Dr. Samuel Adu-Gyamfi is a Senior Lecturer and the former Head of the Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. His research focus is in Applied History, History Education, Health Policy, Social Policy, Social Medicine, Societal Studies and Social Change. Through Applied History, he makes explicit attempt to illuminate current challenges and choices by analyzing historical precedents and analogues. He begins with a current choice or predicament and provides a perspective from history. He responds to the history deficit in policy.