Dr. Gifty Dufie AMPOFO

About Marcad

The Malaria Research Capacity Development Consortium (MARCAD) seeks to train a core group of African scientists in West and Central Africa who will be able to provide relevant answers for the control and elimination of malaria. One PhD and two post-docs fellows are hosted at each partner institution across five African countries (Mali, The Gambia, Cameroon, Ghana and Senegal).

The University Cheikh Anta Diop UCAD, Senegal (Prof O. Gaye) leads the Consortium which includes USTTB, Mali (Prof OK. Doumbo); MRC, The Gambia (Prof U. D'Alessandro); UY1, Cameroon (Prof W. Mbacham) and UHAS, Ghana (Prof HK. Tagbor). Three European institutions collaborate in this programme: LSHTM-UK, LSTM-UK and UoC, Denmark.

Dr. Gifty Dufie AMPOFO

University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Volta Region, Ghana

Post-Doctoral

Projet title: An assessment of the implementation and effectiveness of recommended routine antenatal care interventions for the control of malaria and other parasitic infections in pregnancy in Ghana

Gifty has a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery degree from the University of Ghana, Legon and a Masters’ and PhD in Public Health from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in Ghana. She worked as Head of various health institutions in the Ejisu-Juaben Municipality, Ashanti Region of Ghana for 11 years. She is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Community Medicine, University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana. Her research interests are in maternal and child health and implementation of health interventions. Her current research focuses on assessing the burden of malaria in adolescent females and young women who form the majority of the population of first and second time pregnant women and understanding what influences their use malaria preventive measures, especially the bed net, to help develop appropriate delivery of these interventions.

MARCAD PLUS PROGRAM
MARCAD DIRECTOR PR GAYE INTERVIEW

MARCAD PLUS SELECTED FOR DELTAS AFRICA II PROGRAM

MARCAD Plus is a consortium of institutions putting together their capacities to contribute significatively to malaria and NTDs elimination in West and Central Africa. MARCAD Plus is sponsored by the Welcome Trust and the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), working in partnership with the Science for Africa Foundation (SFA)

The MARCAD Plus program
Malaria and NTDs Research Capacity Development (MARCAD Plus) in West and Central Africa is among the 14 consortia selected for the second phase of The Developing Excellence in Leadership, Training, and Science in Africa (DELTAS Africa) programme. The DELTAS Africa II launch ceremony was held on March 14th, 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya. READ MORE INFORMATIONS
For Malaria elimination in Africa

MARCAD Director Pr Gaye interview with the Senegalese national press newspaper about the next DELTASAfrica meeting in Dakar ( from 15th to 17th july) and the importance of DeltasAfrica programme for the Continent.