Victor Asare Bampoe is a Ghanaian physician, public health specialist and a former deputy Minister of Health.[1][2][3][4][5]
Early life and education edit
Bampoe was born in 1967. He had his secondary school education, both GCE Ordinary and Advanced Level certificate in Achimota School in Ghana from 1979 to 1986. He proceeded to the University of Ghana Medical School where he graduated with a BSc in human biology, medicine and surgery in 1995 and was trained as a medical doctor. Afterwards he completed post-graduate study for a Master of Public Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, US, in 1999.[6]
Career edit
Bampoe served as the senior fund portfolio manager at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria based in Geneva, Switzerland.[7]
Politics edit
In June 2014, Bampoe was nominated by President John Dramani Mahama to serve as the deputy Minister of Health. He was vetted on 10 July 2014 and sworn in on 22 July 2014.[7][2] He served in that role from 2014 to 2017.[3][5][4]
References edit
- ^ "Dr Victor Bampoe is Nigeria's UNAIDS country director". GhanaHealthNest. 2018-11-29. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ a b "Mahama appoints more Ministers; Acquinas Quansah now Central Regional Minister". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ a b "Minister commends health personnel, security officers at Elubo border". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ a b "Health Ministry inspects Tema General Hospital Ebola centre". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ a b "Rapid response team dispatched to Cape Coast to contain cholera outbreak". BusinessGhana. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
- ^ Johns Hopkins (27 May 1999). "Commencement 1991-2000 - JScholarship - Johns Hopkins University" (PDF). Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ a b Online, Peace FM. "Mahama Picks 11 Ministers". Peacefmonline.com - Ghana news. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
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