Mokowa Blay Adu-Gyamfi[1] is a former Ghanaian diplomat.[2] In the 1960s, she was part of the first batch of doctors to be trained in Ghana.[3] As at 2022, she is the Presidential advisor on HIV/AIDS at the Office of the President of Ghana.[4][5][6]
Adu-Gyamfi hails from Sekondi in the Western Region of Ghana.[7] She attended the Wesley Girls' where she completed her 'O' levels in 1959 and further had her 'A' level.[3] She is an alumna of University of Ghana.[8] In 1969, she had both her Bachelor of medicine and Bachelor of surgery from the University of Ghana Medical School. She also has a certificate in Family Planning from the Family Planning Association of Great Britain.[9] She also has a postgraduate degree in family and community medicine, venereal diseases and family planning from the Glasgow University in the United Kingdom.[10]
Adu-Gyamfi is a medical doctor by profession.[3] In 2002, she was the National co-ordinator on AIDS program at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.[11] She is also a founding fellow of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons and also a fellow of the West African College of Physicians.[10]