The University of Ghana Medical Center has received a donation of $50,000 from the UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (UKGCC), a member-based trade group that supports bilateral commerce between the UK and Ghana (UGMC).
The money was raised during the UKGCC's recreation of the first Royal Ascot Ladies Day Experience Event in Ghana, which took place at the Polo Court Gardens in Accra on June 18, 2022. Lucy Brimpong Ofori-Ayeh, chair of the UGMC Medical and Scientific Research Centre (MSRC) Fundraising Committee, was present when the money was formally presented to the UGMC team.
We are quite satisfied with Lucy and her colleagues, remarked Anthony Pile, UKGCC Board Chairman and Founder of Blue Skies, during the presentation. I believe that starting this clinical trials unit initiative will be beneficial for everyone in the ECOWAS region, not only Ghana. The UKGCC is highly passionate about it and is in favour of everything
components, all facets of improving medical development, and I believe this just serves to highlight the significance of our opinions of the work being done by UGMC to both sides.
I also think UKGCC is doing a fantastic job right now connecting with those numerous Ghanaian industrial, social, and civil society aspects to create the change that is so crucially needed inside For her part, Mrs. Ofori-Ayeh thanked the UKGCC for its kind gift toward the construction of the clinical trials unit on behalf of the board of directors, management, and staff of the UGMC.
The assistance "will go a long way to making a dream come true," she said.
The majority of clinical trials for new medications, she continued, "are conducted overseas, not in Africa, nor with African people, and the genetic make-up of the trial participants differs from ours. As a result, we will have the opportunity to test the new medications on our own population to make sure they are suitable for their intended use.
"Once again, there are several herbal remedies available in the nation that may be able to treat a wide range of illnesses, but no scientific studies have been conducted. At UGMC, a professional clinical trials unit can conduct these studies to worldwide standards and contribute to the validation of some of these medicines. Furthermore, the majority of Ghanaians and other Africans would have access to anything made in Ghana, she continued.
Alice Asafu-Adjaye, a member of the UKGCC Executive Council, Adjoba Kyiamah, the executive director of the UKGCC, Kwame Boakye, the director of internal audit at the UGMC, Nana Adwoa Konadu Dsane, the deputy director at the MSRC, and members of the UKGCC staff were all present at the presentation.
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