The Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative, KNUST has been invited to contribute to the revision of a curriculum for Nurses and Midwives Training Institutions in Ghana.
The Collaborative will be involved in the review of the Entrepreneurship for Nurses and Midwives course, taught in the first year of their training.
The Health Entrepreneurship pillar of the Collaborative has been organising entrepreneurial courses for primary healthcare personnel as well as KNUST-affiliated institutions.
Speaking at the 2024 half year review meeting of the Africa Health Collaborative, KNUST at Moree in the Central Region, Head of Intelligence and Disciplinary Department of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana, Mr. Ampem Darko Okludo-Abbey, thinks the move will lead to a comprehensive coursework for the health trainees.
“Since the Collaborative has a pillar on entrepreneurship, the hope is that if you can make an input into the curriculum, every nurse or midwife will have the opportunity to be taught that rather than only the Institutions affiliated with KNUST. If it goes into the curriculum, no matter where you’re trained, you’ll benefit,” he said.
The Deputy Executive Director of the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG), Dr. James Duah urged the Collaborative to attend hospital performance reviews to inform roll out of programmes to address peculiar challenges.
“There are issues that are emerging. We thought it would be good to have some presence so you can take the issues and address them,” he said.
The acting registrar of the Pharmacy Council, Dr. Daniel Amaning Danquah promised to forge partnership with the Collaborative in the area of technology utilization in pharmacy practice.
The Principal Investigator of the Collaborative, Prof. Ellis Owusu-Dabo assured stakeholders of more courses and collaborations for a sustainable primary healthcare system.
The meeting also witnessed inputs from representatives from the Ghana Medical and Dental Council, Ministry of Health and Allied Health Professional Council.
About Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative
The objectives of the Mastercard Foundation Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative are to Build and strengthen the capacity of healthcare students and professionals to meet the growing demand for Primary Health Care (PHC) in the health sector; enable students to acquire advanced skills in Africa across a broad range of disciplines critical for sustainable health sector growth and transformation; Optimize entrepreneurial ecosystems in and through universities in Africa to launch and scale health start-ups to create jobs; Develop a dynamic, sustainable, long-term network of leading African universities, alumni, government agencies, health care start-ups, and private sector partners working together to create dignified and fulfilling jobs across health ecosystems.
The project will further develop a dynamic, sustainable, long-term network of leading African universities, alumni and government agencies, healthcare start-ups, and private sector partners working together to create dignified and fulfilling jobs across health ecosystems in the next ten years.
KNUST is one of the eight partners of the Higher Education Collaborative in Health with the aim to contribute to all three pillars of the health strategy: Health Employment, Health Entrepreneurship, and Health Ecosystems.