Directorate for Research, Innovation and Consultancy (dric), University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Value of Award: Gh¢ 20,000.00

Principal Investigator (with Dr. Joshua Amo-Adjei, and Prisca Anima, University of Cape Coast, Ghana).

January 2015 - May 2016

Access to land, food security and intergenerational transmission of poverty in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana- A pilot study (Funded by University of Reading Internationalisation Fund and Walker Institute for Climate System Research, University of Readin

Co-Investigator and Ghana Team Leader (with Dr. Ruth Evans –Reading University, UK and Dr K. Barima Antwi - UCC, Ghana).

January 2012 - December 2014