ROBERT H O BANNERMAN, Diplomat, Official. Chief Medical Officer, Undergrad & Postgrad Medical Education, Division of Health Manpower Development, World Health Organization. British Council Scholarship; Carnegie Fellowship. Fellow: Ghana Academy of Arts & Sei; International College of Surgeons; Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.; Fellow, Royal Commonwealth Society, London.
Education
University College, University of London, 1938-1942, Member, Royal College of Surgeons, Lie, Royal College of Physicians. Street Bartholomew’s Hospital Med College, London, 1942-1944, Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Surgery. Royal Postgrad Med School, London, 1945-1946, Doctorate Obstetrics.
Spoken languages: Ga, Twi, English, French.
Career
Chief Medical Officer, Undergrad & Postgrad Medical Education, Division of Health Manpower Development, World Health Organization since 1973. Chief Medical Officer, Education in Family Health, Geneva, 1970-1973. Regional Adviser, Maternal & Child Health, Regional Office Africa, World Health Organization, Brazzaville, Congo, 1967-1968.
Senior Lecturer & Consultant, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1963-1967. Lecturer, Institute, Institution of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of London, 1962-1963. Specialist, Government of Ghana, 1955-1961.
Medical Officer, Colonial Med Service, Gold Coast, 1947-1949. Resident Surgical Officer, Royal Victoria Hospital, United Kingdom, 1946-1947. House Surgeon, Hammersmith Hospital, London, 1945-1946.
Casualty Officer & House Physician, Bedford County Hospital, United Kingdom, 1945.
Membership
Fellow: Ghana Academy of Arts & Sei. International College of Surgeons. Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.
Fellow, Royal Commonwealth Society, London.