KHRC wins a WHO Fellowship Award

The World Health Organization (WHO) Jacques Parisot foundation fellowship for 2009 was awarded to Ms. Livesy Naafoe Abokyi, a Public Health Research Fellow in KHRC at an eventful ceremony at the WHO country office in Accra on 12th December, 2011. The award consists of a bronze medal and an amount of five thousand US dollars ($5000). The amount received earlier was used to support TB research work in KHRC. The bronze medal was presented at the...»

**Phase III trial results show malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S* reduces risk of malaria.**

The initial results from a large-scale Phase III study of the malaria vaccine called RTS,S, were published online on 18th October, 2011 in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). The results showed ...»

Columbia university team visits KHRC on the Biomass study.

Biomass refers to biological material such as wood, crop residue and/or animal dung which in different communities could be used as fuel for cooking. The Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) in collaboration with the Columbia university is carrying out a study known as the biomass study. The main aim of the study is to ...»

KHRC donates office equipment to the Ghana Police Service

The Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) has donated some office equipment to the Ghana Police Service in the Kintampo Municipality. The items included four (4) steel filing cabinets, five (5) writing desks and a number of office chairs. The brief presentation ceremony took place at the...»

KHRC hosts officials of the Oxytocin project

The Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) played host to a number of visitors from PATH and Bill and Melinda Gates in connection with the Oxytocin project from the 21st – 24th June, 2011. They included ...»

KHRC donates items to the Kintampo Municipal Hospital

The Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) has donated some items to the Children’s Ward of the Kintampo Municipal Hospital. The items included 40 beds, 80 bed sheets, 40 mattresses, 40 pillows and 40 mosquito nets. The donation formed part of...»

Director's Desk:

Director: Dr. Seth Owusu-Agyei The Kintampo Health Research Centre (KHRC) has always been strategic for its own continual existence as well as being a lot more relevant in its research activities, not only to Ghana as a country, but to the international community as a whole. The drive to build on new initiatives and the urge to sustain a centre of excellence took the best part of our focus in the year 2010 as ...more »

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