The Administrator of the Ghana Medical Trust Fund, Adwoa Obuobia Darko-Opoku, has announced a GHS 36.2 million investment in specialist healthcare training to strengthen Ghana’s capacity in managing chronic non-communicable diseases.
Speaking during the Government Accountability Series at the Presidency on Monday, May 11, Mrs Darko-Opoku said the Fund had entered into strategic partnerships with the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons, the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives, and the Ghana College of Pharmacists to expand specialist medical education nationwide.
“We have also established similar collaborations with the Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives and the Ghana College of Pharmacists to train one hundred specialist pharmacists and one hundred nurse specialists,” she said.
“The Ghana Medical Trust Fund has made a strategic investment of GHS 36,234,475.00 into this specialist training programme.”
The training programme will focus on oncology, nephrology, cardiology, endocrinology, and neurology. Mrs Darko-Opoku explained that specialists trained under the initiative would be required to serve in their local communities to ensure equitable access to specialist healthcare services across the country.
She noted that Ghana currently faces severe shortages in specialist healthcare professionals, particularly in northern Ghana, where only two practising cardiologists serve millions of people. According to her, the investment is expected to help bridge the healthcare gap nationwide.
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