Ghana has taken a major step toward safeguarding lives with the successful launch of a national lifeguarding initiative aimed at preventing drowning and improving safety along the country’s beaches and other water bodies.

The Student Chapter of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has successfully organized a two-day conference aimed at equipping postgraduate students with exposure to academic conferences and providing a platform for them to showcase their research work.

The Alumni Association of the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi (KNUST) has engaged students of the school as part of efforts to strengthen support systems and create opportunities to enhance their academic and professional development.

The engagement forms part of ongoing efforts by the association to deepen collaboration with the school and contribute to the development of students at the KNUST School of Public Health.

The Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety (OEHS), School of Public Health, has organised a fire safety workshop for both regular and weekend students as part of efforts to strengthen practical safety knowledge and emergency preparedness.

The training, facilitated by DO III Bernard Nyemi- Tei of the Ghana National Fire Service, formed part of the course OEHS 555: Occupational and Environmental Safety.

For decades, methylated spirit has been a staple in Ghanaian homes; kept in medicine cabinets, maternity bags and hospital wards, trusted by generations of mothers as the go-to solution for cleaning a newborn’s umbilical cord.

Even today, that trust remains strong.

The KNUST School of Public Health has begun consultations with key stakeholders as part of a strategic review of its postgraduate training portfolio, aimed at strengthening doctoral education, boosting advanced research capacity and aligning programmes with Ghana’s development priorities and global public health needs.

The School of Public has strengthened its international public health collaboration through participation in the Sakura Science Exchange Program in Japan, led by Prof. Yeetey Akpe Kwesi Enuameh, Vice Dean of the School of Public Health and a senior academic in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

On a typical day, students walk into a lecture hall expecting slides, notes, and a familiar rhythm of instruction. But for second-year students of the Department of Health Promotion and Disability Studies at the School of Public, KNUST, this class felt different from the moment it began.

Instead of opening PowerPoint slides, Dr. Princess Acheampong invited the students to confront a problem one rooted in the realities of disability and livelihoods.

Freshmen of the Department of Health Promotion and Disability Studies at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been urged to seek academic and personal support early, build confidence in their programme and embrace a strong research culture as they begin their university education.

The call was made during an orientation programme organised for newly admitted students, where officials of the School of Public Health outlined academic expectations, institutional values and career pathways in health promotion and disability studies.

A new study by researchers from the School of Public Health has found that rising rainfall significantly increases the risk of road traffic crashes in Ghana’s Greater Kumasi Metropolitan Area, highlighting the role of climate conditions in road safety in one of the country’s busiest regions.

The study, led by Mr. Jacob Solomon Idan, analyzed more than a decade of crash, weather and population data and found that higher monthly rainfall was associated with an increased risk of road traffic crashes.