The Dodowa Health Research Centre (DHRC) is one of the three research centres of the Research and Development Division of the Ghana Health Service. It was created, in 1990, as a satellite research station by the Ghana Government with the help from the British Overseas Development Agency (now DFID). It was set up to serve the southern Ghana belt, with the mandate to conduct health research with the aim of guiding policy and decision making within the Ghana Health Service (GHS). The DHRC is headquartered in then Dangme West district now the Shai Osudoku and Ningo Prampram Districts of the greater Accra region of Ghana. The Centre has a specialization in Malaria Operations, Maternal and Child Health, population studies, Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Health Systems with a special focus on Implementation Research. In 2005, the DHRC set up a Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems (HDSS) which covers an area of 1,528.9 square kilometers.

Vision statement

To conduct multidisciplinary research to address health priority areas with the aim of improving global health.

Mission statement

DHRC is a center of excellence that provides national and international leadership in quality research to address health challenges and to produce evidence for health policy, planning and service delivery. Also lead a coordinated approach by the world’s health and demographic surveillance systems to provide timely longitudinal evidence across the range of transitioning settings to understand and improve population health and development policy and practice.

Contact

Email: info@dodowa-hrc.org

Tel: +233(0)312292886