Prof. Fred Binka

Professor Fred Binka is the Foundation Vice-Chancellor of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana established by the Government of Ghana in March 2012. Previously, he was the Dean of the School of Public Health at the University of Ghana. He holds an MBChB (Ghana), MPH (Jerusalem,), and PhD in Epidemiology (summa cum laude) Basel, Switzerland 1997. He worked with the Ministry of Health in Ghana for over 20 years. During this period, he established the internationally acclaimed Navrongo Health Research Centre, in Ghana. He also established the Indepth-Network, made up of 33 filed sites in 24 developing countries in Africa and Asia.

Professor Binka has served on more than a dozen WHO expert committees and panels; was Chair of the GAVI Independent Review committee; and was a Trustee of several International NGOs working on health especially malaria. International awards received include first Recipient of Rudolf Geigy Award in 2001 and the Ronald Ross Medal in 2010 from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine for his work on malaria.

Professor Binka is currently the President of the Association of Schools of Public Health in Africa