Delese Mimi Darko

Delese Mimi Darko is a Ghanaian pharmacist. In 2017, she became the first woman to be appointed chief executive officer of the Ghana Food and Drugs Authority by Nana Akuffo-Addo.[1][2][3][4][5]

Delese Mimi Darko

BA, MA
Alma materBachelor of Pharmacy, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Business Administration MA, University of Northampton
OccupationPharmacist, CEO
EmployerFood and Drugs Authority, Ghana
OrganizationAfrican Vaccines Regulatory Forum

Education

In 1991, Darko graduated from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), where she was trained as a pharmacist.[1][2][3][4] She later obtained a master's degree in business administration from the University of Northampton.[6]

Career

Darko joined the Food and Drugs Board in the early 1990s. The organisation was subsequently renamed the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), and Darko has served there in various capacities. She has worked in every department of the institution, starting from the laboratory. She also helped in the setting up of two technical advisory committees to assist the board in their work. She was the designer of the current logo of the FDA. Darko was the lead for a collaboration between the FDA and the UK-MHRA in the area of medicine safety, which is now multi-divisional at the FDA with anti-counterfeiting as one of the key areas of support.[3] Prior to her appointment as the chief executive officer, she was the head of Safety, Monitoring and Clinical Trial Division.[1][2][4]

In 2020, under Darko's leadership, the FDA was recognised as a World Health Organisation Level Three listed institution.[7]

Other activities

Since its inception in 2017, Darko has been a member the Scientific Advisory Group of the WHO R&D Blueprint, a global strategy and preparedness plan that allows the rapid activation of research activities during epidemics, chaired by Jeremy Farrar.[8] Other international and local advisory committees she serves on include:

Recognition

In 2018 Darko was nominated for the United Nations Interagency Task Force on the Prevention and Control of NCDs Awards.[12]

In 2019, Darko was awarded the GliTZ Africa award for Ghana Women of the Year Honours for excellence in health.[6] She was also given a special recognition award at the 13th Gong-gong Awards.[14]

References
  1. "Mimi Darko Appointed FDA Boss". The Ghana Star. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  2. "Nana Addo appoints Mimi Darko as FDA Boss". www.pulse.com.gh. 2017-02-07. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  3. 122108447901948 (2017-02-16). "First female head of FDA outlines vision". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2019-11-04.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. "Mimi Darko appointed FDA boss". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  5. "WHO | Mimi Darko". WHO. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  6. "Delese Mimi Darko". Pharmaconnect Africa. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  7. "WHO Names Ghana's FDA As Africa's Second Best Regulator". Modern Ghana. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
  8. R&D Blueprint Scientific Advisory Group members World Health Organization.
  9. Scientific Advisory Board Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI).
  10. Working Group on Vaccine Safety Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS).
  11. "FDA boss wins top UN award". ghananewsagency.org. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  12. "FDA boss wins top UN award". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
  13. Board of Trustees Rural Outreach and Aid Mission (ROAM).
  14. Cudjoe, Joyceline Natally (2019-12-03). "Ghana: 13th Gong-Gong Awards Held in Accra". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
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