Kwabena Mintah Akandoh is the Minister of Health
The Minister of Health, Kwabena Mintah Akandoh, has disclosed the danger the ministry is likely to face by 2028, so far as unemployment is concerned in the country.
In an interview on Channel One TV on October 15, 2025, Mintah Akandoh noted that the country is likely to face about 180,000 unemployed trained health professionals by the end of 2028, if urgent steps are not taken.
He explained that the current unemployed health professionals in the country stands at around 74,000, adding that the figure is likely to shoot up yearly since more students are yet to graduate.
“By the end of 2026, we will have an additional 23,000. By the end of 2027, we have an additional 35,000. By the end of 2028, we have about 47,000. So, by the end of 2028, if we don’t employ anybody, this 74,000 is still outstanding, we will have not less than 180,000 trained and they will be at home,” he said.
Mintah Akandoh additionally noted that the government is partnering with other countries to adopt what he referred to as “managed migration,” a policy which will see to it that the majority of Ghana’s backlog health professionals are employed by other countries.
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According to him, about 13 countries have responded positively to the initiative; however, the challenges Ghana is facing are that these countries are seeking health specialists.
“So, there is a strategy going forward. What we are seeking to do now is that gradually, the government will be employing some of them as we move along.
“We are also looking at what we call managed migration — how we will be able to export some of them. About 13 countries have responded, but the difficulty is that most of these countries that have responded need specialists,” he added.
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