Staff Profile

Samuel Yaw Agyemang-Badu

Samuel Yaw Agyemang-Badu

Senior Health Tutor

Envt. & Sanitation

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Background

Samuel Yaw Agyemang-Badu (Sanitarian) is an Environmental Health Officer by Profession, registered and licensed by Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC), a Public Health Engineer (Trainee Professional Engineer -TPE) by the Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE), a member of Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), United Kingdom, a Senior Health Tutor (Environmental Health) and the Head, Environmental Health and Sanitation Unit of the College since its inception in November, 2015. He teaches Environmental Health, Medical Entomology and Health Sociology courses and ensures effective and efficient waste management and pest and vector control at the College. He has both local and international working experience over the past ten (10) years.


Until his appointment as a Health Tutor (Environmental Health) in 2015, he was the Eastern Regional Project Coordinator/ Focal Person of the Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS), a UNICEF Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project  and an

Education

  • Currently, Samuel is pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Environmental Health at World Bank Africa Centre of Excellence in Public Health and Toxicological Research (ACE-PUTOR), Nigeria, 2021-2024. He holds a two (2) years M.Sc. (Engineering) Water Supply and Environmental Sanitation from World Bank Afri

Gebremeskel Kanno, G., Diriba, K., Getaneh, B., Melaku, A., Eshete Soboksa, N., Agyemang-Badu, S. Y.,... & Birhanie Aregu, M. (2022). Effective Hand Washing Practice in Dilla University Referral Hospital; Duration of Hand Rubbing and the Amount of Water as Key Enablers. Environmental Health Insights, 16, 11786302221093481. https://doi.org/10.1177/11786302221093481

Scientific Conference Presentation: “Survey of Mosquito Breeding Sites in the Sunyani Municipality, Bono, Region, Ghana”, 16th World Congress on Environmental Health 2022 (WCEH2022), World Trade Centre (WTC). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August, 2022.

Samuel has attended several scientific conferences/workshops/seminars both locally and internationally. Key amongst them are;

  1. 16th World Congress on Environmental Health 2022 (WCEH2022) organized by the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) and Malaysian Association of Environmental Health (MAEH) at World Trade Centre (WTC). Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 21st- 25th August, 2022.
  2. Maiden Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM). Theme: Engineering, Key to Achieving National Development, Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) Branch 2, TYCO City Hotel, Sunyani, 2nd June, 2022.
  3. Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021. An Online Global Conference to Accelerate, Innovate and Scale up the World’s Efforts in Adapting to the Inevitable Effects of Climate Change, Netherlands Government and Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) from 25th-26th January, 2021.

  4. Samuel has won several Travel Grants and Scholarship Awards both locally and internationally. Some of them are;

    1. Awardee, Hedgerow Bursary Travel Grant (£1200) to attend 16th World Congress on Environmental Health 2022 (WCEH2022) organized by the International Federation of Environmental Health (IFEH) and Malaysian Association of Environmental Health (MAEH) at World Trade Centre (WTC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 21st -25th August, 2022.

     

    1. Awardee, Tuition Scholarship (€600), CIHLMU Center for International Health, Ludwig Maximilian University-Munich, Germany to participate he Advanced Module course on Vector Biology and Control in Ghana, and Department of Conservation Biology and Entomology, University of Cape Coast (UCC), 20th -28th June, 2022.

     

    1. Awardee, 2021 World Bank African Centre of Excellence (ACE) Project Postgraduate Scholarship to Pursue