DDHS and district profiles

Background Information

  • Region: Ashanti Region, Ghana
  • Profession: Pharmacist, Public Health Specialist
  • Email: badubediako2004@yahoo.com / amansiewestdhd2020@yahoo.com
  • Contact Number: +233244-483412
  • Membership: Member, Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana
  • Awards: Various awards for financial efficiency, leadership, and excellence in healthcare delivery
Bernard Badu Bediako

DDHS- Amansie West District

Education

  • Fellowship: West African Post Graduate College of Pharmacists (Immunization and Supply Chain Management)

  • Masters in Public Health: Health Services Planning and Management

  • Bachelor of Science in Biological Science: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 2001

  • Bachelor of Pharmacy: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, 2005

  • Certificate in Supply Chain Management: University of Ghana

Experience

  • National Conferences: Key oral presenter at the 4th and 5th National Patient Safety and Quality of Care Conferences (2022, 2023)

  • Awarded 14 staff and institutions yearly in Amansie West District

  • Instituted the monthly best health worker awards from personal initiative and funding

  • Traditional Leadership Support: Gained massive and overwhelming support for healthcare delivery in Amansie West District

  • Healthcare Facilities: Since 2018, annually added new health facilities to the district to increase access to healthcare

  • Delivered a presentation on the implementation of NOP Policy during the 2024 senior managers meeting at Lancaster Hotel, Ashanti Region

  • Panel speaker at the virtual meeting of the 5th edition of the Teach to Reach conference organized by Geneva Learning Foundation, 2022

  • National Awards: Amansie West District won the National Award for the best CHPS staff during the first-ever GHS Excellence Awards, 2023

Career History

  • Former District: Bosomtwe (Awarded 2nd best in financial efficiency in Ashanti Region, 2016)

  • Current District: Amansie West

  • 2nd best in the holistic assessment out of 43 districts in Ashanti Region, 2022

  • Best CHPS staff in the 2023 Excellence Awards in Ashanti Region

  • Best in leadership and excellence at the health center level

  • 3rd best in the 2023 holistic assessment and 7th overall in Ashanti Region