KCCR – Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine

KNUST Bids Farewell to German Ambassador at Cocktail Reception

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has honoured outgoing German Ambassador to Ghana, Daniel Krull, at a farewell cocktail reception hosted by the university’s In

Prof Alexander Debrah wins 50,000 Euros EDCTP Dr. Pascoal Mocumbi Prize for Global Health contributions

Professor Alexander Yaw Debrah, The group leader of the Filariasis research has been awarded the prestigious EDCTP Dr. Pascoal Mocumbi Prize 2025. The award was announced and presented on 15th June 2

ADAPT One Health Network Holds 2025 Annual General Meeting in Kumasi

The African One Health Network for Disease Prevention (ADAPT) held its Annual General Meeting from Monday, May 19 to Friday, May 23, 2025, at the Lancaster Hotel in Kumasi, Ghana. This year’s meeti

Charité University Team Visits KCCR to Support Vaccine Research

March 27, Kumasi – A delegation from Charité University in Germany, led by world-renowned Virologist Prof. Christian Drosten, visited the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medic

Workshops on Data Analysis and Epidemiology Held in Assin Fuso and Kumasi

Two workshops on data analysis and epidemiology were recently organized by the Infectious Disease Epidemiology Group in Collaboration with the Bernhard Notch Institute of Tropical Medicine to enhance

SPI-BIOPEDTB Project Trains Clinicians on Safe Sputum Induction in Children with Tuberculosis

The SPI-BIOPEDTB Project is a GSK Africa Open Lab-funded project that aims to improve childhood tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in Ghana by implementing and evaluating a sputum-induction algori

Research Groups

KCCR hosts research groups for diverse studies, advancing the health needs of Ghana and the globe at large.

Lab & Diagnostic Services

KCCR provides laboratory facilities for Bacteriology, Immunology, Parasitology, Entomology, Molecular Biology and a large Cold Room for storage.

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To promote teaching and training activity, news of academic excellence and opportunities for health research training as well as postgraduate training.

KCCR COVID-19

Coronaviruses are large family of viruses that cause illness ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases……

KCCR Graduates

KCCR has been helping to build and inspire the capacity of the next generation of biomedical scientists through teaching and learning within the larger university.

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KNUST Bids Farewell to German Ambassador at Cocktail Reception

The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi has honoured outgoing German Ambassador to Ghana, Daniel Krull, at a farewell cocktail reception hosted by the university’s International Programmes Office and the German Alumni Association of KNUST at the Senior Staff Club House. The event was attended by provosts of Colleges, university officials, dignitaries, […]