Williams Kwarah

Williams Kwarah has over 10 years of experience working in mobile health, public health, and medical research. Currently, Williams is the Assistant Implementation Manager at Grameen Foundation working on the Mobile Technology for Community Health (MOTECH) project, an innovative mobile health product developed and implemented in partnership with Columbia University for the Ghana Health Service. His major roles involve liaising with software developers to ensure full system functionality in the field, troubleshooting, leading field implementations, supporting monitoring and evaluation to assess program impact, and leading capacity building activities and trainings. Williams Kwarah has a bachelor’s degree in Applied Biology from the University for Development Studies in Ghana, a certificate in Mobile Phones for Public Health from the Institute for Social and Technology Change (TechChange), and a master’s degree in Public Health from the University of Ghana. Upon return from the Washington Fellowship, Williams hopes to start a business enterprise focusing on non-communicable diseases prevention and control, leveraging on the unparalleled potentials of mobile health technology in underserved districts in northern Ghana.