The World Intellectual Property Day, since its inception in 2000 by the World Intellectual Property Organisation, has provided an avenue to recognise the contributions of inventors and creators globally and how their creativity and innovation propel human advancement. This initiative also aims to raise awareness about the significance of Intellectual Property (IP) Rights, including patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and copyrights, in safeguarding the works of researchers, inventors, businesses, designers, artists, and others, ensuring they can protect their creations legally and derive economic benefits from them.
REAL HUMAN BEINGS TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER PARTISAN INTERESTS, HOWEVER LEGITIMATE THE LATTER MAY BE.
POPE FRANCIS
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, has been partaking in the global celebration of the World IP Day. The primary objective of this commemoration is to shed light on the pivotal role played by KNUST’s Innovation and Creative Ecosystem in nurturing progress across various sectors. This year, World IP Day is being celebrated under the theme, ‘IP and the SDGs: Building our common future with innovation and creativity.’
The SDGs are 17 interdependent goals that have been set out as the blueprint for the development of people and to protect the environment and climate, to ensure that humanity can enjoy peace and prosperity.
As part of the 2024 World IP Day Celebration at KNUST, the University would like to recognise the contribution of some of the most innovative and creative research to the SDGs.
The Dean of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Professor (Mrs.) Veronica Millicent Dzomeku, and her team developed the WhatsApp Triage, Referral, and Transfer (WAT-RT) System to manage obstetric emergencies, enhancing access to quality maternal care and contributing to SDG 3 (Good health and wellbeing). Other team members are Professor Emmanuel Nakua and Dr. Adwoa Bemah Boamah Mensah.
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