Personal Statement I see higher-education as a transforming experience that deepens ones sense of appreciation for public service. My profound desire for human fulfillment through service to others caused me to focus early on in the area of Public Health. I have been drawn to study in this area because it strikes me of such basic or fundamental importance to health services. Faced with the difficult decision of where to continue my studies, I have decided to make your institution my first choice.My greatest strengths as a candidate to your program are the fact that I am an extremely hard worker and a very quick learner; I have almost always succeeded in whatever I put my mind to. 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 heretofore not been able to afford it. I seek the tools to make this possible. I am especially attracted to the idea of studying at your university , and it is my first choice since I am particularly interested in Epidemiology and research . It will be important for me someday. 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 treatablediseases 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. Your 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 non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of health care in Africa.African leaders must be encouraged to realize that if they want better health to work as a poverty reduction strategy, they must provide better health care to the poor. 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 and there is still a lot more use of paper rather than technology. Ghana, in particular, is in desperate need of my help as a Professional health worker . In view of this, I humbly ask for admission to your program in order to fulfill my mission. I am confident that I can be very successful in your program if given the opportunity and I want to thank you for consideration of my application.