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About Us

About GKA

The Ghana Kidney Association (GKA) is an organization that was formed in 2011 under the able leadership of Dr. Dwomoa Adu, the first president. The GKA’s core mandate is to advance the cause of kidney disease nationally. Our stated objectives are as follows:
  1. To promote, advance and disseminate knowledge of kidney structure and function
  2. To promote the prevention and treatment of kidney disorders
  3. To seek means for the enactment of enabling government legislation to the benefit of nephrology in Ghana
  4. To encourage all workers in this discipline and to foster friendship and cooperation among them both nationally and internationally
  5. To seek the interest of all who suffer from kidney disease in Ghana
Membership consists of healthcare and non-healthcare persons, including patients. Furtherance to this, the GKA actively encourages patient advocacy and has as a core mandate patient wellbeing, particularly patients afflicted with kidney diseases of varying types.

Mission Statement

To promote and disseminate information on kidney health through education, training and advocacy and to seek the interest of all who suffer from kidney disease in Ghana and beyond.

Vision Statement

To be organized as the professional body championing the cause of kidney health for all the citizenry of Ghana and beyund through education, training and advocacy.

Our Values

Education - We promote, advance and disseminate knowledge of kidney diseases among the general public. Networking - We foster ans co-operate among all workers nationally and internationally..View More

Our Executives

Professor Sampson Antwi

President

Dr. charlotte Osafo

Vice President

Beatrice Irene Nyann

Paediatrician