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Agenda 111

2026-05-072026-06-15
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  1. May 2026

  2. Joy Online

    Former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service, Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare has defended the Akufo-Addo administration’s Agenda 111 hospital projects, insisting the initiative was strategically planned and should not be abandoned by the current government. …

    Agenda 111 should not be abandoned because of change in government – Dr Nsiah-Asare

  3. Joy Online

    Former Director-General of the Ghana Health Service and former Presidential Advisor on Health, Anthony Nsiah-Asare, has defended the Akufo-Addo administration’s Agenda 111 initiative, insisting the ambitious hospital project was adequately funded and carefully designed to address …

    Agenda 111 was properly funded and designed to address healthcare gaps — Dr Nsiah-Asare insists

  4. Joy Online

    President John Dramani Mahama has openly criticised the previous Akufo-Addo administration over its handling of the Agenda 111 hospital projects. …

    Agenda 111: “It was not prudent to start 111 hospitals at once” – Mahama

  5. Joy Online

    President John Mahama says the government will prioritise the completion of 35 Agenda 111 hospital projects this year as part of efforts to revive and restructure the flagship health infrastructure programme. …

    Gov’t to complete 35 Agenda 111 hospitals, court faith-based groups for support – Mahama

  6. Joy Online

    The Suame MP and Legal Counsel for the Minority Caucus, John Darko, has called on President John Mahama to concentrate on completing the stalled Agenda 111 hospital projects rather than embarking on fresh infrastructure initiatives. …

    John Darko urges Mahama to complete Agenda 111 projects instead of starting new ones
Society

Resilient health workforce essential for Ghana's universal health coverage

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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.

11 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 11 June

  1. Resilient health workforce essential for Ghana's universal health coverage

    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.

    11 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 10 June

  1. Agenda 111 hospitals completed, await operationalisation – Dr Nsiah-Asare

    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.

    10 June 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. Previous government prioritized Agenda 111 over hospital completions

    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.

    10 June 2026 · Joy Online →

  3. Obuasi East MP demands urgent opening of overgrown military hospital

    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.

    10 June 2026 · Joy Online →

  4. Letter urges President Mahama to complete stalled hospital in Adaklu

    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.

    10 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 9 June

  1. Healthcare management failures causing deaths, author claims

    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.

    9 June 2026 · Daily Guide →

Monday 8 June

  1. Minority urges KATH doctors and nurses to end strike

    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.

    8 June 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. Ghana's 111-hospital pledge faces delays and funding shortfalls

    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.

    8 June 2026 · Business & Financial Times →

  3. Healthcare management failures threaten national security and lives

    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.

    8 June 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 20 May

  1. Abandoned Agenda 111 health facility overrun with weeds, snakes

    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.

    20 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 19 May

  1. Agenda 111 hospitals should continue under new government

    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.

    19 May 2026 · Joy Online →

  2. Agenda 111 was properly funded, designed for healthcare gaps

    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.

    19 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 18 May

  1. Mahama criticises Agenda 111 approach as imprudent, unphased

    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.

    18 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Friday 15 May

  1. President Mahama pledges completion of 35 Agenda 111 hospitals this year

    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.

    15 May 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 7 May

  1. MP urges Mahama to complete Agenda 111 hospital projects

    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.

    7 May 2026 · Joy Online →

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