Peter Agyei-Baffour

Prof. Peter Agyei-Baffour is a Professor and current Chair of the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health and Safety at the School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana. Previously, he served as Foundation Chair of the Department of Health Policy, Management and Economics and was instrumental in establishing KNUST's School of Public Health. With over 25 years of academic experience since joining KNUST in 1999, he holds leadership roles in health systems research and policy development across Africa.

His educational background includes a PhD in Community Health (Health Systems Financing and Policy) from the University of Copenhagen's DBL-Institute of Human Research and Development under supervision of Prof. Pascal Magnussen and Prof. Kristian Schultz of Aarhus University. Funded by DANIDA, he completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Health Systems Research Methodology and a postdoctoral program in Global Environmental Occupational Health at the University of Michigan in 2011.

Prof. Agyei-Baffour's research spans Health Systems Policy, Health Financing, Environmental & Occupational Health Safety (GEOHealth), and Non-Communicable Diseases. His work emphasizes evidence-based policy formulation, resource mobilization in informal sectors, and strengthening health systems in low-resource settings through innovative financing mechanisms and technology integration.

His 100+ publications reveal consistent focus on healthcare financing mechanisms, telemedicine implementation, and health equity. Recent work analyzes private insurance schemes, non-communicable disease management in primary care, and maternal health policy impacts - demonstrating how context-specific interventions can advance Universal Health Coverage in African health systems.

He has mentored 12+ PhD students and 200+ postgraduates while serving as external examiner for multiple Ghanaian universities. Major grants include DANIDA-funded malaria research (1999-2003), EU-supported RODAM study on diabetes among African migrants (2011-2014), and German-funded capacity building initiatives that launched KNUST's MPhil/MPH programs in 2017.

Prof. Agyei-Baffour leads international collaborations including the Partner I program on artisanal mining health impacts with Canadian/Michigan teams and contributes to Ghana's health policy framework through work on the Mental Health Bill and National Health Insurance Scheme reforms.