1. Title: Contexts of post abortion care in Ghana. A descriptive study of clients, service providers and facilities for post abortion care in the Kumasi metropolis. A collaborative project of the Department of Population and Family Health Sciences of the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Medical Sciences and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana.

            Role: Principal Investigator (in Ghana).

Funding Source: Winkler Foundation, USA, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, USA.

            Grant number: 9792020

            Period: January 2001 to March 2003

            Budget amount: USD 41,900

2. Title: Quality Family Planning. A service project to assist the Ministry of Health of Ghana to improve family health by increasing the quality and accessibility of reproductive health services in the public and private sectors in Ashanti Region.

            Role: Project Director

            Funding Source: Engenderhealth (formerly AVSC)

            Project number: Engenderhealth subagreement number GHA-02-11

            Period: 1st June 2002 – 31st May, 2003

            Budget amount: USD 35,764

3. Title: Using antibodies from peripheral blood lymphocytes to detect mother to child transmission of HIV. A scientific research collaboration between the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology School of Medical Sciences and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Kumasi, Ghana and University of Bergen and PlasmAcute, Bergen Norway.

            Role: Principal Investigator

            Funding source: PlasmAcute, Bergen, Norway

            Period: December 2002 – December, 2003

            Budget amount: USD 25,000

4. Title: Quality Family Planning Services. A service project to assist the Ministry of Health of Ghana to improve family health by increasing the quality and accessibility of reproductive health services in the public and private sectors in Ashanti Region.

            Role: Project Director

            Funding Source: Engenderhealth (formerly AVSC)

            Project number: Engenderhealth subagreement number GHA-02-12

            Period: 1st June 2003 – 31st May, 2004

            Budget amount: USD 48,054

5. Title: JHU-KNUST Linkage programme in Population and Reproductive Health

In collaboration with the Bill and Melinda Gates Institute of the John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.  The KNUST SMS – JHUBSPH Gates linkage programme aimed at building long-term sustainable capacity in Population and Reproductive Health for leadership and expertise to address priority population and reproductive health problems in Ghana and the subregion.  The objectives of the linkage programme, with focus on Population and Reproductive Health, are: Staff capacity building, Staff / student exchange, Collaborative research and advance research training, Local postgraduate training and continuing professional development, Educational infrastructure support.

            Role: Project Co-investigator

Funding Source: Bill and Melinda Gates Institute of the John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Grant Amount: USD 1,088,604

Grant No. 9792020/2379

Grant Period: 2003 - 2008

6. Title: Reduction of Maternal Mortality and Morbidity: Family Planning Component. A service project aimed at contributing to reducing fertility and improving maternal health through making high quality and sustainable modern contraceptive services including long acting and permanent methods available, provided and utilized nationwide at all levels.

            Role: Project Director

            Funding Source: EngenderHealth (formerly AVSC)

            Project number: EngenderHealth subagreement number RMM-003-01

            Period: 1st June 2007 – 30th May, 2008

            Budget amount: USD 69,338

7. Title: Quality Health Partners support for training doctor-nurse teams in minilaparotomy bilateral tubal ligation and Jadelle implant insertion and removal at KATH.

            Role: Project Director

            Funding Source: EngenderHealth through Quality Health Partners

            Period: May to September, 2008

            Budget amount: GHc 32,210.22

8. Title: International Family Planning Fellowship Programme (IFPFP); involving the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at University of Michigan, KNUST School of Medical Sciences and University of Ghana Medical School and Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons. The purpose is to train Obstetricians/Gynaecologists to be experts in Family Planning.

            Role: Project Director

            Period: 1st July 2008 – 30th June 2010

            Budget: USD 278,819

9. Title: Setting up of the Centre for Disability and Rehabilitation Studies (CEDRES) at KNUST. The centre’s mission is to build capacity in health, other professionals and identified actors in effective partnership with Disable Person’s Organisations (DPOs) and civil society for the prevention and appropriate response to disability to ensure better inclusion into society and create more equal opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (DPOs) in Ghana. The project was executed in partnership with the University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool Leiden), Leiden in the Netherlands; and in collaboration with University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

            Role: Chairman of the Local Management Team

            Period: 2008 – 2011

            Budget: Euro 1,964,000