diseases is much higher. There is limited information on the extent of this problem in these settings. Global mortality projections due to AMR in the next few decades show that the greatest impact will be in Africa and Asia [1]. Inappropriate prescription and use of antibiotics have been shown to contribute significantly to this problem. Antimicrobial stewardship programmes (AMS) are designed to improve the use of antimicrobials, and they have been developed and implemented successfully with corresponding impacts in most high-income settings. In 2015, the WHO released a Global Action Plan with a combination of AMS interventions, and it is yet to be fully implemented and tested in most LMICs due to the lack of required resources [2]. There is an urgent need to identify practical strategies for supporting the delivery of AMS in these settings.  
Widespread AMR has been documented in Ghana in national reports and published research [3]. Ghana's first national action plan for AMR, spanning from 2017 to 2021, was published in 2017 by the Ghanaian Ministry of Health with the support of the WHO and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Multiple-drug resistance is as high as 78%, and resistance to common antimicrobials such as tetracycline, cotrimoxazole and ampicillin is around 70%. High prevalence of methicillin-resistant _Staphylococcus aureus_ (MRSA) has also been documented [3]. Ghana's national action plan outlines strategies for implementing stewardship to include monitoring and surveillance, education, training and provision of guidelines [4]. Reports from Ghana have highlighted gaps in optimal antimicrobial use, even in hospitals [5]. There is a need to optimise antibiotic prescription practices and strengthen monitoring, surveillance and documentation of antibiotic use and related processes. There is a paucity of evidence on the knowledge and extent to which healthcare staff in Ghana are involved with antimicrobial stewardship programmes. Earlier reports documenting inappropriate use of antimicrobials in Ghana had also called for educational programmes on antibiotic use [6; 7].  
The Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET), together with the Commonwealth Partnerships for Antimicrobial Stewardship (CwPAMS) developed and funded a partnership model between United Kingdom (UK) National Health Service (NHS) hospitals and African partners [8]. The goal of the partnerships was to leverage the expertise of the NHS to address AMR challenges with the input and resources of the African partners. This paper reports part of the activities and results of one of the partnerships of the University College London Hospital NHS foundation trust (UCLH) with the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) and Ho Teaching Hospital, which are both in the Ho municipality in the Volta region of Ghana. The activities carried out in this partnership included a periodic Global Point Prevalence Survey (GPPS) [9] to establish patterns of antimicrobial use and an AMR/AMS training and capacity-building workshop for healthcare professionals. The aim of this study was to assess the improvement in AMS knowledge after a training session and to build the capacity and skills of healthcare professionals in order to support the implementation of antimicrobial stewardship programmes in Ho Teaching Hospital in the Volta region of Ghana.