… The Minister disclosed that Government intended to complete at least 10 hospitals under the Agenda 111 initiative in 2026 and commence work on three new regional hospitals in the Savannah, Oti and Western North Regions. …
Former Presidential Advisor on Health, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has dismissed suggestions that the previous administration neglected existing health facilities in favour of Agenda 111, insisting that many of the newly constructed hospitals are ready to begin operations. …
Chairman of Parliament’s Health Committee, Dr Mark Kurt Nawaane, has accused the previous government of neglecting the completion of the Afari Military Hospital and the Sewua Regional Hospital in favour of the Agenda 111 hospital project. …
… The MP also bemoaned the non-operational status of the completed Agenda 111 hospitals at Kokoben in the Oforikrom Constituency and Trede in the Atwima Kwanwoma District, describing them as modern 100-bed facilities equipped with emergency units and other essential departments. …
… of the ultra-modern District Court and Magistrate’s Bungalow, the One District One Ambulance initiative, the establishment of the Ghana National Fire Service station with a fire tender, Police Stations, the Regional Resource and Youth Centre at Adaklu Tsriefe, and the Agenda 111 …
… I recommend we allow the major hospitals to adopt 4 of the Agenda 111 hospitals each to be able to extend their reach to the communities they serve. …
… According to him, the crisis at KATH highlights the need for increased investment in healthcare infrastructure, particularly through the completion and operationalisation of Agenda 111 hospital projects across the country. …
… I recommend we allow the major hospitals to adopt 4 of the Agenda 111 hospitals each to be able to extend their reach to the communities they serve. …
An abandoned Agenda 111 project in Assin Darmang in the Assin South District, which is 85 percent complete, has been overrun by weeds, making it a den for weed smokers and snakes. …
Ghana's Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh said building and retaining a resilient, motivated and equitably distributed health workforce is crucial to achieving Universal Health Coverage and sustaining recent gains in healthcare access and service delivery. He emphasised that health workers are the backbone of healthcare delivery and that workforce development must remain central to health sector reforms.
Ghana's Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh said building and retaining a resilient, motivated and equitably distributed health workforce is crucial to achieving Universal Health Coverage and sustaining recent gains in healthcare access and service delivery. He emphasised that health workers are the backbone of healthcare delivery and that workforce development must remain central to health sector reforms.
Former Presidential Advisor on Health Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare says many Agenda 111 hospitals are completed with equipment installed and ready to begin operations, urging the current government to recruit health workers and operationalise the facilities. He defended the programme as a strategic intervention financed through COVID-19 funds and petroleum revenues to address healthcare infrastructure gaps across the country.
Parliament's Health Committee chairman says the previous administration neglected the completion of Afari Military Hospital and Sewua Regional Hospital in favor of the Agenda 111 hospital project. He cited that Afari was about 75 per cent complete when visited, with medical equipment left exposed and deteriorating.
Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament's Health Committee Patrick Boakye-Yiadom weeded the grounds of the Afari Military Hospital during a parliamentary committee visit, expressing disappointment over the yet-to-be-operationalised facility's deteriorated state and calling for the government to immediately activate it to ease pressure on Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
A concerned citizen writes to President Mahama highlighting healthcare challenges in Adaklu District, which lacks a hospital despite having 19 health facilities. The district's five sub-districts are served by seven health centres and twelve CHPS compounds, forcing critical cases to be referred outside the district, with some patients reportedly dying during transport.
The article argues that poor healthcare management, infrastructure, and planning in Ghana's health institutions are causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, and contends that the suspension of the KATH Chief Executive is a poor judgment that should be reversed.
The Minority in Parliament has appealed to doctors and nurses at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital to end their indefinite strike, which began after the suspension of the hospital's Chief Executive Officer. The Ranking Member on Parliament's Health Committee acknowledged the workers' legitimate concerns but warned that continued withdrawal of services could have devastating consequences for patients.
Four years into Agenda 111, Ghana's promise of 111 fully equipped district hospitals remains unfulfilled, with incomplete buildings in communities like Kpandai unable to serve patients and a USD 1.7 billion budget falling short of actual health sector capital needs.
An opinion piece argues that healthcare management issues, including bed shortages and poor infrastructure, are causing preventable deaths and threatening Ghana's economic security and productivity. The author criticises the suspension of the KATH Chief Executive as a poor decision that undermines health delivery.
An 85 percent complete Agenda 111 project in Assin Darmang, Assin South District, has been abandoned and become overgrown with weeds, eroded by heavy rains, and infested with snakes and used by youths as a hideout for smoking. The District Chief Executive has assured the facility will be urgently completed.
Former Ghana Health Service Director-General Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare defended the Agenda 111 hospital projects, arguing they were strategically planned with phased financing through oil revenue and should not be abandoned by the current government. He noted most hospitals had reached 80–90 per cent completion and three were commissioned before the previous administration left office.
Former Ghana Health Service Director-General Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare has defended the Akufo-Addo administration's Agenda 111 hospital project, insisting it was adequately funded and conceived to address weaknesses in healthcare infrastructure exposed by COVID-19. President John Dramani Mahama has criticised the initiative as poorly planned and financially unsustainable.
President Mahama has criticised the previous Akufo-Addo administration for simultaneously initiating construction of 111 hospitals, arguing a phased approach would have been more effective and fiscally responsible. He noted that some contractors received mobilisation funds but never began work, and said the government is pursuing them through EOCO to recover funds.
President John Mahama says the government will prioritise completing 35 Agenda 111 hospital projects in a phased approach, citing the original simultaneous start of 111 hospitals as imprudent. Several facilities remain at foundation level or were abandoned after contractors received mobilisation payments but failed to report to site, with the Economic and Organized Crime Office pursuing those contractors.
Suame MP John Darko has called on President Mahama to prioritise completing stalled Agenda 111 hospital projects from the previous administration rather than starting new infrastructure initiatives, arguing the healthcare facilities are critical to improving healthcare delivery and that the government should complete ongoing audits to resume construction.