School of Nursing and Midwifery gets new dean

The Council of the University of Ghana (UG) has appointed Prof. Lydia Aziato as the first substantive Dean for the School of Nursing and Midwifery (SoNM).

A communique issued on Monday indicates that the council considered and approved her appointment during its meeting held on July 15.

Lydia Aziato replaced Prof Ernestina Donkor, as Acting Dean from 2017 to 2019 and with her attainment of the rank of Associate Professor, she has now been appointed as the substantive Dean by the council of UG.

With the appointment of Lydia, UG has gotten its first Dean of SoNM, since it was granted a school status in 2003.

The University of Ghana School of Nursing and Midwifery is a constituent School of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana.

The School was established as a WHO project in 1963, to train nurses and midwives at the tertiary level in Ghana.

The School has seen tremendous advancement over the years due to the commitment, diligence and hard-work of its leadership, faculty and staff.

As the leading institution in providing academic and professional training in Nursing and Midwifery in Ghana at the under-graduate and graduate levels, the School has provided the sub-region with well-trained nurses and midwives who are in various leadership positions within the country and across the globe.

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