By Iddi Yire
Accra, June 23, GNA – Loughborough University in the United Kingdom has entered into a strategic partnership with five Ghanaian universities in the field of health and well-being.
The participating Ghanaian universities include the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) of the University of Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), University of Health and Allied Sciences, University for Development Studies (UDS) and Ensign College of Public Health.
Professor Sam Grogan, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education and Student Experience, Loughborough University, made this known during a media roundtable in Accra.
He said their visit to Ghana was part of efforts to strengthen the Loughborough University’s links in Ghana and the West African subregion.
He said Loughborough University Strategy 2030 on the theme “Creating Better Futures Together”, was a bold and ambitious strategy that would guide University over the next decade, which also articulates their strategic priorities and what they were striving to achieve.
He said they were creating better futures together and that they recognise that West Africa, Nigeria and Ghana in particular, were key partners to help them enact that strategy.
“We won’t get there without partnering with you, with the region,” Prof Grogan said.
He noted that in May this year, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in the UK between Loughborough University and Ghana’s Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment, which aims to strengthen the strategic partnership between Loughborough University and the Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment.
He said during their recent visit to Ghana, they have had an update from the Ministry of Youth Development and Empowerment about the grounds already covered.
“We’re looking at our priorities and now we’re seeing where they align. But I think the thing to point out, really, in partnership with Ghana, with Nigeria, with West Africa at large, is that we are not here for one or two years,” he said.
Prof Grogan said they want to make a change within the world in areas such as climate change, inclusive communities and healthy living.
He said: “These are long-term, long-term aspirations so that we can really make a decent impact. And our purpose is not to have a short-term transactional relationship. We’re here to partner and collaborate.”
Prof Amanda Daley, Professor of Behavioural Medicine, Loughborough University, said the University’s Centre for Lifestyle Medicine and Behaviour (CLiMB) aims to identify and evaluate innovative health behaviour interventions and policies to prevent and treat chronic diseases.
She said they had established the CLiMB Ghana, through a collaboration between Loughborough University CLiMB, which was funded by UK Government, and then institutions throughout Ghana that were going to partner with them.
Dr Hibbah Osei-Kwasi, Lecturer, School of Sports, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, said the establishment of the CLiMB Ghana demonstrates their commitment to support healthy lives around the world.
Dr Sola Afolabi, Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering, Loughborough University, said Loughborough University sees Ghana as a strategic country and that they would go anywhere within the country to do quality research.
GNA
Edited by Benjamin Mensah
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