Ambassador
Stephanie S. Sullivan traveled to the Ashanti Region from May 2-7 to promote
partnerships on health, education, good governance, and economic development
between the United States of America and the Republic of Ghana.
On May 3,
Ambassador Sullivan paid a visit to the Regional Minister of Ashanti, the
Honorable Simon Osei-Mensah, with whom she discussed U.S. partnership programs
in the Ashanti Region sponsored by the American people.
She then
attended the 20th anniversary celebration of the enstoolment of His Majesty
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the 16th Asantehene of the Ashanti Kingdom,
and attended a dinner in his honor at the Manhyia Palace.
The
Ambassador joined senior Government of Ghana officials and business leaders in
an investment forum at the Golden Tulip Hotel on May 4, where they discussed
key trends and developments in the Ghanaian economy and future partnership
opportunities.
She then met
Peace Corps Volunteers and thanked them for their service in the region
promoting health and education, underscoring her own experience as a former
Peace Corps Volunteer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, then known as
Zaire, prior to her diplomatic career.
At the Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) on May 6, the Ambassador
met with Vice Chancellor, Professor Kwasi Obiri-Danso and addressed U.S.-Ghana
bilateral relations with over 200 business students.
In her
remarks, she noted the longstanding U.S. interest in strengthening partnerships
between American and Ghanaian academic institutions, and the U.S. commitment to
encouraging more Ghanaians to study in American colleges and
universities. The Ambassador thanked Professor Obiri-Danso for KNUST’s
partnership welcoming American Fulbright Scholars and Fellows, and exhorted the
students to offer their own immense talents and contributions towards shaping
Ghana’s economic development.
Ambassador
Sullivan also met with 16 students specializing in seeds at the College of
Agriculture who participate in the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID) Borlaug Higher Education Agricultural Research and
Development (BHEARD) Program.
The program
promotes greater agriculture-led economic growth and national resources
management.
Concluding
her trip, Ambassador Sullivan inaugurated the HopeXchange Women’s Cancer Center
in Kumasi, which is sponsored by the American people through USAID.
The new
medical center is a hub of collaborative research and training for Ghanaian
medical professionals dedicated to the detection, diagnosis, and treatment of
breast and cervical cancer, which are the two largest causes of preventable
deaths among Ghanaian women.
In her
remarks, the Ambassador observed that the Center’s inauguration underscores the
successful partnerships the United States Government has with Ghana’s Ministry
of Health, HopeXchange, the Ghana Mission Foundation of Malta, the Catholic
Church of Ghana, Yale University, private sector partners, and several other
leading medical universities around the world.
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