The Deputy Minister for Health, Prof. Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, has urged health training institutions to ensure transparent, fair, and merit-based admissions to safeguard the quality of Ghana’s healthcare system.
Speaking at the 2026 Annual Health Training Institutions Conference in Kumasi, held under the theme “Bridging Pathways and Harmonising Entry Standards for Quality Advanced Health Training,” she emphasised that the calibre of future health professionals depends entirely on the integrity of the selection process.
Prof. Ayensu-Danquah highlighted several government interventions designed to boost health education.
These include the prompt payment of trainee allowances, 30 fully funded PhD scholarships for tutors, the creation of the Chief Health Tutor role, and the introduction of Bachelor of Science programmes across 14 nursing training colleges. She also noted cheaper admission forms and upgraded human resource management systems.
The Deputy Minister challenged administrators to apply admission guidelines uniformly to maintain public trust, whilst praising regulatory bodies, mentoring universities, and development partners for upholding high training standards.
The Ministry’s Director of Human Resource for Health Development, Mr Fred Mensah Achampong, reiterated the government’s resolve to align health training with national priorities.
Mr Achampong announced the rollout of new post-basic specialist nursing programmes in Critical Care, Emergency, Cardiology, Endocrinology, Nephrology, and Oncology.
More than 500 students have already enrolled in pioneer institutions, with the Ministry targeting 1,000 annual admissions over the next three years to boost Ghana’s global healthcare competitiveness.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana