Caesar Agula

Student
Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana

caesaragula@gmail.com

Field of Study: Demography, Economics, Population and Development, Public Health/ Epidemiology
 
Specialization: Age and Sex Structure, Applied Demography, Business Demography, Children and Youth, Data Collection and Processing, Economic Demography, Estimates and Projections, Families and Households, Fertility, Income, Poverty and Welfare, Population and Development, Population and Environment, Reproductive Health (Family Planning), Social Demography
 
Regional focus: Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Degree currently pursued: Masters level, , Economics, 2017
 
Working languages: English
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Population Association of America (PAA), Union for African Population Studies (UAPS)
Population Association of America


Personal web page:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Q7U3McwAAAAJ&hl=en
Professional web page:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Q7U3McwAAAAJ&hl=en  
 

Publications:

Agula, C., et al. (2024). Impact of health system strengthening interventions on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews. doi: 10.1186/s13643-023-02397-w

Agula, C., et al. (2022). Postpartum contraceptive initiation and use: evidence from Accra, Ghana.  Women’s Health.  https://doi.org/10.1177/17455057221141290

Agula, C., et al. (2021). Methods women used for induced abortion and source of service: insights from women in urban-poor settlements of Accra, Ghana. BMC Women’s Health, 21(1), 1-12

Agula, C., et al. (2021). Contraception before and after abortion: trajectories of women in selected poor urban settings of Accra, Ghana. African Journal of Reproductive Health. DOI:10.29063/ajrh2021/v25i6.3

Agula, C., et al. (2019). Enhancing healthy ecosystems in northern Ghana through eco-friendly farm-based practices: insights from irrigation scheme-types. BMC Ecology, 19(1), 38

Agula, C., et al. (2018). Promoting ecosystem-friendly irrigation farm management practices for sustainable livelihoods in Africa: the Ghanaian experience. Agricultural and Food Economics,  6(1), 13

Agula, C., et al. (2018). Promoting sustainable agriculture in Africa through ecosystem-based farm management practices: evidence from Ghana. Agriculture and Food Security, 7(1), 5

 

 
Honorary or professional positions and awards:
 
1. Won the 2024 Provost’s Publication Award for the Best Doctoral Students’ Published Work (PhD Year 4 category). Awarded by the College of Humanities, University of Ghana

2. Selected for the 2023 Winter School on Population Heterogeneities at the Vienna Institute of Demography (VID), University of Vienna, Austria.

3. Selected for the 2023 Young Scientist Summer Program (YSSP) at IIASA, Austria.

4. Selected for the 2022 EARTHS Summer School program at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW), Germany.

5. Won the African Research and Data (AfRes-Data) Fellowship in 2022.

6. Won the DAAD in-country/in-region scholarship for Ph.D. in 2020. Funding #: 57541831

7. Received funding support from CGIAR Water, Land and Ecosystem Project in 2016.
Research grants:
1. UAPS-AIR Fellowship and Grant

2. AfRes-Data Fellowship and Grant