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Jacob Amekor Blukoo-Allotey
Jacob Amekor Blukoo-Allotey, (1929–2016), was a Ghanaian academic and physician who served as general manager of the GIHOC Pharmaceutical Corporation. Early life Blukoo-Allotey attended Accra Academy, where he graduated in 1948. He proceeded to the United Kingdom to study medicine at the University of Liverpool. There, he was the president of the city's Ghana Students' Association. He graduated in 1959, and in 1960, he became a Licensiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London, and a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He later went to the United States of America on a scholarship to study Pharmacology for his master's degree. Career Following his studies in the United Kingdom, Blukoo-Allotey returned to Ghana where he registered as a medical personnel on 12 May 1961. He consequently worked as a physician with the Ministry of Health until the mid-1960s when he took up a job as a lecturer at the Pharmacology department of the University of Ghana Medical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Order Of The Volta
The Order of the Volta is an order of merit from the Republic of Ghana. It was instituted in 1960 and is awarded to people for their outstanding service to the country.Republic of Ghana: Order of the Volta Medals of the World. Retrieved 9 May 2015. Grades There are three grades with a civil and military division each: * Companion (CV) - Civil Division, Military Division, Honorary Division * Officer (OV) - Civil Division, Military Division, Honorary Division * Member (MV) - Civil Division, Military Division, Police Division, Honorary Division The of the order is navy blue with red borders and a central black stripe. Recipient ...
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Centre For Scientific Research Into Plant Medicine
The Centre for Scientific Research into Plant Medicine is an institution for research into herbal medicine in Mampong Akuapem, in the Eastern Region of southern Ghana. It was set up by the government of Ghana in 1976. It produces its own herbal medicines and runs an out-patient clinic A clinic (or outpatient clinic or ambulatory care clinic) is a health facility that is primarily focused on the care of outpatients. Clinics can be privately operated or publicly managed and funded. They typically cover the primary care needs ... which treats more than 16,000 patients a month. References {{Authority control Herbalism organizations Medical and health organisations based in Ghana Organizations established in 1975 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghanaian Pharmacologists
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Togo in the east.Jackson, John G. (2001) ''Introduction to African Civilizations'', Citadel Press, p. 201, . Ghana covers an area of , spanning diverse biomes that range from coastal savannas to tropical rainforests. With nearly 31 million inhabitants (according to 2021 census), Ghana is the second-most populous country in West Africa, after Nigeria. The capital and largest city is Accra; other major cities are Kumasi, Tamale, and Sekondi-Takoradi. The first permanent state in present-day Ghana was the Bono state of the 11th century. Numerous kingdoms and empires emerged over the centuries, of which the most powerful were the Kingdom of Dagbon in the north and the Ashanti Empire in the south. Beginning in the 15th century, the Portugue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
