- Courtesy of the Directorate of International Relations and Advancement (DIRA) led by #Developer Prof. Courage Saba, we bring you this week’s uds@30 Alumni Profile
- Profiled today is Mr. Ronald Welaga Miah
- Enjoy the read below as scripted by the DIRA.
Developer of the week by DIRA
- UDS@30 ALUMNI PROFILING SERIES
- The Developer of the Week
- Name: Mr. Ronald Welaga Miah
- Programme of study at UDS: BSc. Community Nutrition
- Campus: Nyankpala
- Current status: District Director of Health Service
“UDS exposed me to practically oriented methodologies of teaching and learning, research and outreach services. My training in such a unique university made me appreciate the universities mandate of blending the academic world with that of the community in order to provide constructive interaction between the two for the total development of Northern Ghana in particular and the country as a whole. By this approach, I gained a lot of exposure to real life situations/health challenges as well a solid foundation to respond to challenges of today especially in the area of maternal and child health and nutrition”
Mr. Ronald Welaga Miah
Congratulations Developer Ronald!!!
Please read his profile below.
Ronald Welaga Miah is a resourceful, innovative, diligent, adaptable, analytical and enthusiastic multi-tasked Public Health Practitioner with over 14 years of working experience. He has competence in Maternal and Child health and Nutrition, Disease Surveillance and Responds, Program monitoring and evaluation, Research, Data management, Scientific Communication, Teaching/Training, Leadership and Governance, Health System Strengthening, Quality Improvement (QI), Community Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS), Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights as well as the Nutritional management of people living with HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis. His professional competence, knowledge and skills brought several achievements and improvements in service delivery indicators in his field. He has been involved in several Public Health programmes and events both locally and internationally.
Ronald hails from Navrongo in the Upper East Region of Ghana. He had his secondary education at Notre Dame Minor Seminary school, Navrongo and proceeded to the University for Development Studies to read BSc. Community Nutrition in 2001 and graduated in 2005. He did his National Service at the Sunyani Regional Hospital from 2005 to 2006. His desire to serve his country as a military officer did not materialise as he could not make it past the interview stage. That notwithstanding he knew the good Lord had a purpose for him in this world. He joined the Ghana Health Service as a District Nutrition Officer in 2008. Through his hard work, he won a scholarship to further his education at the University of Southampton in the United Kingdom where he graduated with a master’s degree in International Public Health. He has also benefitted from several scholarships to study various health related programs across Europe and Africa. Some of the universities he undertook further studies included the University of Lille, France, Wageningen University, The Netherlands, Ghent University, Belgium, German institute of Health, Germany, Wits University, South Africa and the list goes on. He has the development of the country at heart and hence returned home always to contribute to the development agenda. Through hard work, he was later appointed as the District Director of Health Service (DDHS) in 2018, a position he still holds until now. He is also the current National and Regional organiser of the DDHS Group, Ghana. He is currently a visiting lecturer at the Presbyterian University College, Agogo while finalising his PhD study with the Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
