Accra, Ghana – The Director-Total of the World Health Group (WHO), Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and the WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Mohammed Yakubu Janabi, get commenced an official visit to Ghana from 4–6 August 2025. Their visit comes ahead of the Africa Health Sovereignty Summit: The Accra Compact, scheduled for 5 August in Accra, and signals a renewed dedication to advancing regional cooperation on sustainable financing for health and programs resilience.
The Summit takes space at a time of mounting worldwide health challenges and constrained financing, with worldwide locations all over Africa striving to arrangement stronger, extra resilient health programs. Ghana’s fresh growth in in vogue health coverage, native vaccine manufacturing, and emergency preparedness demonstrates the country’s rising leadership in shaping sustainable and equitable health outcomes.
For the duration of their discontinue, Dr Tedros and Dr Janabi will put high-stage meetings with nationwide authorities including H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana and key stakeholders to reaffirm WHO’s give a elevate to for Ghana’s health priorities.
The summit will convene African heads of utter, health ministers, and worldwide companions to align nationwide, regional, and worldwide agendas spherical the tips of self-reliance, innovation, and coordinated action.
The delegation entails senior officials from WHO headquarters in Geneva, the WHO Regional Office for Africa, and the WHO Ghana Country Office. The visit is expected to reaffirm WHO’s technical partnership with Ghana while spotlighting the country’s leadership in advancing inclusive and sustainable health pattern all over the continent.
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Abdul-Lahie Abdul-Rahim Naa
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WHO Ghana Country Office
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