J. K. Acquaye

**Joseph Kpakpo Acquaye**, nyɛla Ghana tilahilana ka lahi n-nyɛ karimba. O nyɛla bɛ ni boli shɛli ni a clinical haematologist la baŋda ka lahi n-nyɛ Haematology baŋdi kuɣinli n be University of Ghana Medical School. Acquaye n-nyɛ toondana n-ti lala Haematology department din be University  of Ghana Medical School tum yuuni 1988 hali ni yuuni 1990 la puuni ka daa lahi n zaŋ tuɣi yuuni 1994 la ni hali ni yuuni 2002 puuni. Ŋuna n daa lahi n-nyɛ bɛ ni boli shɛba ni West African College of Physicians la nima zuɣulana bin din gbaai yuuni 2003 la ni hali ni yuuni 2004 puuni. O namin pun n nyɛ siliminsi ni boli so ni Director la n-ti ʒengama laɣingu shɛli din yuli booni National Blood Transfusion Service la ka naai daa n yi che o ni daa lahi n-nyɛ *Administrator* Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital la puuni gba la. 
## O piligu biɛhigu mini shikuru baŋsim
Bɛ daa n dɔɣila Acquaye Accra din be Ghana la tingbani puuni silimin gɔli December dahinyini dali, yuuni 1940 puuni. He attended Shikuru shɛŋa ŋa yuya boli ni  Accra United Primary School n ti pahi James Town Methodist Middle Mixed School nima la puuni ka o daa n niŋ bɛ ni n boli shɛli basic school education la pɔi ka daa naai n yi chaŋ Accra Academy mini Tamale Senior High School (din daa na n-nyɛ Government Secondary School la) din be Tamale tiŋa puuni ni la n daa ti n bɔhim o secondary education yuuni 1954 la puuni hali ni yuuni 1960 la puuni. O daa lahi n chaŋla University of Ibadan la puuni n daa ti lahi n tuɣi o bɔhimbu bin din gbaai yuuni 1961 la ni hali ni yuuni 1966 la puuni ka daa ti n yina ni bɛ ni boli shɛli ni MB, BS degrees la. Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH) ka o daa n chaŋ n ti naai o bɛ mi boli shɛli ni  housemanship la bin din gbaai silimin gɔli October yuuni 1966 la ni hali ni silimin gɔli October yuuni 1967 puuni . O daa lahi nyɛla ŋun n niŋdi o bɔhimbu KBTH, St. Georges Hospital din be Hyde Park Corner, the Royal Infirmary Huddersfield, n ti tabili Royal Postgraduate Hospital din be Hammersmith la puuni n daa ti n deei o Diploma bɛ boli bɔhimbu shɛli ni Clinical Pathology la puuni. Bin din gbaai silimin gɔli March yuuni 1981 la puuni hali ni silimin gɔli December yuuni 1981 puuni, o daa na nyɛla ŋun n bɔhimdi *blood transfusion* luɣ'shɛli polo bɛ ni boli ni East Anglian Blood Transfusion Centre ka di be England la puuni.
## O tuma
Acquaye daa namin n tum n-ti Ministry of Health nima la yaɣa pam puuni bin din gbaai silimin gɔli November, yuuni 1967 puuni la hali ni silimin gɔli February, yuuni 1997 puuni. O daa na nyɛla bɛ ni boli so ni Medical Officer, Senior Medical Officer, n ti tabili  Specialist la Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), Cape Coast, Saltpond, n ti pahi Tamale ashibiti puuni ni *the National Blood Transfusion Service* la puuni zaa. Pirimila o ni daa n-nyɛ Pathologist n be Tamale puuni la zuɣu, ŋuna n daa n-nyɛ ŋun su ashibiti pala kpabu di bahi n bahindi tumtumda ban daa yɛn n be di puuni n tumda la baŋsim lebu lala ashibiti palishɛŋa bɛ ni kpa ka boli ni Regional Hospital la puuni bin din gbaai yuuni 1974 la puuni hali ni yuuni 1981 puuni la. Dinbɔŋɔ nyaaŋa, o daa lahi n chaŋmi n ti tumdi n-nyɛ bɛ ni boli so ni *Haematology Specialist* la King Abdulaziz University Teaching Hospital la puuni bin din daa n gbaai yuuni 1982 puuni la hali ni yuuni 1985 la puuni, luɣ'shɛli polo o ni daa n zaŋ yuma anahi n yihi gbana bee takariti lala haemoglobinopathies maa puuni n wuhi salo ka di daa nyɛla o mini ʒengama laɣingu shɛli ban n boli bɛ maŋa ni Haematology research team nima la kpalanzuya n daa n gbunni taba. Lala niŋsim ŋɔ n daa n-nyɛ o ni daa n zaŋ shɛli n pili karimbatali tuma n ti pahi o nuu tumbu siliminsi ni boli shɛli ni curriculum development la puuni.
## Kundivihira