Global InformationKumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine information
| Established | 1997 |
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| Scientific Director | Prof. Richard Odame Philips since 2018 |
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| Location | Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology , Kumasi , Ashanti Region , Ghana |
| Coordinates | 6°40′11″N 1°34′35″W / 6.66977°N 1.57647°W |
| Website | www |
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]
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