Background
Ofori-Atta was born in Kyebi in 1917.
Ofori-Atta was born in Kyebi in 1917.
Achimota School.
She was the first female doctor in the Gold Coast. She received her primary education at Mary"s Convent at Elmina in 1921, secondary education at Achimota School in 1929. Ofori-Atta was one of the pioneer students after the college was opened in 1927, she was the head girl"s prefect in her final year and sat Cambridge School Certificate.
At her tertiary level she practiced midwifery at Korle-Bu,she further continued her education at Edinburgh University Medical Schoolwhere she obtained her Bachelor of Medicine,Ch.B degree in 1949.
She started working as a midwife then later studied medicine to become a pediatrician. She was the first female doctor in Gold Coast now known as Ghana.
In 1960, she volunteered her time at a Congolese hospital that was understaffed. She has been named after a female house in Achimota School, she was the first female Doctor in Ghana and she was the first to name the disease, Kwashiokor, which is now a medical word internationally.