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About

Dr. James Kojo Prah is the Director of Health Services, a Public Health Physician, a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Community Medicine, School of Medical Science and a clinical Parasitologist. He has special interests in maternal health, occupational health, and infectious diseases.  He is currently the Director of the Directorate of University Health Services (DUHS) of the University of Cape Coast (UCC). 

Focus & expertise

Academic interests · number = colleagues who share it

Recent activity

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Project Mar 2023

Risk assessment of Occupational Hazards at the University of Cape Coast

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Conference May 2021

39th Annual Meeting. European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) 2021

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Keynote lecture Apr 2021

Administering A Healthy and Safe Working Environment

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Fellowship Jan 2021

Membership

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Award Jan 2019

Best Health Worker (Senior Member Category),

Background

🎓 Education & qualifications

Master of Public Health in Public Health

Central University of Nicaragua

2018

Master of Science in Parasitology

University of Cape Coast

2015

Bachelor of Medical Science in Medicine and Surgery (MB ChB)

University of Ghana

2006

Career progression

Start date unknown

No university appointment date is on record, so this timeline begins at the earliest recorded change.

Directorate of University Health Services

Department until 2025

Origin not recorded

Senior Lecturer

Dr. · Department of Community Medicine

Present

Teaching & projects

Projects

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Risk assessment of Occupational Hazards at the University of Cape Coast

Principal Investigator

August 2026 - Present

Engagements

🎤 Keynote lectures

Sex and The Heart

University of Cape Coast at 50 Celebrations’ Public Lecture · 2012-05-31

Administering A Healthy and Safe Working Environment

42nd Mandatory Continuing Professional Education of the Chartered Institute of Administrators and Management Consultants, UCC · 2021-04-24

📅 Conferences attended

2012 Annual Scientific Conference and General Meeting of Health Services of Nigerian Universities Presenter · Adenkule Ajasin University, Akugba-Akoko, Nigeria
2012 2nd International Update Course in Cardiology Participant · Accra, Ghana
2021 39th Annual Meeting. European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases (ESPID) 2021 Participant · Geneva, Switzerland

Honors & affiliations

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Best Health Worker (Senior Member Category),
University of Cape Coast · 2019
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Best Medical Officer
University of Cape Coast Hospital · 2019
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Outstanding Achievement Award
Kwame Nkrumah Hall, University of Cape Coast · 2019
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Best Health Worker (Senior Member Category)
University of Cape Coast · 2016
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Membership
Ghana College of Physicians, Faculty of Public Health · 2021
Member
Ghana College of Physicians · 2021

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