CAS & GOHi Delegation to Ghana

Center for Africa Studies and Global One Health Initiative (GOHi) have united to expand the Global One Health Initiative to West Africa.  Ghana was selected as the location for the first feasibility study in West Africa because it is the second most populous region in Africa representing 5.6% of the earth’s population.  The CAS-GOHi delegation visited Ghana from July 28 to August 2.  The members of the delegation were:

Dr. Wondwossen Gebreyes, Hazel C. Youngbeg Distinguished Professor and the Executive Director of the Global One Health initiative (GOHi) and President of The Ohio State University entity (GOH, LLC)

Dr. Irene Hatsu, Associate Professor of Human Nutrition in the Department of Human Sciences, College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University (OSU).  

Dr. Dónal O’Mathúna, Professor at The Ohio State University’s (OSU) College of Nursing and Associate Director for Research at the OSU Center for Bioethics  

Dr. Ousman Murzik Kobo, associate professor in the Department of History, and the Director of the Center for African Studies at The Ohio State University

The group's activities began on Sunday July 28, with an understanding of the broad context of the culture, history and geographic aspects of Ghana, including a visit to the Mausoleum of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the famed pan-Africanist who led Ghana to independence in 1957. The tour of the Mausoleum was followed by a tour of the city of Accra, Ghana’s capital.  In the following days, the delegation held discussions at the University of Ghana in Legon, the University of Cape Coast, the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, and the U.S. Embassy.  While at the embassy, the CAS-GOHi team was hosted by the foreign trade officer of the Department of Commerce, the CDC country director, and the USAID country deputy director.