Nsiah Asare

Anthony Nsiah-Asare is a Ghanaian medical officer, academic and health management expert. He has worked in the Ghanaian health sector for close to forty years serving at various management levels. He was the Director General of the Ghana Health Service. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party is currently the Presidential Advisor on Health to Nana Akufo-Addo.[1][2][3]

Nsiah Asare
PresidentNana Akuffo-Addo
Personal details
BornGhana
Political partyNew Patriotic Party

Career

Anthony Nsiah-Asare prior to his current appointment has worked in the health sector spanning over 36 years in senior management position.[4] He has also worked as a Surgical Specialist at the St Patrick Hospital in Offinso-Ashanti and Tamale Teaching Hospital.

The one time chief executive officer of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) also worked as a Consultant General Surgeon for the same hospital. Between 1997 and 2001, Dr Nsiah-Asare served as a part-time lecturer in Clinical Anatomy at the University for Development Studies (UDS), School of Medical Sciences, Tamale.[5]

Ghana Health Service

President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare as the new Director-General of the Ghana Health Service with effect from March 1, 2017. He takes over from Dr. Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira who has retired from active service. He handed over to Dr. Patrick Aboagye in November 2019 and appointed as the Presidential Advisor on Health.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Your efforts will not go in vain - Dr. Nsiah-Asare urges NPP faithfuls". www.ghanaweb.com. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  2. "Akufo-Addo's Advisor On Health Jabs NDC For Forming 11-Member Team To Combat COVID-19". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  3. "Dr Nsiah-Asare outlines population segments for COVID-19 vaccine roll-out". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
  4. Frimpong, Enoch Darfah. "Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare heads Ghana Health Service as Director-". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
  5. "Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare appointed Director-General of Ghana Health Service". 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
  6. MyNewsGH (2019-11-26). "BREAKING: Dr Patrick Aboagye is the New Director General Ghana Health Service". MyNewsGh. Retrieved 2021-02-08.


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