University of Michigan Receives Grant to Strengthen Health Systems in Ghana

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan has received a $3 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to work with Ghanaian health experts and authorities to strengthen human resources for health in Ghana.

The U-M Center for Global Health (CGH), School of Public Health (SPH), and Medical School will collaborate with the University of Ghana, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), and the Ghanaian Ministry of Health. The Ghanaian team is led by Peter Donkor, provost of the College of Health Sciences at KNUST, Aaron Lawson, provost of the College of Health Sciences at University of Ghana, and Eddie Addai, director of Policy Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at the Ministry of Health.

To read the full press release, visit the University of Michigan web site.