The Directorate of University Health Services (DUHS) comprises the University Health Services (UHS) and the Environmental Health Section (EHS). The Directorate is governed and regulated by the University Health Services Committee (UHSC) under the Chairmanship of the Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, with representatives from Academic Board, Convocation, Central Regional Health Directorate (CRHD), Senior Staff Association of Universities of Ghana (SSA-UoG, UCC), Tertiary Educational Workers Union (TEWU), Graduate Students Association of Ghana (GRASAG), Student Representative Council (SRC) and DUHS. The Directorate is a member of the Ghana Association of Quasi-Government Health Institutions (GAQHI), and a designated sub-Metro of the Cape Coast Metropolitan Health Directorate with five (5) functional Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Zones located at Amamoma, Duakor, Kwaprow, Akotokyir, and OLA catchment areas. It is licensed as a Primary Health Care (PHC) Facility by the Health Facility Regulatory Agency (HeFRA) of Ghana.
The Directorate is managed by a seven (7) member Management Committee chaired by the Director of DUHS, and also includes; the Deputy Director of DUHS, the Deputy Director for Pharmaceutical Services (DDPS), the Health Services Administrator, the Accountant, the Nurse Manager and the Head of Environmental Health Section (EHS).
The seventy (70) bed capacity Facility is responsible for the provision of preventive, curative, and public health services to the University community and the general public. The EHS supports with services such as; dislodging, fumigation, cleaning, inspection and all environmentally related hygiene practices in the University.
The clientele of the University Health Services includes; University Students, Staff and their Dependents, Retirees/Pensioners, and the general public who are classified as Private Patients.