Also known as: Minister for Health · the Minister for Health · Mr Akandoh · Minister of Health · Minister for Health Kwabena Mintah Akandoh · the Minister of Health · Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh
Ghana's Health Minister; central to government healthcare initiatives including the National Health Compact and World Bank "Fit to Prosper" strategy.
Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh is leading Ghana's partnership with the World Bank to launch "Fit to Prosper," a regional health strategy for West and Central Africa aimed at strengthening healthcare systems and addressing financing gaps. He is concurrently facing a defamation lawsuit from Lightwave eHealthcare Solutions over contract dispute allegations, with the court permitting substituted service after the company alleged he made false statements about its healthcare facility contracts.
NPP Deputy Protocol Director Kwabena Frimpong has accused the current government of abandoning its 1:3:3 employment model campaign promise and introducing an opaque, inconsistent health recruitment system that merges multiple graduating cohorts and risks favouritism, contrasting it with the structured posting system used under the previous administration.
3 May 2026 · Joy Online →
NPP Deputy Protocol Director Kwabena Frimpong has accused the current government of abandoning its 1:3:3 employment model campaign promise and introducing an opaque, inconsistent health recruitment system that merges multiple graduating cohorts and risks favouritism, contrasting it with the structured posting system used under the previous administration.
3 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Ghana is expanding NCD-CareNet, a community-based intervention, and rolling out Nutribot, a digital nutrition tool, to prevent and manage non-communicable diseases. The initiative, led by the NIHR Global Health Research Centre for NCD Control in West Africa (STOP NCD), transitions from research into full-scale implementation across health systems in low- and middle-income countries.
1 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Lightwave eHealthcare Solutions has sued Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh in the Accra High Court over remarks it characterizes as false and defamatory concerning its contracts with the Ministry of Health, seeking a public retraction, apology, and damages for business losses. The company denies allegations that it misrepresented health facility numbers, overbilled the government, and hosted electronic medical records abroad.
30 April 2026 · Joy Online →
Light Wave Health Care Solutions Limited obtained a High Court order allowing substituted service on Health Minister Kwabena Mintah Akandoh in a defamation suit, with legal documents to be posted on the High Court notice board, delivered to Parliament, and published online. The company alleges the Minister made false and damaging public statements that it overstated healthcare facility numbers, received excess payments for incomplete work, and fraudulently obtained about US$11 million.
30 April 2026 · Joy Online →
President John Dramani Mahama has expressed confidence that the La General Hospital reconstruction will be completed and commissioned by November 2027, following a site inspection. The hospital's reopening is intended to restore healthcare access to over 50,000 residents in La and surrounding communities, and the government also plans to repurpose the COVID-era emergency center at Burma Camp to handle emergency cases.
24 April 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →