A Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Cape Coast, Prof. David Teye Doku, has underscored the need for society to fix the key causes of health inequalities.
According to him, society had deliberately ignored non-medical factors that influence health outcomes of its populace.
Prof. Doku was speaking at his inaugural lecture on the topic, "The Causes of the Causes: Is Society the producer of its own health and ill-health?"
A group of 49 pupils from some basic schools in Togo and Ivory Coast are in UCC on a one-month study visit. This is part of the language immersion programme.
While at UCC, the pupils will learn the English Language at the UCC Basic School.
The pupils, made up of 40 Ivorians and 9 Togolese, have been assigned Ghanaian mother-figures who will take care of them throughout their stay in Ghana.
Participants in the maiden Research Summer School organised by the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC) of University of Cape Coast (UCC) have expressed gratitude to the University for the opportunity to be part of the event.
The five-day Summer School equipped participants with core skills and tools on article writing, grant proposal writing, researcher visibility, time and stress management, and scientific presentation skills.
The Director of the Directorate of Consular and General Services (DCGS) of University of Cape Coast, Mrs. Alberta Yaa Graham, has received in official visit the new District Fire Officer of UCC Fire Station, Divisional Fire Officer (DO) II, Ms. Dorinda Ackah.
The visit by DO II Ackah was to introduce herself to Mrs. Graham as the new District Fire Officer of the UCC Fire Station.
One hundred and twenty-two (122) Midwifery and General Nursing practitioners have graduated at the maiden congregation ceremony of the Assinman Nursing and Midwifery Training College at Assin Fosu in the Central Region.
Technology giant, Google, has held a seminar for staff and students of University of Cape Coast (UCC) on the current trends of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The Head of Google-Ghana, Mr. Jason Hickey, said Google was rolling out generative AI to its core search engine. He noted that AI, particularly with the recent breakthroughs in Large Language Models (LLMs), had brought about revolutionary transformation in the world.
Hordes of students of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of University of Cape Coast have embarked on an educational tour to Nzulezu as part of their practical lessons.
Nzulezu, meaning "surface of water," is a village in the Nzema area in the Western Region, built entirely on stilts in a lagoon.
Students of the Department of Clinical Nutrition and Dietetics of University of Cape Coast have paid an industrial visit to the Takoradi Flour Mill Limited (TFM) in the Western Region.
The visit was aimed at exposing the students to hands-on practical knowledge and experience on the production of the high quality wheat flour and related by-products of TFM.
A five-day Research Summer School aimed at providing vital skillset in grant proposal writing, scientific writing and publication, research excellence leadership skills development and short-term monitoring for academics, business leaders and civil society organisations has opened at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
Organised by the Directorate of Research, Innovation and Consultancy (DRIC), it also seeks to build the capacity of researchers in and outside UCC in research-related issues.
