Nsiah Asare

Ghanaian medical officer

Born

Anthony Nsiah-Asare

President	Nana Akuffo-Addo

Personal details
Born	Ghana
Party	New Patriotic Party

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 and was the Presidential Advisor on Health to Nana Akufo-Addo.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Ghana Health Service

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.^[5]

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.^[6]

President Nana Akufo-Addo appointed Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare as the Director-General of the Ghana Health Service with effect from March 1, 2017 taking over from Dr. Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira who had retired from active service. He handed over to Dr. Patrick Aboagye in November 2019 and was appointed as the Presidential Advisor on Health.^[7]

References

↑ "Your efforts will not go in vain - Dr. Nsiah-Asare urges NPP faithfuls". GhanaWeb. 1970-01-01. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
↑ "Akufo-Addo's Advisor On Health Jabs NDC For Forming 11-Member Team To Combat COVID-19". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
↑ "Dr Nsiah-Asare outlines population segments for COVID-19 vaccine roll-out". Daily Graphic. Accra, Ghana. Retrieved 2021-02-08.
↑ Frimpong, Enoch Darfah. "Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare heads Ghana Health Service as Director-". Daily Graphic. Accra, Ghana. Retrieved 2018-06-26.
↑ "Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare appointed Director-General of Ghana Health Service - MyJoyOnline". www.myjoyonline.com. Retrieved 2026-03-28.
↑ "Dr Anthony Nsiah-Asare appointed Director-General of Ghana Health Service". 2017-04-05. Retrieved 2018-05-30.
↑ MyNewsGH (2019-11-26). "BREAKING: Dr Patrick Aboagye is the New Director General Ghana Health Service". MyNewsGh. Retrieved 2021-02-08.

Medical appointments

Preceded by

Ebenezer Appiah-Denkyira

Director General of Ghana Health Service
March 2017 - November 2019

Succeeded by

Patrick Kuma-Aboagye

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