Mrs Regina Bauerochse, GIZ Country Director visits KCCR

KCCR has been at the forefront of the COVID19 pandemic response and already provided testing for several facilities in Ashanti Region and the middle belt of Ghana. The Country Director of GIZ Mrs Regina Bauerochse paid a visit to KCCR on 12 & 13th November 2020 to obtain first-hand information on KCCR activities. She was […]

KCCR gets €650,000 grant from German government to boost capacity

The German Government has made available a grant of €650,000 to boost the capacity of the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) The support was announced by the German Embassy in Ghana, which said the grant is a rapid response measure to help fight the spread of COVID-19 in Ghana. The Embassy […]

KCCR COVID 19

Background KCCR’s role in diagnosing COVID-19 cases Profiles of researchers from KCCR leading the COVID-19 Surveillance Richard Phillips received a BSc in Human Biology (1990) and MB ChB (1993) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). He obtained a PhD from the University of London in the area of Infection and Immunity […]