Introduction
Centre for Public Health, Environment and Development (CePHED) is a Research, Consultancy and Advocacy Organization established by
Greenfield University College (Sunyani). It seeks to collaborate with relevant Governmental, Non-Governmental Organizations,
National as well as International Research Institutions to undertake research to support Public Health Policy and Environmental
programme implementation in vulnerable communities within the Middle and Northern Belts of Ghana, by undertaking the following activities:
Research Dissemination:
CePHED seeks to undertake research and share relevant research information with all stakeholders especially government,
policy makers and general public, especially vulnerable persons (including children, women and youth) in selected programme communities. Key Public
Health areas of interest include the following:
- Maternal and Child Health
- Water, Sanitation and Health (WASH)
- Climate Change and Health
- Waste Management
- Mining, Health and the Environment
- Modern Environmental Health Hazards (MEHHs)
The Center seeks to build partnership with relevant Health Institutions (e.g. Ministry of Health/Ghana Health Service, Hospitals, Health Centers, Clinics and CHPS Compounds) for Community Education, Radio presentations, organization of Local/District level awareness and capacity building training programmes on health issues such as:
- Non-Communicable Diseases— Hypertension, Diabetes, Asthma, etc
- Diarrhoea Diseases—Cholera, Dysentery, Gastroenteritis, etc
- Communicable Diseases—Typhoid Fever, Tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, Covid-19, etc.
- Occupational Health Conditions—Mining related health conditions such as respiratory problems arising from exposure to dust and other airborne hazards; musculoskeletal injuries; hearing loss, vision problems.
- Extreme Weather Events—Health impacts of floods, droughts and storms including mental health effects and displacements, particularly for vulnerable populations like the elderly, women and children.
- Vector-Borne diseases—the spread of diseases like malaria, filariasis
- Modern Environmental Health Hazards (MEHHs)— water pollution from populated areas and industry, urban air pollution from automobiles, radiation hazards, land degradation, climate change, and emerging infectious diseases.
CePHED seeks to collaborate with District, Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies, Environmental Experts, Research Institutions and Waste Management Agencies for the training of stakeholders in environmentally-friendly household and industrial waste management practices. In addition to these activities, CePHED also seeks to partner National and International bodies to provide graduate level training in the areas of Public Health, Sanitation and Water Governance, Environmental/ Occupational Health and Safety.
Advisory Board
- Dr. Christopher Baasongti Beyere (BSc; MA; MSc; LLB; PhD)
- Prof. Prudence Mwini Nyaledzigbor (BA; MPhil; PhD)
- Prof. John Ernest Koku (BA; MSc; Fil Lic; PhD)
- Hon. Joseph Addae Akwaboa, LLM (Bono Regional Minister, Ghana)
- Prof. Juventus Ziam (University for Development Studies, Tamale-Ghana)
- Dr. Zanu Dassah (Ghana Health Service)
- Prof. Alex Buunaaim (University for Development Studies, Tamale-Ghana)
- Dr. Sylvanus Kampo (C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Science)
- Dr. Emmanuel Dzosi (Ministry of Health, Ghana)
- Prof. Emmanuel Felix Koku (Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
- Prof. Fred Newton Binka (Chairman, Ghana Health Governing Council)
- Dr. Emmanuel Vikpenibe Aleser (University for Development Studies, Tamale-Ghana)
Administrative Staff Members
- Director: Prof. Prudence Mwini Nyaledzigbor
- Deputy Director: Prof. John Ernest Koku
- Programme Co-ordinator: Dr. Dominic Doglikuu
- Finance Officer: Mr. Eric Lantuo Bepaayele
Researchers/ Associate Researchers
- Prof. Prudence Mwini Nyaledzigbor
- Prof. John Ernest Koku
- Dr. Dominic Doglikuu
- Dr. Eugene Kuugbee
- Dr. Francis Sanyare
- Dr. Arkum Thaddeus Aasoglenang
- Dr. Isaac Sarfo
- Prof. Edward K. Nunoo
- Belinda Emefa Koku