Sharon Annison

Seasoned regulatory professional with extensive experience at the Food and Drugs Authority, Ghana, leading the country to be the first in Africa to register a vector control product under the WHO CRP pilot project. Skilled in dossier evaluation and stakeholder engagement, I excel in fostering client relations and driving compliance initiatives to enhance public health outcomes.

Society of Ghanaian Epidemiologists (SoGE)

• Prof. Bismark Sarfo, Department of Epidemiology and Disease Control, School of Public Health, University of Ghana, +233 (0) 269 343169, bysarfo@ug.edu.gh
• Mr. Emmanuel Nkrumah, Directorate of Medical Devices, Cosmetics and Household Chemical Substances, Food and Drugs Authority, P. O. Box CT 2783, Cantonments, Accra, Ghana, +233 (0) 244 254315, emmanuel.nkrumah@fda.gov.gh
• Prof. Robert C. Abaidoo, Department of Biological Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, University Post Office, Kumasi, Ghana, +233 (0) 208 438958, abaidoorc@yahoo.com

• 04/01/25, WHO Pilot of Collaborative Registration Procedure for Vector Control Products, Istanbul, Turkey (Virtual), WHO
• 03/01/25, ASVCP (Temporary Advisor) (assessment session, vector control products), Manila, Philippines, WHO Prequalification Unit – Vector Control Products Assessment (PQT/VCP)
• 03/01/25, AUDA-NEPAD Conference on Gene Drive Mosquitoes, Banjul, Gambia, AUDA NEPAD
• 02/01/25, (Temporary Advisor) WHO Quality Convening on Vector Control Products, WHO Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland, WHO, VCP
• 12/01/24, Joint WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA meeting with manufacturers of vector control products, Copenhagen- Virtual, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA
• 11/01/24, AUDA-NEPAD Conference on the registration and regulation of vector control products, Alisa Hotel- Ghana, AUDA NEPAD
• 07/01/24, Globally Harmonised System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals in Ghana, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ghana
• 01/01/24, WHO Pilot of Collaborative Registration Procedure for Vector Control Products- Tanzania, WHO

i. WHO focal person for assessing dossiers for prequalified vector control products under the Collaborative Registration Procedure.

ii. Developed and justified a proposal to establish a vector control products category, which led to the reclassification of insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) under the household chemical substances unit Additionally, successfully registered the first product under the Collaborative Registration Procedure, making Ghana the first African country to achieve this under the WHO's pilot CRP project

iii. Resource person and facilitator for the study tour for regulators from Rwanda, Zambia, and Senegal FDA

iv. Chaired the discussion group of Anglophone countries at the AUDA-NEPAD conference for vector control products

v. First presenter in the Welcome Back In-house Training Series (WBITS) session organized by the FDA in Ghana

vi. Part of the team that drafted the Ghana National Food Safety Policy

vii. Nominated as one of three candidates for the Colleague of the Year category at the 2021 FDA Awards

• Diabetes and tuberculosis comorbidity: a cross-sectional study of patients attending diabetes clinic in Accra, Ghana., H. K. Hackman; L. Annison; M. Appiah; R. E. Arhin; W. E. K. Akorli; S. Annison; B. B. Borteih., African Journal of Clinical and Experimental Microbiology, Vol. 25 No. 4 (2024), 1595-689X, 10.4314/ajcem.v25i4.6
• Self-medication with antibiotics during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional study among adults in Tema, Ghana., Hackman, H. K., Annison, L., Arhin, R. E., Adjei, G. O., Otu, P., Arthur-Hayford, E., Annison, S., & Borteih, B., PLoS ONE, 19(6), e0305602, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305602
• Molecular Epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 within Accra Metropolis Postlockdown, Frank T. Aboagye, Lawrence Annison, Henry Kwadwo Hackman, Maame E. Acquah, Yvonne Ashong, Isaac Owusu-Frimpong, Bill C. Egyam, Sharon Annison, George Osei-Adjei, Samuel Antwi-Baffour, Advances in Virology, vol. 2024, Article ID 2993144, 12 pages, 2024, https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2993144
• Comparative evaluation of RT-PCR and antigen-based rapid diagnostic tests (Ag-RDTs) for SARS-CoV-2 detection: Performance, variant specificity, and clinical implications., Aboagye, F. T., Annison, L., Hackman, H. K., Acquah, M. E., Ashong, Y., Owusu-Frimpong, I., Egyam, B. C., Annison, S., Osei-Adjei, G., & Antwi-Baffour, S., Microbiology Spectrum, 0, e00073-24, https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.00073-24
• Seroprevalence and effect of HBV and HCV co-infections on the immuno-virologic responses of adult HIV-infected persons on anti-retroviral therapy., Annison, L., Hackman, H., Eshun, P. F., Annison, S., Forson, P., & Antwi-Baffour, S., PloS one, 17(11), e0278037, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0278037
• A Retrospective Cohort Study on an Outbreak of Gastroenteritis Linked to a Buffet Lunch Served during a Conference in Accra., Tutu, B. O., & Annison, S., International Journal of Nutrition and Food Engineering, 11(7), 410-413
• Mosquito Coil as Malaria Prevention Strategy: Smouldering of Coil and Associated Self-Reported Respiratory Conditions in Ashaiman Municipality, Ghana., Sharon Annison, Henry Hackman, Lawrence Annison, John Tetteh, Humphrey Papa Kobina Amoo, Bernard Bortei, Samuel Antwi-Baffour, Bismark Sarfo., Manuscript submitted to PLOS ONE.
• Safety of Imported Prepackaged Baby Diapers in Ghana., Mawunya Akpeke, Sharon Annison, Emmanuel Nkrumah., Manuscript in preparation