MB ChB; DTCH; MSc.(Tropical Paediatrics)

Nationality: Ghanaian
Profession: Medical Doctor – Child Health Specialist
Present Job Title: Dep. Director, Reproductive & Child Health, Ghana Health
Service
Past Job Title: National Child Health Coordinator, Ghana Health Service

Responsibilities
Coordination of Reproductive and Child Health programmes
Advocacy, planning, budgeting, monitoring and evaluation
Main liaison between Ghana Health Service/Ministry of Health and other Ministries, Departments and Agencies and partners on child health issues
Development of Policies, guidelines, training and health educational materials for child health and related programmes
Resource mobilization
Support regions in implementing reproductive and child health programmes
Training and other capacity building activities

Major Achievements
Introduction of the Integrated Management of Newborn and Childhood Illness(IMCI) in Ghana with resource mobilization and capacity building for implementation at national and lower levels
Development of the first Child Health Record, a comprehensive tool for record keeping for preventive child health activities and for informing care-givers on child care and recognition of danger signs of childhood illness
Revision of the 1999 Child Health Policy and Strategies for Under fives with development of revised documents for 2007-2015
Coordinating meetings between programme managers for planning and resource mobilization for yearly celebration of Child Health Promotion Weeks and Integrated Maternal and Child Health campaigns
Advocacy to place child and neonatal health high on the agenda for the health sector and government
Contributed significantly to capacity building of doctors, midwives, nurses and other health workers in Infant and Young Child Feeding, improved health care practices for newborns and children, control of malaria, diarrhoea, acute respiratory illness, Expanded Programme on Immunization etc.
Coordinated the development of Ghana’s first Newborn Strategy and Action plan and a communication strategy for newborn and childhood illness

EDUCATION
1994 -1995:
Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, England
Diploma in Tropical Child Health; Masters in Tropical Paediatrics (with distinction)
1991:
Institute of Child Health, London
Certificate in Breastfeeding Practice and Policy
1982-1989:
University of Ghana Medical School, Accra-Ghana
MB. CHB. (Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery)

Other Experiences
Facilitator for WHO courses on Integrated Management Of Childhood Illness (IMCI), Infant and Young Child feeding and other Breastfeeding courses; Served as Temporary Adviser/WHO consultant on various occasions assisting countries with child health programming

Child health-related research including WHO Multi-Centre Growth Reference Study

Delivered several presentations/papers at seminars and conferences in Ghana and internationally

Other Responsibilities
Part-Time Lecturer, School of Public Health, University of Ghana (past)
Part-Time Lecturer, Ghana college of Physicians and Surgeons
Part-time Lecturer, Department of Community Health, University of Ghana
Member of Ghana’s National Steering Committee for Early Childhood Care and Development
Member of Ghana’s National School Health Steering Committee
Member of Ghana’s National Child Protection Committee