The Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has engaged the Muslim Community and Chiefs in Dambai on the government’s Free Primary Health Care initiative being implemented under the administration of President John Dramani Mahama. The separate engagements took place on Friday at the Dambai Central Mosque and the Oti Regional Coordinating Council, where stakeholders gathered to discuss the impact and implementation of the policy. Addressing the Muslim community and tradit

Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, Minister of Health, has clarified that the government’s recently launched Free Primary Healthcare initiative is not intended to replace the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), contrary to speculations circulating among sections of the public. According to the Minister, the initiative is designed to complement the NHIS and strengthen access to healthcare delivery across the country. Speaking to health workers in the Oti Region on Thursday night, Mr

Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has called on African countries to adopt bold and practical measures to bridge the gaps in the training and retention of health professionals, stressing that health remains central to productivity, economic resilience and national security. Speaking at the opening of the Second Africa Health Workforce Investment Forum in Accra on Wednesday, Prof. Opoku-Agyemang questioned why many African countries continued to lose trained health work