Mahama Unveils Task Force on Global Health Governance

Accra, Ghana – 5 August, 2025 – President John Dramani Mahama has unveiled a new Presidential Task Force on Global Health Governance aimed at redesigning Ghana's health system in collaboration with international and continental partners. The announcement was made during the Africa Health Sovereignty Summit in Accra.

The Task Force's primary goal is to build a health investment ecosystem rooted in African ownership and equity. President Mahama emphasized the need for a new approach to health governance that prioritizes African-led solutions and partnerships.

Alongside the Task Force, President Mahama launched the Sustain Initiative, an African-led platform that aims to align national budgets with health priorities ,mobilize sovereign, diaspora, and philanthropic capital and foster cross-border learning, innovation, and accountabilitye stated ,“Today, I am pleased to announce two significant commitments; First, the Presidential High-Level Task Force on Global Health Governance, a convening platform to engage global and continental partners to redesign the health governance system for the world we live in now, not the world of yesterday.
Second, the launch of the SUSTAIN Initiative, Scaling Up Sovereign Transition and Institutional Networks. This is a bold, African-led platform that will align national budgets with health priorities, mobilise sovereign, diaspora, and philanthropic capital, and foster cross-border learning, innovation, and accountability."

President Mahama extended an open invitation to nations represented at the summit to join Ghana in building an African health investment ecosystem driven by purpose, powered by equity, and anchored in sovereignty. The initiative seeks to promote African-led health solutions and partnerships, prioritizing the needs and priorities of African countries.

Source - Lead News Online/Emmanuel Ahadzi