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Health Researcher · Ph.D. Candidate, Queen's University
Urbanus W.
Azupogo
I study neglected tropical diseases, water security, social innovation in health, disability inclusion, land governance, and social protection across African contexts. My work combines scholarship, teaching, and applied advisory practice to help institutions turn evidence into useful action.
Recent: Panelist, Young Africa Connects, Mastercard Foundation, 2026
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Recent Publications
2026
Journal Article
Improving water security through social protection: Findings from a natural experiment with Ghana's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) Program
Urbanus Azupogo, Elijah Bisung, Meshack Achore, Sarah Dickin, Joseph Kangmennaang
Social Science & Medicine
2026
Journal Article
Cash transfers and household water security among the poor in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review
Urbanus Wedaaba Azupogo, Irenius Konkor, Elijah Bisung, Sarah Dickin
Journal of Water and Health
2025
Journal Article
Navigating water and sanitation environments in schools: Exploring health risk perceptions of children with physical disabilities using drawing
Urbanus Wedaaba Azupogo, Ebenezer Dassah, Elijah Bisung
Wellbeing, Space and Society
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African Enterprise
The distance between a certificate and a career is usually one relationship
Five panelists, five countries, an hour on the Mastercard Foundation's Young Africa Connects, and a framing I do not actually accept. On hiring, the missing middle, and the uncomfortable half of "talent is evenly distributed".
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6 min
African Enterprise
How to Know If It is Time to Rebrand Your Business
Guidance on evaluating whether strategic repositioning and rebranding align with your current business needs.
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4 min
Cross-Boundary Thinking
Why I Write at the Intersection of Business and Academia
Why I chose to pursue a PhD while running businesses: on strategic risk-taking, living between academia and entrepreneurship, and the productive tension of refusing to pick a lane.
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5 min