Accra, Jan. 10, GNA – The Ministry of Health on Wednesday sent a message of congratulation to Dr Anarfi Asamoa-Baah, the newly appointed Ghanaian Deputy Director General of the World Health Organisation (WHO). A statement signed by Mr Dan Osman, Public Relations Officer of the Ministry said, “Dr Asamoa-Baah has indeed made both the Ministry and the country very proud by his appointment as the number two man of the World Health Organisation.”
It said the Ministry was not surprised at Dr Asamoa-Baah’s appointment since records showed that he qualified as a Medical Doctor from the Ghana Medical School in 1984 and worked at the Offinso Government Hospital in the Ashanti Region and later acted briefly as the Senior Medical Officer of the same hospital.
Dr Asamoa-Baah pursued further studies in the UK where he obtained postgraduate qualifications in community health, health planning, health economics and health policy analysis.
He returned home and continued to work with the Ministry of Health until he was appointed Acting Director of the newly created Policy, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (PPME) Division of the Ministry. The statement said Dr Asamoa-Baah has been instrumental in reforms in the health sector, in the civil service and in budget and financial systems in the wider public service.
He has also served on a number of inter-sectoral committees and taught part time at the Ghana Medical School and the School of Public Health.
The Ministry thus urged all health professionals to see the appointment of Dr Asamoa-Baah as the WHO Deputy Director General as a motivation as well as a challenge to work harder than before.
Source: GhanaWeb
