Pro Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academic and Students Affairs (ASA), Prof. Gordon A. Awandare, has acknowledged the critical role of capacity building in efforts to promote public health and disease control, prevention and elimination in Africa.
He made this known at a recent Joint Coordinating Board meeting at the World Health Organisation Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR). TDR is a global programme of scientific collaboration co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO, which was targeted at facilitating, supporting and influencing efforts to combat diseases of poverty.
Pro Vice-Chancellor in charge of Academic and Students Affairs (ASA), Prof. Gordon A. Awandare, has acknowledged the critical role of capacity building in efforts to promote public health and disease control, prevention and elimination in Africa.
He made this known at a recent Joint Coordinating Board meeting at the World Health Organisation Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR). TDR is a global programme of scientific collaboration co-sponsored by UNICEF, UNDP, the World Bank and WHO, which was targeted at facilitating, supporting and influencing efforts to combat diseases of poverty.