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The Presi\u00addent, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has appointed the Director of Health Promotion, Ghana Health Service, Dr Dacosta Aboagye, as the new Chief Executive of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA).<\/p>\n
The Secretary to the President in a letter explained that the ap\u00adpointment is pursuant to Section 14 (1) of the National Health Insurance Act, 2012 (Act 852).<\/p>\n
According to the letter, Dr Aboagye takes over from Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, Minister of Health-designate and the appointment is \u201cpending receipt of the constitutionally required advice of the governing board of the Authority given in consul\u00adtation with the Public Services Commission.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dr Aboagye\u2019s qualifications include a PhD in National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana (Research) from Leeds Beckett University (obtained in 2016), a Master\u2019s degree in Public Health and Health Promotion (obtained in 2010) from the same univer\u00adsity, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Cape Coast (ob\u00adtained in 2006).<\/p>\n
His other qualifi\u00adcations include a higher national certificate in Pharmacy Technol\u00adogy from the Kumasi Technical University obtained in 2002.<\/p>\n
The 45-year-old national health insurance expert is currently serving as the Director of the Health Promotion Division with\u00adin the Ghana Health Service, and brings to the table a wealth of ex\u00adperience in the fields of national health insurance finance, public health, and health promotion.<\/p>\n
He led Ghana\u2019s risk commu\u00adnication efforts and was part of the presidential taskforce for the management of COVID-19 pandemic in Ghana from 2020 to 2023.<\/p>\n
Prior to being appointed as the director of Health Promotion, he was the cohort leader for Public Health and Health Promotion programme at the University of West London, United Kingdom and an external examiner on Na\u00adtional Health Insurance Financ\u00ading, Public Health and Health Promotion at both the University of Salford and London Metro\u00adpolitan University.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, within the ECOWAS community, he has the honour of chairing the Public Health Risk Communication and Community Engagement for Disease Control within the West Africa Health Organisation. This role entails facilitating experi\u00adence sharing, advocacy, learning, and promotion of better health through building stronger health systems across the 15 ECOWAS member states towards achieving universal health coverage and sustainable development goals.<\/p>\n
Additionally, he serves as the Chairman of the Africa CDC Public Health Risk Communi\u00adcation and Community Engage\u00adments Community of Practice for the 55 member states, aimed at promoting best practices, health system strengthening in\u00adcluding national health insurance finance, continuous learning and knowledge exchange in Africa.<\/p>\n
He has about 11 impactful research papers in the field of health insurance, public health and health promotion and has presented his research work locally and internationally exten\u00adsively.<\/p>\n
Dr. Dacosta Aboagye has received numerous prestigious awards and citations, including the MTN Young Professionals Role Model in Health (Gold Category, 2020), the Golden Citizen Award (2021) and overall National Best Health Leader of the Year 2023.<\/p>\n
He was honoured with the Order of the Volta-Companion Category, the highest award of the Republic of Ghana, for his contributions and sacrifices during Ghana\u2019s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2023.<\/p>\n\n
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