Professor Mahama Duwiejua

Professor Mahama Duwiejua is a Pharmacist who has authored several pharmaceutical publications and is currently the Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Health Sciences, at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, in Kumasi, Ghana. He holds a PhD in Pharmacology and an MSc in Clinical Pharmacy.

Over the last 6 years he has concentrated more on developing clinical pharmacy practice. Having helped in setting up a department of clinical pharmacy at Kwame Nkrumah University, he transferred to the department as a full time lecturer in clinical pharmacy with a reduced lecture load in pharmacology.

Professor Mahama has been involved in a variety of projects like identifying pharmaceutical care needs of diabetic patients, improving adherence to medication use among patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and promoting medication safety.