The Ministry of Health (MoH) is the government ministry of

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that is responsible for the health of Ghanaians. It is involved in providing public health services, managing Ghana's

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, and building Ghana's

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s and medical education system. Ministry

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are located in

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. The ministry is responsible for all health related issues in Ghana. It was responsible for direct public health service delivery or provision in the country. However, with the enactment of an ACT 525 of parliament, the functions of promotion, preventive, curative and rehabilitative care has been delegated to the Ghana Health Service and Teaching hospitals. Hence, the ministry is now responsible for only policy formulation, monitoring and evaluation, resource mobilization and regulation of the health service delivery in the country.

Agencies

Ministry agencies include: *

Ghana Medical and Dental Council The Ghana Medical and Dental Council is an agency of the Ghana government responsible for regulating the standards of training and practice of medicine and dentistry in Ghana. It is located in Accra the capital city of Ghana. See also *Ghana Medi ...

Pharmacy Council Ghana The Ghana Pharmacy Council is a statutory regulatory body established by an Act of Parliament of Ghana, the pharmacy Act, 1994(Act 489)Part IV of The Health Professions Regulatory Bodies Act, 2013 (Act 857). It is located in Accra, the capital of ...

*Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives *Alternative Medicine Council *

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*Private Hospitals and Maternity Homes Board *

National Health Insurance Authority The National Health Insurance Authority is an agency of the government of the Bahamas, established under the National Health Insurance Act 2003. It is intended to secure the implementation of a national health insurance policy that ensures acces ...

*Ghana National Drugs Programme *

Ghana Health Service The Ghana Health Service (GHS) is a Ghanaian government body established in 1996 as part of the Health Sector Reform of Ghana. The Health Service is under the Ministry of Health. The Health service primarily administrates the health services prov ...

Allied Health Professions Council An alliance is a relationship among people, groups, or states that have joined together for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose, whether or not explicit agreement has been worked out among them. Members of an alliance are called ...

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*Ghana National Ambulance Service

Personnel

Victor Asare Bampoe Victor Asare Bampoe is a Ghanaian physician, public health specialist and a former deputy Minister of Health. Early life and education Bampoe was born in 1967. He had his secondary school education, both GCE Ordinary and Advanced Level certi ...

- Deputy Minister (2014 –2017)

Bernard Okoe-Boye Bernard Okoe-Boye is a Ghanaian politician and member of the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana representing the Ledzokuku Constituency in the Greater Accra Region on the ticket of the New Patriotic Party. He is currently th ...

- Deputy Minister (2020 –2021)

References

External links

Ministry of Health

Ministry of Health at Ministries section of Ghana.gov.gh

Ghana Health Service, an MoH agency

Ghana Registered Nurses and Midwives, an MoH agency

Ghana National Drugs Programme, an MoH agency

Christian Health Association of Ghana, an MoH partner

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Medical and health organisations based in Ghana

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