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KNUST School of Public Health Begins Process for CEPH Global Accreditation

Published 11 Dec 2025 General
KNUST School of Public Health Begins Process for CEPH Global Accreditation

 

The School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has begun formal steps toward securing global accreditation to boost its international visibility, capacity and academic reputation, Dr Barbara Gyapong-Korsah reveals.

Speaking at the School’s Staff Training and Retreat at the Nyansapo Eco Resort, she said the process is being undertaken through the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), a U.S.-based organisation founded in 1941 that represents institutions accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH).

She explained that ASPPH is supporting KNUST-SPH as part of its initiative to collaborate with three African universities, beginning in Ghana, with the goal of helping them achieve CEPH accreditation. “We needed to engage with the lead who has been assigned to us. She is an executive with the ASPPH, she’s Tricia Penniecook, and we have to go through a series of stages to get the accreditation, hopefully next year,” she said.
 

Barabara Gyapong-Korsah
Dr. Barabara Gyapong-Korsah (Department of  Occupational and Environmental Health)


Dr Gyapong-Korsah said the first steps include submitting some required documents that include organisational charts and details of all programmes run by the School. 

She emphasised that accreditation would enhance the School’s global competitiveness. “This is geared towards getting accreditation for global visibility and also to attract international students, funding, staff exchange, and building capacities that cut across the various departments,” she said.

A maiden meeting between ASPPH and KNUST-SPH was held on 28 October 2025, attended by ASPPH President Laura, Vice-Dean for Public Affairs Tricia Penniecook, Senior Director for Global Engagement Dorothy, as well as SPH Dean Prof. Peter Agyei-Baffuor, Dr Daniel Boateng and Dr Gyapong-Korsah, both focal persons for the project.

Looking ahead, she said the accreditation process will require full participation from staff across the School. “We hope to go through the process seamlessly by engaging all staff right from the word go, as has been recommended by our lead,” she said. “We hope to get that accreditation to make us internationally visible.”