Checklist and confirmation:

I am a Commonwealth citizen or refugee residing in: I am a Commonwealth citizen or refugee residing in:

Ghana Ghana

I confirm that all information in this application is true to the best of my knowledge, and unless otherwise stated is my own work

I confirm that all information in this application is true to the best of my knowledge, and unless otherwise stated is my own work

I have read the data protection statement and specifically confirm my consent to the terms outlined I have read the data protection statement and specifically confirm my consent to the terms outlined

I have read the health statement and, if selected, I note that I will have to undertake a medical examination I have read the health statement and, if selected, I note that I will have to undertake a medical examination

Date: 18/02/2015

S E C T I O N O N E : P E R S O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N

Dr. Dr. Title:

Nationality / citizenship: Ghana Ghana

Accra , Ghana Place and date of birth: 10/10/1983

Are you?

Yes Yes No No If applicable, will your spouse accompany you to the UK?

Yes Yes No No Do you have children? If yes, how many would accompany you?

Your address for correspondence: P.o Box GP 2439 Accra, Ghana

Email: Telephone: +233279905929

Permanent Address (if different):

Email: Telephone:

If your permanent address is not in the country of your birth, state the year in which you left that country and mention any subsequent change of permanent residence.

Dr. Joseph Wangeh Emergency contact:

Email:

Telephone: +18033478944

Relationship: uncle

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children accompanying. Ages:

Male Male Female Female Other Other Single Single Married Married Partner Partner

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Passport photograph:

Second Nationality/ Citizenship(if applicable)

I have not undertaken studies lasting one year or more in a developed country I have not undertaken studies lasting one year or more in a developed country

Neither I nor my family have sufficient funds to pay for my study in the United Kingdom and without this scholarship Neither I nor my family have sufficient funds to pay for my study in the United Kingdom and without this scholarship

I am not at present living or studying in a developed country I am not at present living or studying in a developed country

I shall return to my country of permanent residence to seek employment or to work or to study as soon as the proposed Commonwealth Shared Scholarship award ends

I shall return to my country of permanent residence to seek employment or to work or to study as soon as the proposed Commonwealth Shared Scholarship award ends

Richard.fynn@mail.ru

Given Names Richard Bonsra

Surname (as on passport)

Fynn

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Application Details Application Details

Nominating Agency (university) you are applying through

Liverpool John Moores University

Course for which you are applying MSc International Public Health

Section Two: Your Career To Date 2.1 Educational Background

a. Please list all undergraduate and postgraduate university qualifications obtained (See Note 6)

Country Name of Institution Dates Attended Subject Language of Instruction

Qualifications Awarded

Class of Award

Date of Award

Awarding Body

Kyrgyzstan

Osh State University, Medical Faculty

20/09/2005 to 10/06/2011

Medicine English MD Unclassified

17/06/2011 Osh State University, Medical Faculty

b. Are you currently registered for any higher education qualification?

No

c. Academic distinctions or prizes

d. List up to 10 publications, including titles of any theses submitted. For publications, please give the names and initials of all authors. Authors names should be followed by the year of publication, article title, journal title, volume number, and first and last page numbers. References to books should give the names of any editors, place of publication, editor, and year. If the publication or its abstract is available on the World Wide Web, include the web address

Examples:

- Soter A, Wasserman SI, Austen KF (1976) Cold urticaria: release into the circulation of histamine and eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis during cold challenge. New England Journal of Medicine. 294: 687-90

- Osler AG (1976) Complement: mechanisms and functions. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall

Publication details web address

Section Two: Your Career To Date - cont. 2.2 Professional Record

a. List up to 30 employments held to date, starting with the most recent. Include any periods of military service and any periods of unemployment

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Date(s) Country Name of Employer Title Main Responsibilities 01/01/2015 to present

01/01/2015 Ghana Flagstaff House Medical Center, Officer of the President, Republic of Ghana

Medical Doctor

Responsible for consulting Presidential Staffers on Out patient Department basis.

01/05/2014 to 30/10/2014

01/05/2014 30/10/2014 Ghana Agogo Presbyterian Hospital Medical Doctor

-Responsible for consulting and Booking patients for surgical procedure. -Perform and sometimes assist surgical procedures.

20/08/2014 to 18/02/2014

20/08/2014 18/02/2014 Ghana Dormaa Presbyterian Hospital Medical Doctor

Responsible for consulting and managing Pediatric cases on both Inpatient and outpatient basis.

18/09/2012 to 12/08/2013

18/09/2012 12/08/2013 Ghana Tamale Teaching Hospital Medical Doctor

- Responsible for accident and emergency (A&E) medical treatment. - Dealing sympathetically with sensitive circumstances. - Keeping up to date with the latest treatments, medicines and medical developments. - Provided care to patients on hospital wards and also outpatient clinics .

06/10/2009 to 19/12/2010

06/10/2009 19/12/2010 Kyrgyzstan

Institute of Medical Problems under the auspices of Health Ministry,Kyrgyzstan and the Canadian Government.

Translator I was in the Microbiological team and also a translator under the project name KR 1516.

12/01/2003 to 10/06/2004

12/01/2003 10/06/2004 Ghana Assin Nsuta District council primary school

Teacher Was responsible for teaching English language and Mathematics and also Preparing the student for the Basic Education Certificate Examination(B.E.C.E).

b. Please list up to 5 professional qualifications obtained. A professional qualification is awarded by a professional body; an example is Membership of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Do not include university qualifications

Qualification Date Awarded Awarding Body Other Information

c. Please list up to 5 short courses attended that you consider relevant to the application

Subject Place of Study Date(s) Organising Body / Qualification Awarded

d. Voluntary activity - please list up to 4 examples of charitable/voluntary or public activity undertaken

Date(s) Organisation Activities / Achievements

Section Two: Your Career To Date - cont. 2.3 Other Information

a. Language proficiency (See Note 7)

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Is English your first language? Yes

Please list all other languages spoken, stating whether you regard your capability as good, average or poor

Russian language Good

Ukrainian language Average

(none selected)

Please note that evidence of a minimum IELTS score of 6.5 may be required as a condition of eligibility

b. Have you been nominated for a Commonwealth Scholarship or a Commonwealth Shared Scholarship before?

No

c. Other information - please include any other information about your career to date that you consider relevant to this application.

Section Five: Benefit To Your Home Country University Application Number

The application ID which the university has given you for the course for which you are applying

739203

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Benefit To Your Home Country

Commonwealth Scholarships in the United Kingdom receive funding from the UK Department for International Development. An important selection criterion is therefore the potential contribution that you will make to development if you receive a Commonwealth Shared Scholarship. You must provide a statement (limit of 500 words) explaining how your proposed study relates to a development need.

You are advised in your statement to describe how your plan of study relates to development in your sector and country. Please say how, on your return, you will apply your new skills and qualifications, and what outcomes you will hope to achieve. This could usefully be related to a national development priority or objective. Please also suggest how the impact of the potential benefits of your work might be measured.

Ghana is in need of major help in terms of a complete health systems overhaul; especially in such a way that health care is made increasingly available to those who have not been able to afford it. I seek the tools to make this possible.

I am most concerned about the critical public health issues faced not only by Ghana, but most developing countries, the way that trends in health care tend to be limited by the same powerful forces of globalization that drive the economy. Exploding rates of urbanization greatly exacerbate the central problems in Africa as elsewhere and I am deeply passionate about and devoted to the study of demographic trends and epidemiological transitions. I especially look forward to learning a great deal more about the industrialization of food production, globalization of the food supply and its distribution, and marketing channels, along with what all of this means for the diet of the average person. With the massive move to cities, lifestyles are increasingly sedentary and obesity has gone global, further exacerbating chronicyet treatable--diseases in Africa.

The MPH program will enable me to make a contribution that will go beyond my love for direct hands on care, and help me to contribute to progressive, structural change. The program is a perfect match for my quest to integrate advanced Medical practice with population-based pubic health perspectives through the exercise of my critical thinking skills, serving the cause of the advancement of public health through improved health services. I also appreciate the fact that I will be able to select from a broad variety of elective courses that will allow me to customize my curriculum in accordance with global perspectives and Third World consciousness and enhance my critical thinking skills in terms of global social issues. My long term professional goal in life is to some day be able to harness my passion for a more just and humane world to the practical skills that will enable me to make a significant contribution, especially to the medically underserved members of our global human society. I look forward to working on an international level for a government agency or global organization dedicated to the promotion of health care in Africa.

We cannot let the costs of health care drive impoverished households ever deeper into poverty. My interest in public health has continued to grow the more that I have become aware of the intricacy of the medical system . It is here that I hope to fully pursue my capacity as a communicator who is able to build and continue to strengthen understanding between diverse organizations that all too often adopt adversarial positions. I see this as one of the greatest tasks of the public management specialist, bringing parties together and building bridges of cooperation where they had not existed before. I am accustomed to working in Ghana where we do not have a standardized medical system.

Section Seven: Future Career Plans Future Career Plans

The Commission would like to get a clear idea of how the proposed qualification will assist you in your planned career. Please give brief details of the skills that you expect to gain from this award and of your professional plans once you return home on completion of your award.

Objectives during the award Increased life expectancies Worldwide reductions in infant and child mortality Eradication or reduction of many communicable diseases

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Career plans in the 5 years following the award Through proper interventions, planning and implementation of effective policies, I anticipate being able to bring about much-needed change through my work with an NGO or directly through the Ministry of Health of Ghana to bring a significant change in the public health profession and also to improve many lives in my country.

Long-term career plans My long-term goal is to work with organizations that provide access to health care in underdeveloped countries