John Kwasi Anarfi

CURRICULUM VITAE

A. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
Jan. - Dec. 1993. Post-Doctoral Fellow, ANU, Canberra.

May 1986- Nov. 1989
Ph. D. in Population Studies, United Nations Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon.

Thesis: International Migration of Ghanaian women to Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire - A demographic and socio-economic study.


Jan. 1980 -
July 1981
M. A. in Population Studies, United Nations Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon.

Thesis: International Labour migration in West Africa: A case study of the Ghanaian migrants in Lagos, Nigeria.


October 1979
Graduate Diploma in Population Studies, United Nations Regional Institute for
Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon.

July 1976 B.A. (Hons) Geography, Education, Economics, University of Cape Coast,
Cape Coast.

B. WORKING EXPERIENCE
Since Feb. 2001 : Deputy Director, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon

Since Dec. 1999: Associate Professor, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon.

Oct. 1996-Dec. 1999: Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana, Legon.

Nov. 1989-Sep. 1996: Research Fellow, Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana

Sep. 1981-April 1986: Lecturer, College of Education, Akwanga, Nigeria. Lecturing in Physical Geography, Map Reading, Population Geography and Human Geography.

Jan. 1980- Sep. 1981: Graduate Research Assistant, United Nations Regional Institute for
population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon.


C. AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

• Migration Studies
• Women in Migration
• Sexuality and AIDS
• Adolescent Reproductive Health
• Street Children
  

D. MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

1. Member of the Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP)
2. Member, IUSSP Committee for Anthropological Demography (1992- 1996).
3. Member of the Union of African Population Studies
4. Member, International Federation of AIDS Societies (IAS)
5. Member, IUSSP Committee on Nominations
6. Member, Editorial Advisory Committee of International Family Planning Perspectives, a journal published by The Alan Guttmacher Institute.
   

E. RESEARCH AND CONSULTANCY ACTIVITIES:

April 1 - July 1, 1990.
Research on Sexual Networking in Ghana. Funded by Health Transition Centre, Australian National University, Canberra.

March 12 - 27, 1991.
Member of programme review team of the AIDS Control Programme in Ghana for WHO and the Ministry of Health of Ghana.

June 26 - August 13, 1991 and 4 July - 12 August 1992. KAP study on AIDS among the youth and young adults in Ghana, for USAID/AIDSCOM and the Ministry of Health of Ghana.

Since October 1991.
Research on Social Dimensions of HIV/AIDS infection in Ghana. Supported by the Swedish Agency for Research Co-operation with Developing Countries (SAREC).

December 1991 - July 1992
Urban Residential and Market Upgrading Project in Accra for the Ministry of Works and Housing, Ghana.

August 1992.
The study of factors affecting AIDS-related risk taking behaviour among out-of-school youth in Accra. Sponsored by Philadelphia Division of National Association of Social Workers.

January 1 - May 31 1995.
Urban Environment and Sanitation Project for the World Bank and the Ministry of Works and Housing, Ghana, Accra.

December 1994 - January 1995.
Project on Female Migration and Prostitution in West Africa. For GTZ Regional AIDS Programme for West and Central Africa.

March 26 - April 7 1995.
Female itinerant traders and the risk of HIV/AIDS infection in Ghana. Part of an on-going project on The Social Dimensions of HIV/AIDS infection in Ghana. Sponsored by SIDA, Sweden.

May 13 - June 20 1996.
The situation of Street Children and STD/AIDS in Accra. Sponsored by the Catholic Action for Street Children (CAS).

Jan. 20 - March 20, 1997
The interface of urban poverty and AIDS/STDS: A case study of Street Children in Accra. For GTZ-RAP AND UMP-ROA.

April 18 - September 30, 1998
Needs Assessment for an Integrated Programme to control and Prevent out-migration and the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Manya and Yilo Krobo Districts. For GTZ Regional AIDS Programme for West and Central Africa, Accra.

Jan 1, 1997 - November 1999
Causes of International Migration study. A research project conducted on behalf of the European Commission by the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) and the Statistical office of the European Union (EUROSTAT) in co-operation with the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of
Ghana, Legon.

August 18, 1997 - July 1998
Adolescent Reproductive Health Survey. For Johns Hopkins University Centre for Communication Programs in Collaboration with The Ghana Social Marketing Foundation.

July 1998 - October 1999
Baseline Survey on STD/AIDS for in- and out-of-school youth in some selected regions in Ghana. For UNICEF, Accra, Ghana.

August 1998 to March 1999
Attitudes to and management of HIV/AIDS among health care workers in Ghana. For UNAIDS and the National AIDS Control Programme, Accra, Ghana.

20 July 1999 - 8 September 1999
Obstacles and resistance to sexual behavioural change among the youth in Ghana in the era of AIDS. As part of the Social Dimentions of AIDS project.

November 1999 – February 2000
Baseline Survey on Family Planning in Adansi West District. For CARE International, Accra.

1 – 30 September 2000
The Impact of HIV/AIDS on the University of Ghana and its Response to it. For The National Council for Tertiary Education working on Behalf of International Institute for Educational Planning and the ADEA Working Group on Higher Education

13 December 2000 – 15 January 2001
Assessment of HIV/AIDS and Family Planning Products and Services at UNILEVER’s Plantation at Twifo-Praso

July – August 2001
Evaluation of Ghana Red Cross/Family Health International Youth Peer Education Project in Kumasi

23 July 2001 – 30 April 2002
Study on HIV/AIDS in Tertiary Institutions in Ghana. For the World Bank and National Council for tertiary Education.

5 May – 31 August 2003
Estimating the Number of Roamer Sex workers in Specific Cities in Ghana. For Family Health International, Accra.

Formative Assessment of “Roamer” Sex Workers in Specific Cities in Ghana. For Family Health International, Accra.

January – December 2003
Women’s Health In Accra – A Comprehensive Study. Participated as a Co-Principal Investigator in collaboration with the Harvard School of Public Health with Prof. Allan G. Hill as the Principal Investigator.

Since January 2004
Understanding Child sex Work in Ghana: An Accra case study. A study being undertaken with funding from the Ford Foundation, Regional Office for West Africa, Lagos, Nigeria.

Since January 2005
Addressing the health of children in urban poor areas through improved home-based care, personal hygiene and environmental sanitation and healthcare services. A collaborative study being undertaken with African population and Health Research Centre, Kenya.

F. PUBLICATIONS
1985 [With M. O. Wogugu] "International labour migration and the expulsion of illegal immigrants in West Africa: Emerging trends, issues and implications". Research Monograph, Series No. 14 (Special Issue). Cairo Demographic Centre.

1990 "The socio-economic implications of Ghanaian women in international migration: The Abidjan case study". The proceedings of the conference on migration in African Development: Issues and Policies for the 90's, Nairobi, Kenya, February 19-23, 1990.

1992. "Sexual networking in some selected societies in Ghana and the sexual behaviour of Ghanaian female migrants in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire". In Dyson, T. (Ed.) Sexual Behaviour and Networking: Anthropological and sociological studies on the transmission of HIV. Liege, IUSSP.

1993a "Sexuality, migration and AIDS in Ghana: a socio-behavioural study". Health
Transition Review, (Sexual networking and HIV/AIDS in West Africa), Supplement to Volume 3, pp. 45-68.

1993b [With Kofi Awusabo-Asare]. "Experimental research on sexual networking in some selected areas of Ghana". Health Transition Review, (Sexual Networking and HIV/AIDS in West Africa), Supplement to Volume 3, pp. 29-44.

1993c [With Kofi Awusabo-Asare and D.K. Agyemang]. "Women's control over their
sexuality and the spread of STDs and HIV/AIDS in Ghana". Health Transition Review, (Sexual Networking and HIV/AIDS in West Africa), Supplement to Volume 3, pp. 69-84.

1993d [With J.C. Caldwell et. al.]. "African families and AIDS: context, reactions and
potential interventions". Health Transition Review, (Sexual Networking and HIV/AIDS in West Africa), Supplement to Volume 3, pp. 1-16.

1994 HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa - Its Demographic and Socio-economic Implications. African Population Paper No. 3, December 1994.

1995a Female migration and prostitution in West Africa - The case of Ghanaian women in
Cote d'Ivoire. Studies on Sexual Health, GTZ Regional AIDS programme for West and Central Africa, April 1995.

1995b "Historical perspectives of migration within the ECOWAS sub-region", in
Twum-Baah, K. A. et. al.(eds.). International Migration in Ghana, Ghana Statistical Service, Accra (Chapter 19).

1995c "The condition and care of AIDS victims in Ghana: AIDS sufferers and their relations".
In Orubuloye, I.O. et. al. (eds.) The Third World AIDS Epidemic. (Supplement to Health Transition Review, Vol. 5:253-263

1995d [With K. Ohene-Konadu]. "Migration of Ghanaians within the Ecowas sub-region". In Twum-Baah, K. A. et. al. (eds.). International Migration in Ghana. Ghana Statistical Service, Accra, Ghana. (Chapter 20).

1995e [With Joe Decosas et. al.] "Migration and AIDS". The LANCET, Vol. 346, September
23, 1995, pp. 826-828.

1995f [With P. Antwi] "Street youth in Accra city: sexual networking in a high-risk
environment and its implications for the spread of HIV/AIDS". In Orubuloye, I.O. et. al. (eds.) The Third World AIDS Epidemic. (Supplement to Health Transition Review, Vol. 5:131-151)

1996 [With J. C. Caldwell, and Pat Caldwell] "Mobility, Migration, Sex, STDs, and AIDS:
An Essay on Sub-Saharan Africa with Other Parallels". In Herdt, G. (Ed.) Sexual Cultures and Migration in The Era of AIDS, Clarendon Press, Oxford. Pp. 41 - 54.

1997a "Vulnerability to sexually transmitted disease: Street children in Accra”. In Ntozi J. P. M. et al (Eds). Vulnerability to HIV Infection and Effects of AIDS in Africa and Asia/India. Supplement to Health Transition Review, Volume 7: 281- 306.

1997b [With Appiah, E. N. and Kofi Awusabo - Asare.] "Livelihood and the risk of
HIV/AIDS infection in Ghana: the case of female itinerant traders". In Ntozi J. P. M. et al (Eds). Vulnerability to HIV Infection and Effects of AIDS in Africa and Asia/India. Supplement to Health Transition Review, Volume 7: 225 -242.

1997c [With K. Awusabo - Asare.] "Postpartum sexual abstinence in the era of AIDS in
Ghana: Prospects for change". In Ntozi J. P. M. et al (Eds). Vulnerability to HIV Infection and Effects of AIDS in Africa and Asia/India. Supplement to Health Transition Review, Volume 7: 257-270.

1997d [With K. Awusabo - Asare] "Health - Seeking behaviour of persons with HIV/AIDS in Ghana " In Ntozi J. P. M. et al (Eds). Vulnerability to HIV Infection and Effects of AIDS in Africa and Asia/India. Supplement to Health Transition Review , Volume 7: 243-256.

1997e [With E.N. Appiah] "Sexual-behavioural factors predisposing out-of-school
youth in Accra to HIV/AIDS infection". African Population Studies.

1998a "Ghanaian Women and Prostitution in Cote d'Ivoire". Pp. 104-113 in Kempadoo, K. and Doezema, J (Eds). Global Sex Workers: Rights, Resistance and Redefinition. Routledge: New York and London.

1998b “Anthropological perspectives on Migration”. Pp. 198-222 in Basu, A. M. and Aaby, P. (Eds) The Methods and Uses of Anthropological Demography. Claredon Press, Oxford.

1999a [With C.K. Fayorsey] “Male Participants in the “commercialization” of aspects of the female life cycle in Ghana. In Orubuloye, I.O. et. al. (eds.). The continuing HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Africa. Health Transition Centre. Australian National University, Canberra. Pp. 109-120.

1999b [With K. Awusabo-Asare]. “Routes to HIV transmission and intervention: an analytical framework”. In Orubuloye, I.O. et al. (eds.). The continuing HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Africa: Responses and Coping Strategies. Health Transition Centre, Australian National University, Canberra. Pp. 1-8.

1999c [With K. Awusabo-Asare]. “Rethinking the Circumstances surrounding the first sexual experience in the era of AIDS in Ghana”. In Orubuloye, I.O. et. al. (eds.). The continuing HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Africa. Health Transition Centre. Australian National University, Canberra. Pp. 9-18.

1999d “Initiating behavioural change among street-involved youth: findings from a youth clinic in Accra”. Pp. 81 - 90 in J. C. Caldwell et. al. (Eds.). Resistances to Behavioural Change to Reduce HIV/AIDS Infection in Predominantly Heterosexual Epidemics in Third World Countries Health Transition Centre. Australian National University, Canberra.

1999e [With K. Awusabo-Asare et al ]. “All die be die”: obstacles to change in the face of HIV infection in Ghana”. Pp 125-132 in J. C. Caldwell et. al. (eds.) Resistances to Behavioural Change to Reduce HIV/AIDS Infection in Predominantly Heterosexual Epidemics in Third World Countries, Health Transition Centre. Australian National University, Canberra.

2000a [With Clara Korkor Fayorsey] “Male protagonists in the `Commercialization` of aspects of the Female Life-Cycle in Ghana”. Pp 144-162 in Bledsoe, C. et al. (Eds) Fertility and the Male Life-Cycle in the Era of Fertility decline. Claredon Press, Oxford.

2000b [With McCombie, S and Hornik, R]. “Effects of a Mass Media Campaign to Prevent AIDS Among Young People in Ghana”. In Robert Hornik (ed.) Public Health Communication: Evidence for Behaviour Change, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

2000c [ With K. Awusabo-Asare and E. N. Appiah]. “Female emigration, AIDS and their socio-demographic impact: a case study of a Ghanaian rural community”. Pp. 99-114 in J. C. Caldwell et. al. (eds.). Toward the Containment of the AIDS Epidemic: Social and Behavioural Research, Health Transition Centre. Australian National University, Canberra.

2001a [With Judy E. Mill] “HIV Risk Environment for Ghanaian Women: Challenges to Prevention”. Social Science and Medicine, 0:1-13.

2001b “Migration and Livelihoods in the era of AIDS: A West African focus with Emphasis on Ghana”. Pp. 17-23 in Research review, New series, Vol. 17, No. 1. Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Legon.

2003 “To Change or not to Change: Obstacles and Resistance to Sexual Behavioural Change Among the Youth in Ghana in the Era of AIDS”. In Research review, Vol. 19.1 (2003)27-45.

2005a “HIV prevalence and risk factors in women in Accra, Ghana: Results from the Women’s Health Study of Accra”. In Press, AJTMH [With Duda, R.B and others]

2005b “Prevalence of Obesity in an Urban West African Population: Results of the Women’s Health Study of Accra”. Submitted to TMHI. [With Duda, R.B. and others]

2005c “Epidemiology of cervical cancer and dysphasia in a cross-sectional of women in Accra, Ghana”. Revision Submitted, AJTMH [With Chen, G.L. and others]

2005d “Prevalence of Hypertension in Women residing in Accra, Ghana: report of the Women’s Health Study of Accra”. Submitted, Hypertension. [With Duda, R.B. and others] (Forthcoming) [With Susan McCombie] The Influence of sex of Interviewer on Results of an AIDS Survey in Ghana.

Reports
1991 [With Susan McCombie] Results from a survey of knowledge, attitudes and
practices related to AIDS among young people in Ghana. Report of a project funded by USAID and executed by AIDSCOM.

1992 [With Susan McCombie] Results of a second survey of knowledge, attitudes and practices related to AIDS among young people in Ghana. Report of a project funded by USAID and executed by AIDSCOM.

1995 [With K. Awusabo-Asare] Social Dimensions of AIDS Infection in Ghana. Report submitted to the Swedish Agency for Research and Economic Co-operation with Developing Countries (SAREC). Universities of Ghana and Cape Coast.

1996a Oral Rehydration Therapy - A Ghana Case Study. A report written for UNICEF, Ghana.

1996b Street Children in Accra, Sexual-Behavioural factors and HIV/AIDS. A survey report written for the Catholic Action for Street Children (CAS).

1997 The interface of urban poverty and AIDS/STDs: A case study of street children in Accra.

1999 [With L. A. Kannae] Results from a baseline survey on STD/AIDS for in- and out-of-school youth in Accra, Kumasi and Obuasi. For UNICEF, Accra.

2000 Preliminary Assessment of HIV/AIDS and Family Planning Products and Services at UNILEVER’s Plantation at Twifo-Praso

2001 [January] Universities and HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa – A Case Study of the University of Ghana.

2001 [August] Ghana Red Cross/Family Health International Youth Peer Education Project, Kumasi. Evaluation Report.

2002 [April] HIV in Tertiary Institutions in Ghana. For the National Council for Tertiary Education, Accra, working in collaboration with The World Bank.

G. SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS
Oct. 1978-Oct. 1979: UNFPA award to United Nations Regional Institute for Population
Studies (RIPS) at the University of Ghana.

Jan. 1980-July 1981: UNFPA award to United Nations Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) at the University of Ghana.

May 1986-Nov. 1989: UNFPA award to United Nations Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) at the University of Ghana.

Jan. - Dec. 1993: Population Council Post-Doctoral Fellow, Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra.

H. MAJOR WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES ATTENDED

February 19-23, 1990
Conference on Migration in African Development: Issues and policies for the 90's,
Nairobi, Kenya. Paper presented: The Socio-economic implications of Ghanaian women in the international migration: The Abidjan Case Study.

November 19-22, 1990
Seminar on Anthropological Studies Relevant to the Sexual Transmission of HIV, Sonderborg, Denmark. Paper presented: Sexual networking in some selected societies in Ghana and the sexual behaviour of Ghanaian female migrants in Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire.

July 24-26, 1992
Conference on Culture, Sexual Behaviour and AIDS organized by the Department of Anthropology of the University of Amsterdam on behalf of the AIDS and Anthropology Group, Amsterdam. Paper presented: The control of Ghanaian women over their sexuality.

August 24 - September 1, 1993
IUSSP General Population Conference, Montreal. (Organized the session on "HIV Transmission and AIDS").

October 18-20,1993
Workshop on Social Dimensions and HIV/AIDS Infection in Africa. Held at The University of Cape Coast, Ghana. Presented a paper on The social and Economic conditions of AIDS sufferers in Ghana.

October 22-26, 1995
First European Conference on Tropical Medicine, Hamburg, Germany. Presented a paper on The migration of Ghanaian women to Abidjan and its health implications.

November 25-28, 1995
Seminar on Fertility and the male life cycle in the era of fertility decline, Zacatecas, Mexico. Presented a paper on Male protagonists and the Commercialization of aspects of women's life cycle in Ghana.

March 25-28, 1996
Seminar on Socio-cultural aspects of abortion from an anthropological perspective, Trivandrum, India. Paper presented: The role of local herbs in the recent fertility decline in Ghana: Contraceptives or abortifacients?

October 11-17, 1997
IUSSP General Population Conference, Beijing. (Organized the session on "The global AIDS epidemic and its demographic consequences: a comparative analysis").

1 - 5 June 1998
Regional Meeting on international Migration in Africa at the Threshold of the 21st century, Gaborone, Botswana. Paper presented: Migration profile in Ghana.

April 28 - 30, 1999
Conference on Resistance to Behavioural Change to reduce HIV/AIDS Infection in Predominantly heterosexual epidemics in Third World Countries, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Paper presented: “Initiating behavioural change among street-involved youth: findings from a youth clinic in Accra”.

November 22 - 26, 1999
1st Sub-Regional Conference on HIV/AIDS and Agriculture, Elmina, Ghana. Paper presented “Women and Agriculture in the era of AIDS: A Crucial Agenda for Food Security.

I. PERSONAL
Name: John Kwasi Anarfi
Date of Birth: 27 April 1949
Marital Status: Married
Nationality: Ghanaian
Contact Address: Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER),
University of Ghana, P. O. Box 74, Legon, Accra
Ghana
E-mail: jkanarfi@yahoo.com
Tel: 233-21-512502 (Office); 233 21 812012 (Home); 233 20 8135548 (Mobile)
Fax: 233-21-500937