Samuel Kwakye

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Mr. Samuel Kwakye is the Mental Health Coordinator for Ga East Municipality and serves as an adjunct lecturer at Health Concern Ghana.  He holds an MPhil in Nursing from the University of Ghana, Legon, a BSc in Nursing from Central University and a Diploma in Mental Health Nursing (Distinction). He is also a trained lay counsellor specializing in marriage, family life, and sex therapy.

Mr. Kwakye is a member of the International Society of Substance Use Professionals (ISSUP) and has extensive experience in addiction care, serving as an addiction counsellor for Chosen Rehabilitation and Iris Place Rehabilitation & Drug Treatment Center. He also serves as a clinical preceptor for the Nurses Training College, Pantang, and as an external examiner for the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Ghana. With over 11 years of teaching and clinical experience, he has worked at Urgent Care Hospital,  GAEC Hospital, Taifa Polyclinic, and Bloomingdale Medical Center. 

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SAMUEL KWAKYE

Presentations

Making intersectoral collaboration work: connecting people, services and communities

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ISSUP’s 2026 conference session on intersectoral collaboration explored how health, justice and community services can work together to help people access and stay connected to appropriate support. Presentations from Thailand, Kenya and Ghana, alongside an introduction to deflection, highlighted clearer referral pathways, shared responsibilities, workforce wellbeing and earlier opportunities for care. These themes connected with the wider conference discussions on evidence-informed practice, youth prevention, recovery and faith-based support. Members were encouraged to adapt the learning to their roles and local circumstances, involve people using services in improvements, and assess changes in health, relationships and everyday life alongside service activity. The session recording offers a starting point for further learning, discussion across professions and practical collaboration through ISSUP National Chapters and professional networks.
Intersectoral Collaboration for Effective Substance Use Responses, Session of ISSUP’s 2026 virtual conference on 23 September 2026.