ACE for Water and Environmental Sanitation

ACE for Water and Environmental Sanitation
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi Ghana

Contacts
Prof. Samuel Nii Odal
Emails
snodai@yahoo.com

Discipline

STEM

Key Academic Partners

    National and international partners including:

  • University of Cape Coast.
  • IRC International water and sanitation Centre in the Netherlands.
  • National Water Resources Institute and University of Benin, Nigeria.
  • 4. University of Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal

Existing Industry/Private Sector Partners

  • MMDAs/Kumasi Waste Management Department
  • Water Resources Commission, Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL); Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA);
  • Irrigation Development Authority, Water Research Institute of CSIR, Environmental Protection Agency;
  • National Water Resources Institute (Nigeria);
  • UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education and Research, The Netherlands;
  • International Reference Centre for water and sanitation (IRC)
  • International Water Management Institute (IWMI)

Education/Research/Focus Area

Provide Masters, PhD and Post-doctoral level training, and conduct research focused on cell and molecular biology of common diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. The main objectives of this Center of Excellence will be to train high level health professionals and academics on modern molecular methods for infectious disease diagnosis and research through MPhil, PhD and Post-doctoral programs; provide an e-learning platform to promote teaching, research, and dissemination of information among health professionals and academics in the sub-region; to serve as a core facility with state-of-the art biomedical laboratories to support infectious diseases research in the sub-region and a Biomedical High Performance Computing Unit that will provide access to cluster computing services, data storage and scientific and data handling software; increase research output in vaccines, drugs and diagnostics innovation by serving as a focal point for enhancing collaboration among biomedical scientists and biotechnology companies in the sub-region.