| Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Korle-Bu | |
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| Location | |
Korle-Bu, Accra | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public health training institution |
| Motto | Knowledge service to mankind |
| Established | 1945 |
| Founder | Agnes Yewande Savage |
| Oversight | Ministry of Health, Ghana |
| Accreditation | National Accreditation Board, Ghana (NAB) |
| Website | nmtckb |
The Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Korle Bu (NMTC Korle-Bu), the premier institution in Ghana for nursing education, is located in Korle Bu in Greater Accra.[1] The establishment of the college in 1945 was supervised by Agnes Yewande Savage, West Africa's first woman doctor.[2][3] The college is a public health training institution, and it is supervised by the Ministry of Health, Ghana (MoH).
The Nursing and Midwifery Training College, Korle Bu is affiliated with the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and it is accredited by the National Accreditation Board (NAB).[4] The Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC), Ghana, is the main body that regulates the activities, curriculum and examinations of the college that lead to the award of professional licensing. The council's mandate is derived from part III of the Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act 2013 (Act 857).[5] Until the passage of this Act, the council operated under NRCD 117 of 1972 and LI 683.[5]
- ^ "NMTC||". nmtckb.edu.gh. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Ferry, Georgina (2018-11-24). "Agnes Yewande Savage, Susan Ofori-Atta, and Matilda Clerk: three pioneering doctors". The Lancet. 392 (10161): 2258–2259. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32827-7. ISSN 0140-6736. S2CID 53713242.
- ^ Agnes Yewande Savage (1906 – 1964)
- ^ "National Accreditation Board". nab.gov.gh. Archived from the original on 2022-09-13. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ a b "Who We Are". www.nmc.gov.gh. Retrieved 2022-09-13.