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PAID ADVERTISEMENTS MEETING SCHEDULE DAY 1 Tuesday 30th July 2019 07:00 – 09:15 hrs Registration and Poster Set-up 09:15 – 10.00 hrs Opening Ceremony 10:00 – 11:00 hrs Keynote Address 11:00 – 11:10 hrs Chairman’s closing remarks & Vote of Thanks 11:10 – 11:50 hrs Break 11:50 – 12:50 hrs Parallel Sessions A1 & B1 – Oral Presentation 13:00 – 14:00 hrs Parallel Sessions A2 & B2 – Oral Presentation 14:00 – 14:50 hrs Lunch 14:50 – 15.50 hrs Parallel Sessions C1 & C2 – Oral Presentation DAY 2 Wednesday 31st July 2019 07:00 – 08:50 hrs Registration 08:50 – 09:00 hrs Announcements 09:00 – 10:00 hrs Keynote Address 10:00 – 10:50 hrs Break 11:00 – 12:00 hrs Parallel Session D1 & E1 – Oral Presentation 12:10 – 13:10 hrs Parallel Session D2 & E2 – Oral Presentation 13:10 – 14:10 hrs Lunch 14:10 – 15:10 hrs Session F 16:00 – 17:30 hrs POSTER SESSION 17:30 – 18:00 hrs CHS Closing Ceremony 18:00 hrs Cocktail and Networking DAY 3 Thursday 1st August 2019 07:00 – 08:50 hrs Registration 08:50 – 09:00 hrs Announcements 09:00 – 10:00 hrs Keynote Address 11:00 – 12:30 hrs Session G1 – Oral Presentation 11.00 – 12.30 hrs Session G2 – Oral Presentation 12.30 – 13:15 hrs Lunch 13.30 – 14:30 hrs Bussiness meeting 14:30 – 14:50 hrs Closing Ceremony 15.00 hrs Board Meeting CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS Preconference workshops (Sunday 28th & Monday 29th July): i. PCR & post amplification techniques ii. Liquid handling techniques Venue: Department of Clinical Microbiology, SMS-KNUST iii. Tour of the KNUST Central Laboratory & Satellite Labs Venue: KNUST Central Laboratory Registration: Registration begins on Monday 30th July from 15:00hrs onwards at the KNUST Business School, and will continue from Tuesday, 30th July to Wednesday, 1st August 2019. Transport: Participants will bear their own cost of transportation to and from Kumasi. Transport arrangements will be made to transport participants arriving and departing at the Kumasi Airport and the Bus terminal, and also to and from their Hotels at no extra cost. Catering: Teas/cocoa/coffee breaks and Lunch will be served within the conference venue during the breaks. You will be required to produce a meal coupon before you will be served. Cocktail & Networking events: This will take place from 18:00hrs on Wednesday night. Information Desk: A registration and information desk will be situated in the KNUST Business School. This will be opened for registration and queries at the following times: Tuesday 30th July – 1st August between the hours of 08:00hrs and 17:00hrs. All information related to accommodation and travels should be lodged there. First Aid: This will be available on site. Indemnity: While every effort will be made to take care of every conference participant, the organizers will not be held responsible for any mishaps during the conference period. Delegates must make their own personal insurance arrangement. Delegates must also take responsibility for any precious item lost during the conference. CPD Accreditation: Continuous Professional development accreditation has been applied for. Delegates will be required to sign the attendance register on a daily basis, and delegates’ CPD Certificates will be given. Scientific Sessions/Commissions: Each day begins with a 1-hour Keynote presentation for all participants. Following the break, there will be parallel sessions in conference rooms 1 and 2. The poster sessions will be held in the foyer on Tuesday and Wednesday after lunch. Photographs: The University’s accredited Photographers will be around to take pictures of events and conference moments. Participants can arrange to take pictures at their own cost. SOLIDARITY/GOODWILL MESSAGES WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE PROVOST OF THE COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES, KNUST On behalf of the Board of the College of Health Sciences, KNUST, I welcome you all to the 8th Biennial Conference of the College. This year, the Conference is being held jointly with the Convention of Biomedical Research, Ghana (CoBReG). Both CoBReG and the CHS have agreed on the conference theme “Universal Access to Health Care – The role of the Health Scientist”. Presentations at this conference will showcase what we, as health scientists, bring to the table to complement the work of the health service in addressing issues of universal health care in the country. As a College of Health Sciences, our traditional role has been to produce the necessary human resources for health, engage in extension services within and without the country and undertake research to address important health issues in the country and globally to address SDG 3. It is my hope that this conference will enable us network with COBREG and the Ghana Health Service to address health research challenges to support Universal health care. Do enjoy our hospitality and our beautiful campus. Prof. Yaw Adu-Sarkodie WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF CoBReG It is my pleasure to welcome you to the 2019 annual conference of the Convention for Biomedical Research, Ghana (CoBReG). This is our first ever conference where we are partnering with the KNUST College of Health Sciences to organize a joint conference. The theme this year is ‘Universal Access to Healthcare – the role of the Health Scientist’. This year’s conference features exceptional keynote lectures, oral and poster presentations of original research and promises to provide an expanded platform for creating new, as well as strengthening existing collaborations with researchers and colleagues from local and international institutions. The lineup of presentations promises to provide an avenue for creative thinking as well as provides the opportunity for researchers to share their amazing experiences and results. For delegates who are not members, this is an excellent opportunity to join the CoBReG in order to contribute to advancing biomedical and health developments in Ghana in particular and Africa as a whole. The continuing support from Inqaba Biotech, WACCBIP, and other sponsors is acknowledged, and very well appreciated. The hard work of the Board of Directors together with the Scientific and the Local Organising Committees in planning and putting the conference program together is also acknowledged. This conference promises to be amazing, don't miss out on the fun. I look forward to your enthusiastic participation and wish you a successful conference. Linda E Amoah, PhD (NMIMR-UG) MESSAGES FROM SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to CoHS/CoBReG 2019. This is the first time CoBReG is having a joint Conference and we are hoping for more of such to foster collaborations especially between Scientists and Clinicians. It is our desire that the collaborative and interactive discussions will go beyond this meeting and next year, we will see joint abstracts from many faculties. We also hope that this meeting will lay the foundation where our discussions can translate into scientific policies for regional and national development. Akwasi Anyanful This year we have three renowned keynote speakers who will highlight accomplishments in their areas of expertise. We also had over 140 abstracts for review and we therefore had to use the parallel session system to accommodate the numerous requests for oral presentations. Public Health talks will thus partner with Bioinforatics/Genomics on the first day and Clinical Research will partner with Plant Medicine/Chemistry on the second day. Due to the proximity of the Conference halls, one can easily move from a particular talk to the other depending on one’s interest. Daniel Ansong We are still maintaining strictly the allotted time slot of 12 minutes oral presentation with 3 minutes questioning. We insist oral presenters stick strictly to this time to enable the successful progression of the meeting. There will be two interactive poster sessions and if all show up we will have over 80 posters. To this effect, all should be mounted on the first day before the meeting. Poster presenters with an even number should be by their posters on Tuesday during the poster session and all those with odd numbers on Wednesday. Posters can be mounted on the first day and kept for the duration of the program. The Committee also encourages students to seek out mentors and should be bold to approach such persons and we also respectfully request our Senior Members to be open to students so we can inspire and mentor the next batch of Scientists, impressing on the difficulty and often non- rewarding nature of our work. Finally, our heartfelt gratitude goes out to everyone for making the time to be with us and your support and encouragement is very much appreciated. Please interact during the breaks and socialization to establish collaborations. It is our hope that we will all leave this conference with refined ideas and new collaborations that will further enhance our collective output and proceed forward as one team. WELCOME ADDRESS FROM THE CONFERENCE CHAIR It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the 8th edition of the Biennial Scientific Conference of the College of Health Science (CHS), of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi. This year’s conference focuses on an important aspect of Health Care that is pivotal for improving Global Health Care Delivery but most importantly countries in our sub-region that are bedevilled with limited resources including financial, human, material and technological. This year’s theme; “Achieving Universal Health Care, the Role of Health Scientists” has been carefully chosen to reflect the need to go back in history to the original ideals of primary health care (PHC) following the Alma Atta declaration of 1978. We bring together scientists with varying backgrounds from across the divide of academia and service industry.