At the Alamein Africa Forum in Egypt, President Mahama called on African leaders to make health sovereignty a priority for the continent's 1.4 billion people, arguing that health should be treated as an investable, high-growth economic sector rather than a charitable cost. He cited evidence that investment in basic maternal and newborn care yields significant economic returns for every dollar invested.
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President Mahama told the Health Plenary of the Alamein Africa Forum in Egypt that African governments and investors must treat healthcare as an investable economic sector rather than a budgetary cost, citing evidence that health investment drives economic transformation, job creation, and macroeconomic stability.
3 October 2026 · Joy Online →
President Mahama has outlined Ghana's "Accra Reset" strategy to expand healthcare access and develop local capacity to produce medicines, vaccines and health products. The agenda includes expanding the National Health Insurance Scheme, introducing Free Primary Health Care, establishing the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, and empowering the Food and Drugs Authority and National Vaccine Institute to shift Ghana from a consumer to a producer of health products.
3 October 2026 · Joy Online →
President Mahama addressed the Health Plenary of the Alamein Africa Forum in Egypt, calling on African pharmaceutical companies and investors to move beyond basic packaging and fill-and-finish operations to produce active pharmaceutical ingredients on the continent, arguing that deeper local production would strengthen resilience and create high-value employment opportunities.
3 October 2026 · Joy Online →
President Mahama announced the Health Investment and National Gateway Enabler (HINGE), a digital platform developed with the African Medicines Agency, Institut Pasteur and AfroChampions to reduce regulatory and financial barriers for investors and innovators in Africa's health sector. The platform streamlines regulation, clinical validation and commercialisation into a unified process, and Ghana is establishing task forces and a Reform Interlock Observatory to track capital flows and monitor policy commitments.
3 October 2026 · Joy Online →
President Mahama told the Alamein Africa Forum that African countries should invest in local pharmaceutical manufacturing to reduce reliance on imports, which currently account for more than 70 per cent of the continent's medicines and nearly 99 per cent of its vaccines. He cited the growing African market, import substitution, and the African Continental Free Trade Area as opportunities to build resilient domestic industries.
3 October 2026 · Joy Online →