It is with great sadness that we note the passing of Prof Jacob Plange-Rhule a friend of GDDA-UK as well as a colleague. We are privileged and gratified in remembering his life and contribution to medical education and health service in Ghana and the international Health community. Some of us will remember him from our medical school days in Kumasi at the School of Medical Sciences of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology whiles others will remember him as a