BRIEF HISTORY OF COHK

College of Health and Well-Being, Kintampo (Formerly Rural Health Training School) became fully established in 1969 by the Ministry of Health Ghana with the first batch of Medical Assistants now Physician Assistants.

It has the mandate to churn out quality multi-purpose health personnel for the provision of quality health care throughout the country.So far, College Health & Well-Being is the only school of its kind in the country.

The motto is “Educating For Service” with a guiding principle of producing human resource capable of providing health services that is simple in operation, extensive in scope, affordable and yet efficient in quality.

Since its inception, the school has lived with this principle and turned out hundreds of Physician Assistants (Direct and post-Basic) Community oral health officer (post-Basic), Technical officer (Nutrition, Disease Control, Health information, Laboratory Technology, Community Mental Health (Direct and Post Basic), Health Promotion and Radiology) Registered Dental surgery Assistants who have strived to and continue to make immense contributions to the reduction of disability and suffering, morbidity and mortality particularly among marginalized population groups in Ghana.

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The college has a vision “To be a world class Health University that responds to the health needs of Communities”.

The mission is “To educate and train well motivated, knowledgeable and skillful health professionals who are capable of providing quality services to all people in all settings especially remote and under-served communities.

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CURRENT PRINCIPAL: Dr. Kwabena Opoku Adusei