The Kumasi Injury Initiative has been highly successful. Successes chalked by the program include:
Conduct of high quality and highly relevant research by current and former trainees.
Maintenance of research and publications by trainees after completing their fellowship.
Retention of all long-term and intermediate trainees in Ghana and their continuous engagement in injury control work, due to the creation of productive research environments for them to return to, including ongoing mentorship and funding support for research work after completion of their training.
Increased institutional capacity to undertake injury research and injury control practice for several of the major institutions in Ghana, resulting in improvement in the policy for and practice of injury control in Ghana
The quality and relevance of research is reflected in the publications in peer reviewed journals that have been first authored by trainees and acknowledged FIC support. Leading journals in the field of injury within which trainees have published include Traffic Injury Prevention, Injury Control and Safety Promotion, Injury Prevention and World Journal of Surgery.
International Trainee/Country
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Faculty Member
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Start Date
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Summary of Support During Training
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Degree(s) Received and Year(s)
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Topic of Research Project
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Initial Position Department Institution Activity
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Current Position Department Institution Activity
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Subsequent Grant(s)/ Role/Year Awarded
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Koranteng, Adofo/Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles | 09/2005 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project funds | MPH, 2007 | Injury Surveillance | Research Assistant, Department of Community Health, Kwame Nkrumah University | Principal Research Officer, Department of Surgery, KwameNkrumah University | N/A |
Damsere-Derry, James/ Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2005 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project funds | MPH, 2009 | Pedestrian injury, speed control | Research Assistant, Building and Road Research Institute, Kumasi | Research Officer, Building and Road Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana | Sponsored PhD program on road safety at the Queensland University of Technology, (QUT), Brisbane, Australia |
Yankson, Isaac/ Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2006 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project funds | MPH, 2008 | Press reporting of road traffic crashes in Ghana | Teacher, Senior secondary school, Kumasi | Scientific Officer, Building and Road Research Institute, Kumasi, Ghana | N/A |
Kuutiero, Lillian / Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles | 09/2006 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project funds | Non-degree training completed in 2008 | Laws on road safety | Participatory Development Associates (a local NGO) | Advocacy Officer, OXFAM, Ghana | N/A |
Asiedua, Jessie/ Ghana | Donkor, Peter | 09/2008 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2010 | Childhood injury | Nursing Officer, Koforidua Hospital, Ghana | Head, Nursing Training College, Nkawkaw, Ghana | N/A |
Ankomah, James/ Ghana |
Donkor, Peter Mock Charles | 09/2008 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2010 | Burn Injury in Ghana | Medical Officer, Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana | Senior Resident in Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana | Re-entry study: trauma care capacity in Ghana, 2015 |
Yeboah, Dominic/ Ghana |
Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2010 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2013 | Preventable trauma deaths at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital | Medical Officer, Department of Surgery, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana | Specialist in Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana | Site PI: International Orthopaedic Multicentre Study (INORMUS) in Fracture Care , Canadian Institutes of Health Research (MOP133609), |
Osei-Ampofo, Maxwell, Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2011 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2013 | Injuries in pregnant women presenting to the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital | Resident in Emergency Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital | Specialist in Emergency Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana | N/A |
Gyedu, Adam/ Ghana |
Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2011 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2012 | Childhood injury in a peri-urban settlement in Kumasi: Re-entry study: trauma care capacity in Ghana; enumeration of all surgery performed in Ghana |
Lecturer in Surgery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Senior Lecturer in Surgery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology | Co-Investigator: Injury Control Research in Ghana and West Africa (D43TW007267) |
Forson, Paa Kobina / Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles | 09/2011 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | Non-degree training in research methods | Resident in emergency medicine at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital | Specialis-in-charge of Emergency Medicine, Offinso District Hospital, Ghana | N/A | |
Japiong, Kennedy/Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2012 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2014 | Trauma care at the Ghana Police Hospital | Nursing Officer, Police Hospital, Accra, Ghana | Officer-in-Charge of the Emergency Clinic of the National Police Headquarters | N/A |
Paitoo, Benjamin/ Ghana |
Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2012 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2016 | Occupational injuries to staff of the Ghana Fire Service | Municipal Fire Officer, Ghana Fire Service, Obuasi, | Lecturer, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani | N/A |
Agyemang, Eunice/Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2013 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2017 | Workplace Violence | Nursing Officer, Department of Emergency Medicine, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana | Nursing Officer, Komfo Anokye Teaching Note: data gathered; results written; pending review and defense. Hospital, Ghana | N/A |
Nakua, Emmanuel/ Ghana |
Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2013 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | PhD Pending | Occupational injuries to goldminers in Ghana | Lecturer, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University, Ghana | Lecturer, School of Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University, Ghana Note: data gathered; results written; pending review and defense. |
N/A |
Gyamfi, Adwoa /Ghana |
Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2014 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2015 | Electronic medical record use in Emergency Department of Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital | Nursing Manager, Child Welfare Clinic, Agogo Presbyterian Hospital, Ghana | Lecturer, Midwifery Training School, Pramso, Ghana | N/A |
Donkor, Isaac/Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2014 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2015 | Distracted driving | Manager of Red Cross Services, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana | Manager of Red Cross Services in Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana | N/A |
Boakye, Godfred /Ghana |
Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2015 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2017 | Supply chain management in trauma care | Research Officer, Department of Surgery, KNUST | Trainee military officer, Ghana Armed Forces | |
Nathaniel Adu Boakye/ Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles | 09/2016 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2019 | Violence against children | Medical Officer, Manhyia District Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana | MPH student | N/A |
Amy Budu Ainooson/ Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles | 09/2016 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2018 | Dependency violence in women with disabilities | National Service Officer, Center for Disability Studies, KNUST, Ghana | MPH student | N/A |
Helena Serwaa Appiagyei/ Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2017 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH, 2019 | Prevalence of occupational traumatic injuries of health workers in district hospitals | Medical Officer, Hope Exchange Medical Center, Kumasi, Ghana | MPH student | N/A |
Yempabe Tolgou/ Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2017 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | MPH Pending | Factors affecting the utilization of traditional bonesetters in the Northern Region of Ghana | Orthopedic/Trauma surgeon, Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana | MPH student | N/A |
Isaac Kofi Yankson/ Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2017 | Tuition, thesis project | PhD Pending | Assessing the Occupational Injury Risks among Road Construction Employees in Ghana: Comparative Study of Highways and Urban Roads | Scientific Officer, CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute | PhD student | N/A |
Paul Okyere/ Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2017 | Stipend, tuition, thesis project | PhD Pending | Lecturer, KNUST | PhD student | N/A | |
Akua Kusiwaa Karikari/ Ghana | Donkor, Peter Mock, Charles |
09/2017 | Stipend, Tuition, thesis project | PhD Pending | Family and health staff presence during cardiopulmonary resuscitation of adult patients involved in accident and emergency conditions: A view through health belief and stimulus responses models | Deputy Director of Nursing Services, Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi | PhD student | N/A |