When the first batch of students was admitted to pursue courses for a degree in medicine in 1962, medical sciences became a part of the University of Ghana‘s programs.
History Of College Of Health Science UG Legon
The government of Ghana, led by Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, intended to establish a medical school that would be wholly owned by Ghana and run by Ghanaians. Professor C. O. Easmon was named the first Dean of the Ghana Medical School in 1964.
This School was situated in makeshift structures at the Korle Bu Hospital, which also served as a Teaching Hospital for the School’s clinical courses. The Ghana Medical School became part of the University of Ghana in 1969, and was renamed University of Ghana Medical School (UGMS).
In 1974, the University of Ghana Medical School initiated the development of a Dental School. The Basic Dental Science courses were offered at the Medical School while clinical programmes were pursued at the University of Lagos, Nigeria, the University of Manchester, and the University of London, U.K. In 1992, the clinical courses became fully localized. The University, therefore, granted Dentistry a faculty status. The first batch of locally trained dental surgeons graduated in 1997.
In 1979, the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) was established with sponsorship from the Japanese Government through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. This Research Institute has sited on the plot of the University of Ghana earmarked for the permanent medical school.
In 1994, UGMS in collaboration with the Ministry of Health brought into being the School of Public Health for graduate courses leading to the award of MPH, MPhil and PhD degrees. This Schoo lwas first housed in rooms of the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research and in the Department of Statistics, University of Ghana Permanent building for the School was started with the construction of the Bill Gates Centre for Malaria Research and Control at the site for the medical complex at the main University.
The School of Public Health is now a fully fledged school offering courses from bachelors degree to doctorate.
In 1998, the Ministry of Health established the School of Allied Health Sciences (SAHS), which is currently known as the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences (SBAHS), to train graduate allied health professionals. Physiotherapy, Medical Laboratory Science, and Radiography are among the programs offered at this school.
This proposal was approved by the Academic Board and the University Council in 1999. This school was founded in the year 2001. With the establishment of the School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences, a previous Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology, likewise supported by the Ministry of Health in 1994, was phased out. In 1994, the notion of establishing a College of Medicine was floated. The College took five (5) years to plan.
In 1997, the University of Ghana Academic Board approved proposals from the UGMS to form a College of Medical Sciences by combining the University of Ghana Medicine School, University of Ghana School of Dentistry, School of Public Health, Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, School of Allied Health Sciences, now School of Biomedical and Allied Health Sciences (SBAHS), and School of Nursing.
The University Council approved the College’s creation on December 11, 1999, but altered the name to COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES. To bring the College into being, Schedule D of the University of Ghana Statutes, which established the University of Ghana Medical School, was changed.
Schools and Institutions under College Of Health Science UG Legon
- School of Biomedical Allied Health Sciences
- University of Ghana Medical School
- University of Ghana Dental School
- School of Nursing And Midwifery
- School of Public Health
- School of Pharmacy
- Noguchi Memorial Institute For Medical Research
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