Established | 1997 |
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Scientific Director | Prof. Richard Odame Philips since 2018 |
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Location | , , , Ghana |
Coordinates | 6°40′11″N 1°34′35″W / 6.66977°N 1.57647°W |
Website |
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Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) is a Biomedical research institute located at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi, Ghana. It is a joint venture between the Ministry of Health ( MoH) and the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, Germany. [1] It was founded in 1998 and has about 250-300 workers. The centre's objective is to develop a series of world research programs through the acquisition of research grants. [2] The center also tests and confirms samples for COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
The facility was made one of the many others in Ghana certified to undertake COVID-19 tests in the country. [8]
KCCR is an international platform for biomedical research and a nonprofit research centre in Ghana and globally. [9] It is based on the campus of KNUST in Kumasi in the Ashanti region in the country. [10] [11] It has close cooperation with the Medical School and other related facilities making it develop into a research centre of the College of Health Sciences. [12]
StanChart Bank supported the KCCR with PCR to expand testing capabilities for the fight against Coronavirus. [10] The Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors also supported the centre with GH¢100,000. [13]