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“Give the New Director all the supports he deserves” Immediate Past Director to Staff

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The Immediate Past Director of the Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Prof. Mrs. Ernestina Fredua Antoh, has urged the entire staff of the Bureau to give their maximum support to the new Director, Dr. Ebenezer Owusu-Addo. Prof. Fredua Antoh told staff of the Bureau, this during a brief handing-over ceremony held at the Bureau’s premises on Monday January 10, 2022.

BIRD-KNUST welcomes a new Director

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The Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has ushered into office, a new Director, Dr. Ebenezer Owusu-Addo. The newly appointed Director of BIRD assumed work today after a short handing-over ceremony held at the Bureau’s premises on Monday January 10, 2022.  

BIRD – KNUST Organizes an Orientation For National Service Personnel

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On Friday 5th of November, 2021, the Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD) organized an orientation for its newly posted National Service Personnel (NSS). The orientation was chaired by the Director, Prof. (Mrs) Ernestina Fredua Antoh. Staff at present include Dr. Monica Addison, Dr. Albert Arhin, Dr. Ebenezer Owusu-Addo, Nathaniel Mensah-Odum, Rexford Kuze and the Admin. Sec., Mrs. Meg Agyarko – Nyamekye.

BIRD-KNUST organizes a multi-stakeholder work on Greater Kumasi landscape

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The Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD) of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), in collaboration with PBL Netherlands Environment Assessment Agency, will organize a 2 – day multi-stakeholder workshop to develop a shared vision for the Greater Kumasi landscape.

USAID-METSS Project Team Pays Courtesy Visit to KNUST

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A project team from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Monitoring, Evaluation, and Technical Support Services (METSS) on Thursday, October 6, 2021, paid a courtesy call on the staff of the Bureau of Integrated Rural Development (BIRD), of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, at the Bureau’s premises. The team led by Dr.

Dr. Ebenezer Owusu-Addo Wins 2020 Pittu Laungani Best Paper Prize

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Dr. Ebenezer Owusu-Addo, a Senior Research Fellow at Bureau of Integrated Rural Development  of the College of the Agriculture and Natural Resources, KNUST has been named a winner of  the 2020 Pittu Laungani best paper prize from the International Journal of Health Promotion and Education. The award was announced at the 2021 Institute of Health Promotion and Education Conference held in Coventry, UK. 

BIRD Organises Dissemination Workshop for District Directors of Health Services in Ashanti Region

BIRD recently instituted a lessons learnt event programme which focuses on dissemination of research findings to a larger audience. Following this new initiative, the first dissemination workshop was held with Municipal and District Directors of Health Services in Ashanti Region on 23rd September, 2016 at the conference room of the Ashanti Regional Health Directorate.

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