Chronicity Care Africa researcher, Dr Leonard Baatiema has been appointed as lecturer in the University of Ghana’s School of Public Health (SPH). He will teach and supervise both Masters and PhD students at SPH’s department of Health Policy, Planning and Management. He said : ”I am looking forward to become an established research leader in …
Chronicity Care Africa post-doctoral research associates Dr Leonard Baatiema and Dr Olutobi Sanuade have been awarded two research grants to continue their work on non-communicable diseases. The first is from the Lancet NCDI Poverty Commission to set up a Non-Communicable Disease and Injuries (NCDI) Poverty Commission in Ghana. The aims of the commission will be …
“Men don’t cry”.“A man must be strong, tough and brave”. Heard these statements before? Have you thought of how statements like these affect men? This was the theme of University of Ghana PhD student, Paapa Yaw Asante’s entry in the three minute thesis (3MT) competition in June 2019. Asante’s thesis, entitled To be a Man…Eno …
Do you have someone with mental illness in your home or community? How do you care for or treat them? These are just two of the questions explored by Francis Agyei in two urban poor communities while conducting his PhD research. Agyei presented his research findings during a 3 minute thesis competition (3MT) between the …
Treating Diabetes in Ghana A Role for Traditional Medicine?
This report was written by Professor Ama de-Graft Aikins (then Dr. Ama de-Graft Aikins) for The British Academy. The report was based on a synthesis of presentations from an international conference on Africa’s Neglected Epidemic: Multidisciplinary Research, Intervention and Policy for Chronic Diseases organised by the British Academy, Royal Society and Ghana Academy of Arts …
