Ghana’s Minister for Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has been elected Chairman of Committee B of the World Health Organization, handing Ghana a strategic leadership role in the global body responsible for shaping major health governance and institutional policies.
Committee B is one of the two principal committees of the World Health Assembly and oversees the administrative and operational architecture of the WHO, including financing, oversight, accountability, staffing, institutional reforms and collaboration with the United Nations and other international organisations.
The committee plays a central role in determining how global health systems are managed, funded and strengthened, making Akandoh’s election a significant boost to Ghana’s growing influence in international health diplomacy.
His election comes at a time when countries across the world are intensifying efforts to strengthen healthcare systems, improve pandemic preparedness and reform global health institutions in response to emerging public health threats.
The position also places Ghana at the centre of high-level discussions on the future direction of the WHO and broader international health coordination.
