Alfred Doku

• Teaching medical student, junior residents and fellows

Head the cardiology unit, leading patient care and training of physicians and cardiologist

Research and training in the university

Trained 8 cardiologists and 12 cardiology fellows are under training

• I have just been appointed as senior lecturer by the School of Public Health, University of Ghana to teach Non-Communicable Diseases
• Championing cardiovascular detection and prevention since 2003 working with various national and international agencies
• Immediate past president of the Ghanaian Society of Cardiology championing CVD care and prevention in Ghana
• Since 2004, lead consultant for Ghana Bar Association providing preventive health services for lawyers in Ghana till date
• Country director for Ghana Heart Initiative, a GIZ implemented and Bayer sponsored project working with GHS, MOH and other agencies

-Development of 1st Ghana's CVD Management Guidelines, Training manuals/Guides for nurses, physician assistants and doctors in CVD -Training of over 5,000 health professionals in CVD across Ghana

-Setting up of Ghana's first National CVD Support and Call Centre

-Provision of equipment( ECG, monitors, defibrillators, etc) nationwide for the management of CVD

-Establishment of Ghana's first e-learning platform for the training in CVD

-Establishment of 9 specialized centers for the management of DVT and heart failure

-Screening of 10,000 coastal Accra inhabitants for hypertension and linking them to care

-Institutionalization of CVD training through modification of curriculum for training in medicals and nursing colleges in Ghana

-Working with other sponsors beside Bayer to transition Ghana Heart Initiative to Ghana Health Initiative for the next 4 years to continue capacity building for CVD but add Diabetes Mellitus and Respiratory Diseases

-Working the Ethiopian Government to establish the Ghana Heart Initiative model there.

• Chairing of International Society of Hypertension Committee to develop Hypertension Guidelines for Africa. We are hoping to complete by August 2024 and present at the ISH Conference in Colombia in September 2024