Dr. Quansah's background includes cutting-edge work in ethnobotany and health care for which he was awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize in 2000. A botanist by training and an ethnobotanist by profession, Dr. Quansah has a Ph.D. in Pteridology from the University of London Goldsmiths' College, and a MSc. in Botany, a BSc. Honors, as well as a Diploma of Education from the University of Cape Coast, Ghana. He has worked in various cross-cultural contexts researching, advising, and lecturing on a wide range of issues including integrated healthcare, traditional medicine, biological and cultural diversity conservation, sustainable resource use, and rural development. He has developed an integrated health care system approach to healthcare development and bio-cultural diversity conservation. His work has consistently involved local and international public education through radio and television documentaries and popular/scientific publications. He has been a lecturer and supporter of the Madagascar: Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management program since its inception and was the academic director of that program in spring 2008.
Publications and International Presentations
Maternal Mortality: The Need to Work With Traditional Birth Attendants to Offset The Problem, UNFPA - MINSANP Workshop on finding solutions to the problem of Maternal Mortality in Madagascar (2012)
The Reninjaza (Traditional Birth Attendant) is recognized as the professional of Traditional Medicine specializing in...
The Impact of Biodiversity Conservation on the Practice of Traditional Medicine, Africa Traditional Medicine Day Celebration (2011)
Knowing and understanding what biodiversity conservation is as well as what traditional medicine practice is...