The School of Public Health has begun a three-day academic leadership training programme in partnership with Brunel University London. The training is part of efforts to implement the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two institutions.
The Addressing the Commercial Determinants of Health in Sub-Saharan Africa (ACORDS) Project has held a stakeholder engagement event in Ghana, bringing together policymakers, researchers, and health professionals to discuss the impact of unhealthy commodity industries on public health.
The School of Public Health has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tulane University, USA, aimed at strengthening academic cooperation through student and faculty exchanges, joint research, and collaborative grant opportunities.
The agreement, formalised during a visit by a Tulane University delegation, marks the next phase in a growing relationship between the two institutions after nearly a year of informal engagement.
A delegation from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has visited the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, as part of efforts to strengthen ties with public health training and research institutions in Ghana.
The visit included engagements with the School of Public Health, the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), and various laboratories on campus.
Stakeholders from the School of Public Health at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, in collaboration with the Ghana Chapter of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) and Syreon Research Africa, have called for stronger integration of evidence-based healthcare decision-making across Ghana and other low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
The School of Public Health (SPH) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has deepened research collaboration following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the North-West University (NWU), South Africa.
The School of Public Health (SPH) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has hosted a delegation from the Hypertension in Africa Research Team (HART) of North-West University (NWU), South Africa.
In a demonstration of academic and institutional solidarity, the leadership of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) College of Health Sciences has paid a courtesy visit to the newly appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH), Dr. Paa Kwesi Baidoo.
The Dean of the School of Public Health at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Professor Peter Agyei-Baffour, has called on public health students to take up the mantle of leadership in shaping the future of health research, policy, and practice across Africa.
As the world marks World No Tobacco Day today, joint research from researchers at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) reveals a concerning truth: Ghanaians with only secondary school education are a staggering 82.8% more likely to smoke, highlighting a critical link between lower educational attainment and tobacco use in the country.
