Twenty primary healthcare professionals from Ghana and Kenya are receiving training in community health entrepreneurship by the Africa Higher Education Health Collaborative, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in partnership with Mastercard Foundation.
The participants, made up of eighteen Ghanaians and two Kenyans form the second cohort receiving community health entrepreneurship training at the Nyansapo Eco Resort at Moree in Cape Coast.
The 4-day event spearheaded by the Health Employment pillar seeks to expand and improve current capacities to train primary healthcare workers.
Participants will get the opportunity to immerse themselves in some of the modules taught at the flagship Community-based Health Entrepreneurship course.
Course facilitators, Principal Medical Officer at KNUST Hospital and part-time senior lecturer at KNUST, Dr. Bhavana Singh and Bono East Regional Health Director, Dr. Joseph Adomako will give participants insights into Ghana’s Health administration and regulatory systems.
Principal Investigator of the project, Prof. Ellis Owusu-Dabo encouraged participants to embrace ethical use of emerging technologies to advance their practice.
“I want to reiterate that in our pursuit of quality healthcare, improvement and health entrepreneurship, technology plays a pivotal role,” he said.
Dr. Kofi Akohene Mensah Health Employment pillar lead charged: “You’re aware that resources in developing countries are very scarce. There are limited resources at your disposal. Meanwhile, there are a lot of opportunities you’re not taking advantage of. Those areas you’ve not tackled, please go back and tackle,” he said.