Conference Activities
DAY 1 – Wednesday, 10th September, 2025
DAY 2 – Thursday, 11th September, 2025
DAY 3 - Friday, 12th September, 2025
DAY 1 – Wednesday, 10th September, 2025
Pre-Conference Workshop
9:00 - 03:00
am - pm
Topics
- 1. Essential Pain Management (Lead: Dr William Addison)
- 2. Palliative Care (Lead: Dr Anita E. Agbeko)
Venue
SMS Auditorium B, Boadi
9:00 - 3:00
am - pm
Topic
- 3. Zoonoses: Detection, Management and Control Strategies (Lead: Prof. Tony Opoku Agyemang)
Venue
SVM Auditorium, Boadi
9:00 - 3:00
am - pm
Topics
- 4. Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) (Lead: Prof. Yaw Amo Wiafe)
- 5. Leading with Calm Precision: The Role of Good Leadership and Quality Control Measures in Strengthening Service Delivery by Allied Health Professionals (Lead: Dr. Michael Owusu)
Venue
FAHS Auditorium, Boadi
8:00 - 3:00
am - pm
Topic
6. Empowering Nurses and Midwives for Career Growth and Research Excellence (Lead: Prof. Victoria Bam; Prof. Veronica Millicent Dzomeku)
Enhance career development strategies
Research capacity building
Professional networking
Mentorship
Venue
School Nursing and Midwifery, Boadi
9:00 - 3:00
am - pm
Topics
- 7. Effective Leadership and Management Principles for Health System Transformation (Lead: Dr.Kofi Akohene Mensah)
- 8. Cost-Effectiveness Analysis for Decision-Making in Health (Lead: Prof. Peter Agyei-Baffour)
Venue
SPH Lecture Room
9:00 - 3:00
am - pm
Topics
- 9. Hands-on Training on One Health Operationalisation Excellence (Lead: Dr. Daniel Opoku; Dr. Verena Struckmann; Dr. Linda B. Debrah; Dr. Michael Owusu)
- 10. Modelling for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (Lead: Dr. James Azam; Dr. Daniel Opoku; Dr. John Amuasi; Vincent Findeiß: Prof. Wilm Quentin)
- 11. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Addressing Global Health and Climate Change Challenges (Lead: Jonathan Mawutor Gmanyami; Nembot Fogang Brice Armel; George Agyei)
Venue
Amono Neizer Conference Center
9:00 - 3:00
am - pm
Topic
- 12. Strengthening Pharmaceutical Supply Chains: Innovative Financing and Sustainable Practices (Lead: Dr. Yaw Duah Boakye)
Venue
Lecture Room 1, New Pharmacy Block
9:00 - 3:00
am - pm
Topic
- 13. Digital Workflow in Dentistry (It will take the format of Lectures and Hands on training and practical sessions)
Venue
Lecture Room 1, School of Dentistry KNUST
DAY 2 – Thursday, 11th September, 2025
7:00 - 9:00
am - am
Activities
- Registration
- Housekeeping Announcements
- Poster Set-up
9:00 -11:30
am - pm
Activities
- Opening Ceremony
- Theme: “Bridging the Gaps: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Strengthening Ghana’s Health System”
- Keynote speaker: Hon. Kwabena Mintah Akandoh (Minister of Health)
- Sub-Theme 1: Governance, Leadership and Health Workforce
- Topic - Pragmatic solutions to brain drain and its impact on service delivery.
- 1st Guest speaker: Dr. Kwesi Asabir (Director, Human Resources for Health Directorate (HRHD) of the Ministry of Health)
- Sub-Theme 2: Health Systems Financing
- Topic - Innovative financing mechanisms for sustainable healthcare in Ghana
- 2nd Guest speaker: Prof. Dr. Wilm Quentin (Chair, Planetary and Public Health Care Management, University of Bayreuth, Germany; Project Leader, German-West African Centre for Global Health and Pandemic Prevention (G-WAC); and Editor-in- Chief, Health Policy Journal.
- Sub-Theme 3: Health Information Management Systems
- Topic - Digital Health and Health Systems strengthening lessons learnt from the National Electronic Medical Record System (EMRS)
- 3rd Guest speaker: Pharm. (Mrs.) Magretta Odame Antwi, Head of EMRS Unit, KATH, Kumasi
- 3rd Guest speaker: Dr. Wisdom Atiwoto (Director, Research, Statistics and Information Management Directorate (RSIM), MoH)
11:30 - 12:30
am - pm
Activities
- Poster viewing/Snack break
12:35 - 13:35
pm - pm
Activities
- Oral presentations = Parallel sessions A1, A2, B1 and B2
13:40 - 14:40
pm - pm
Activities
- Lunch
DAY 3 - Friday, 12th September, 2025
7:00 - 9:00
am - am
Activities
- Registration
- Housekeeping Announcements
9:00 -10:00
am - am
Activities
- Sub-Theme 4: Health Services Delivery and One Health
- Topic - Enhancing Health Outcomes Through Quality Assurance: A Multidisciplinary Commitment to Excellence
- 4th Guest speaker: Prof. Jennifer Moodley (Quality Manager, The Bank Hospital in Ghana, lead of the COHSASA accreditation process)
- Topic - Topic – Accelerating Quality Assurance in the Healthcare Industry; lessons learnt from Safecare initiative.
- 5th Guest speaker: Ms. PharmAccess Ghana)
- Sub-Theme 5: Medical Products, Vaccines and Technology
- 6th Guest speaker: 6th Guest Speaker
- Topic - Topic: Strengthening collaboration between modern and traditional Medicine in our healthcare system. (Dr. Kofi Busia, Fomer Director, WAHO)
- Sub-Theme 4: Health Services Delivery and One Health
- Topic - Enhancing Health Outcomes Through Quality Assurance: A Multidisciplinary Commitment to Excellence
- 4th Guest speaker: Prof. Jennifer Moodley (Quality Manager, The Bank Hospital in Ghana, lead of the COHSASA accreditation process)
- Topic - Topic – Accelerating Quality Assurance in the Healthcare Industry; lessons learnt from Safecare initiative.
- 5th Guest speaker: Ms. PharmAccess Ghana)
- Sub-Theme 5: Medical Products, Vaccines and Technology
- 6th Guest speaker: 6th Guest Speaker
- Topic - Topic: Strengthening collaboration between modern and traditional Medicine in our healthcare system. (Dr. Kofi Busia, Fomer Director, WAHO)
10:00 - 11:00
am - am
Activities
- Poster viewing/Snack break
11:00 - 12:00
pm - pm
Activities
- Oral presentations = Parallel sessions C1, C2, D1, D2
12:00 - 12:10
pm - pm
Activities
- Lunch
15:10 - 16:00
pm - pm
Activities
- Cocktail / Closing ceremony