The KCCR is a joint venture between the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Ghana , the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology , (KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana, and the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine , (BNITM), Hamburg, Germany . The KCCR is committed to establishing a first class research institution in tropical medicine in Ghana, combining research with educational programmes.