The Ghana Medical Association (GMA) represents

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s and dentists working throughout

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

. It was established in 1958 and is divided into ten divisions representing each region of Ghana as at the end of 2018.

History

The earliest medical organisation of medical staff was during the

Gold Coast Gold Coast may refer to: Places Africa * Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana: ** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642) ** Dutch G ...

era when the Gold Coast Medical Practitioners Union was formed in 1933. This was founded by three doctors, Frederick Victor Nanka-Bruce who was the president and spokesman, C.E. Reindorf and W.A.C. Nanka-Bruce. J.E. Hutton Mills was the secretary. Following the establishment of an African government under colonial rule in 1951, a Ghana branch of the British Medical Association was formed in January 1953. This also had Nanka-Bruce as its first president. Both associations were merged to form the Ghana Medical Association on 4 January 1958. It was inaugurated by Kwame Nkrumah at the Arden Hall of the Ambassador Hotel in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

. Charles Easmon was elected as the first president of the GMA.

Affiliations

* Confederation of African Medical Associations and Societies * Commonwealth Medical Association *

World Medical Association The World Medical Association (WMA) is an international and independent confederation of free professional medical associations representing physicians worldwide. WMA was formally established on September 18, 1947 and has grown to 115 national ...

National Executive Council

This council meets every other month. It is made up of the following persons: * Chairpersons of each of the divisions (numbering ten at end of 2018) * Society of Private Medical and Dental Practitioners * Ghana Dental Association * Junior Doctors Society

Publications

* '' Ghana Medical Journal''

Past presidents of the GMA

The president of the GMA since 2017 has been Frank Ankobea. There have been 22 past presidents as at 2018. * Charles Easmon (1958–1962) * J. A. Schandorf (1962–1963) * A. M. Barnor (1963–1966) * Silas R .A. Dodu (1966–1968) *

Emmanuel Evans-Anfom Emmanuel Evans-Anfom FRCSEd FICS FAAS FWACS (7 October 1919 – 7 April 2021) was a Ghanaian physician, scholar, university administrator, and public servant who served as the second Vice Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science ...

(1968–1970) * H. S. Bannerman (1970–1974) * J. T. Glover (1974–1978) * Cornelius Odarquaye Quarcoopome (1978–1980) * K. Dsane-Selby (1980–1983) * J. O. M. Pobee (1983–1986) * Harold H. Phillips (1986–1990) * Jonathan H. Addy (1990–1992) *

Kwame Addo-Kufuor Kwame Addo-Kufuor (born 14 July 1940) is a Ghanaian politician and physician. Addo-Kufuor was a member of parliament for Manhyia, and from 2001 to 2007, he was the Minister for Defence under President John Kufuor, his brother. Between June 20 ...

(1992–1995) * Sir. G. W. Brobby (1995-1997) * J. K. Kwakye-Maafo (1997–1999) *

Agyeman Badu Akosa Agyeman Badu Akosa (born 25 December 1953) is a Ghanaian pathologist, academic, politician and social commentator. He served as the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service from 2002 to 2006. He is a member of the Convention People's Party and ...

(1999–2001) * Jacob Plange-Rhule (2001–2003) * Yaw Adu-Gyamfi (2003–2005) * Francis Adu-Ababio (2005–2007) * E. A. Adom Winful (2007–2011) * Kwabena Opoku-Adusei (2011–2015) * Ebenezer Ewusi-Emmim (2015–2017)

References

External links

Official website
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